The book examines the topic of papal diplomacy, explaining the position of the Holy See regarding the Jewish question during World War II: presents the personality and work of Pope Pius XII; traces the attitude of the Catholic Church towards anti-Semitism in the 19th and 20th centuries; reveals the attitude of the Holy See towards totalitarian regimes in the 1930s and 1940s; examines and compares papal diplomacy in the first half of the 20th century; describes the behavior of the Holy See towards the extermination of the Jews in 1942–1943; traces the information about the "captivity" of the Pope; attempts to interpret the so-called silence of Pius XII.

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