NAZI-VATICAN CONNECTIONS
Benito Mussolini established the Vatican as a nation in 1929 through the Lateran Treaty. Benito Mussolini was the head of the Fascist regime in Italy which was unified with the Nazi Germans. Both the Italian Fascists and German Nazis used the Roman salute from ancient Rome which is today known as the Nazi salute. In 1933 the Nazi Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen signed the Reichskonkordat with the Vatican. The Nazi Franz von Papen was also a Roman Knight of Malta and a Vatican Knight of Order of Pope Pius X. Hitler was quoted referring to Himmler as "my Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatius Loyola was a co-founder and first Superior General of the Roman Catholic Jesuit Order. The Nazi SS was structured off the Jesuit's ideology of absolute obedience to its leader or general. The Vatican planned and enabled the escape of the Nazis and Fascists in Europe known as the Nazi Ratlines at the Vatican City State and worked with Fascists in Spain. The Vatican used its connections with Switzerland to obtain fake passports and identifications for Nazis and Fascists to flee to Russia, United Kingdom, United States, and especially to South America and to Argentina where Pope Francis was born. Joseph Ratzinger or Pope Benedict XIV was a Nazi youth member and there has been evidence removed that suggests Pope John Paul II worked for IG Farben which produced the deadly gas Zyklon B for the Nazis. The Nazi's were considered the Third Reich. Holy Roman Emperors of France like Charlemagne referred to their reign as reichs. The three largest Reich's in history are Charlemagne, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Adolf Hitler. Charlemagne's father Pepin the Short established Rome and the Bishop of Rome as the head of the Christian Church and also established the sovereignty of the Papal States.