Cesare Orsenigo
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Cesare Vincenzo Orsenigo was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany from 1930 to 1945, during the rise of Nazi Germany and World War II. Along with the Ger
Orsenigo with Hitler and Joachim von Ribbentrop, January 1939
Pope Pius XI, a friend of Orsenigo in Milan who appointed him to all three of his nunciatures
Orsenigo shaking hands with Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels, Hitler, Orsenigo, and Italian ambassador Vittorio Cerruti at a reception for foreign press in Berlin
Aloisius Joseph Muench
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Aloisius Joseph Muench was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Fargo in North Dakota from 1935 to 1959, and as apostolic nuncio to Germany from 1951 to 1959. He wa
Muench (center) in Bonn in 1959
Saint Francis Seminary, St. Francis, Wisconsin (2006)
Cardinal Samuel Stritch recommended Muench to Pope Pius XII and President Harry Truman for liaison post in Germany
A plaque in Kronberg commemorating Muench's term as apostolic visitor