The 47 questions by the six scholars were grouped into three parts : ( a ) 27 specific questions on existing documents , mostly asking for background and additional information such as drafts of the encyclical '' Mit brennender Sorge '' , which was largely written by Eugenio Pacelli . ( b ) Fourteen questions dealt with themes of individual volumes , such as the question how Pius viewed the role of the Church during the war . ( c ) Six general questions , such as the absence of any anti-communist sentiments in the documents . The disagreement between members over additional documents locked up under the Holy See 's 70-year rule resulted in a discontinuation of the Commission in 2001 on friendly terms . Unsatisfied with the findings , Michael Marrus , one of the three Jewish members of the Commission , said the commission " ran up against a brick wall ... . It would have been really helpful to have had support from the Holy See on this issue . " Peter Stanford , a Catholic journalist and writer , wrote , regarding '' Fatal Silence : the pope , the resistance and the German occupation of Rome '' ( written by Robert Katz ; ; Weidenfeld & Nicolson , 2003 ) : Katz 's book also discusses how the Pope 's view of the anti-Nazi resistance — as harbingers of Communism — meant he chose not to intervene in the Ardeatine Caves Massacre
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