This Date in History: Pope Pius XII

February 13, 1965: A private theater in Rome was prevented by the Italian government from staging a production of Rolf Hochhuth's play "Der Stellvertreter" (The Deputy). The play depicts Pope Pius XII deliberating about how to respond to secret information that Germany had begun a program to exterminate the Jews and deciding to take the politically expedient course of not protesting or doing anything that might put Roman Catholics and the Vatican at risk.