That's right. The Pope could not afford to make enemies, not only because of Hitler but Fascist Italy who might just decide to disregard the sovereignty of Vatican City. The hand he played allowed him to save thousands of Jews, whereas the pope bashing asswipe you're talking to never saved a Jew in his life.
I've never been in a position where I've had to.
But here's the thing Being an Atheist, I don't think there's a halo and a cloud waiting for me when I die. So I have a darned good reason to preserve my own life.
The Pope on the other hand, believes that if he dies as a martyr for his faith, he's going to get into an eternal heaven with thousands of nubile altar boys to attend his every need. So he totally should have been down for the martyrdom shit.
Unless he knew it was a load of bullshit.