Prophecies made by Pope Pius XI on the night he died in 1939, after deciding to publicly denounce the persecution of the Jews but right before delivering the speech he had drafted, which subsequently vanished.

The text focuses on prophetic reflections attributed to Pope Pius XI on the night of his death in 1939, particularly concerning the persecution of Jews during World War II and the devaluation of human life under Nazi rule. It contrasts the future monetary valuation of life by insurance companies with the drastically lower worth assigned to Jewish lives in Italy by 1943. The narrative also references historical and psychoanalytic themes, including the erasure of traumatic events from memory and the symbolic imagery of Vatican City during this period. Additionally, it mentions Gudrun Himmler's 1941 visit to the Dachau concentration camp, highlighting the complex and disturbing intersections of art, faith, and suffering.