How Catholic was Hitler?

[Thumpalumpacus]

No, Ireland was neutral.

But Ireland made sure to send an official telegram of condolence to the Reich Chancellory after Hitler killed himself, even though Germany was only a few days from unconditional surrender and the magnitude of the crimes at auschwitz and other death camps were already universally known around the world.

Even Switzerland didn't bother.

I didn't know that. I did know that they were, as neutrals go, generally hostile to British interests, to the point of refusing docking facilities for merchantmen sailing for the UK even as the Germans were depredating them fiercely with their U-boats.

But given the Irish history within and leaving the UK, some bitterness was probably both inevitable, and pro forma.