How many Jews rounded up in Rome did the Vatican secure the release of in 1943?

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Pius XII Pius XII served as pope from 1939 to 1958; photograph by Yousuf Karsh.

Following the German occupation of Rome in September 1943, 1,259 individuals were rounded up in Jewish homes on October 16, 1943. The Vatican successfully secured the release of 252 of these individuals, who were identified as either "Aryan" or children of mixed marriages. The remaining 1,000-plus Jews were transported to Auschwitz, where approximately 800 were killed shortly after their arrival.1