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Record Nr.

UNINA9911148637403321

Autore

Gerlach Wolfgang <1933->

Titolo

And the witnesses were silent : the Confessing Church and the persecution of the Jews / / by Wolfgang Gerlach ; translated and edited by Victoria J. Barnett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2000

ISBN

1-280-42406-0

9786610424061

0-8032-0275-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BarnettVictoria

Disciplina

261.8/348924043/099043

Soggetti

Antisemitism - Germany

Christianity and antisemitism

Jews - Persecutions - Germany

Protestant churches - Germany - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Slightly revised version of the German original"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""contents""; ""preface""; ""translator's note""; ""introduction""; ""part one""; ""part two""; ""part three""; ""part four""; ""notes""; ""glossary""; ""note on sources""; ""index""

Sommario/riassunto

An endlessly perplexing question of the twentieth century is how decent people came to allow, and sometimes even participate in, the Final Solution. Fear obviously had its place, as did apathy. But how does one explain the silence of those people who were committed, active, and often fearless opponents of the Nazi regime on other grounds those who spoke out against Nazi activities in many areas yet whose response to genocide ranged from tepid disquiet to avoidance? One such group was the Confessing Church, Protestants who often risked their own safety to aid Christian victims of Nazi oppression but whose response to pogroms against Jews was ambivalent."