03269nam 2200649Ia 450 991045753910332120200520144314.00-253-11031-9(CKB)1000000000362411(EBL)255639(OCoLC)475970533(SSID)ssj0000122145(PQKBManifestationID)11142707(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122145(PQKBWorkID)10111647(PQKB)11486734(MiAaPQ)EBC255639(OCoLC)66295270(MdBmJHUP)muse16662(PPN)220091919(Au-PeEL)EBL255639(CaPaEBR)ebr10118514(EXLCZ)99100000000036241120040218d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA church divided[electronic resource] German Protestants confront the Nazi past /Matthew D. HockenosBloomington Indiana University Pressc20041 online resource (286 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-34448-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-259) and index.The church struggle : ecclesiastical, political, and theological disunity in the Third Reich -- Representations of the Nazi past in early 1945 -- Guilt from another world : guilt, repentance, and forgiveness in the year zero -- The Stuttgart declaration of guilt : religious confession, Freedom charter, or another Versailles? -- The guilt of the others : Bishop Wurm's letter to English Christians -- On the political course of our people -- The church and antisemitism -- A ray of light in their darkness : the church and anti-Judaism.This book closely examines the turmoil in the German Protestant churches in the immediate postwar years as they attempted to come to terms with the recent past. Reeling from the impact of war, the churches addressed the consequences of cooperation with the regime and the treatment of Jews. In Germany, the Protestant Church consisted of 28 autonomous regional churches. During the Nazi years, these churches formed into various alliances. One group, the German Christian Church, openly aligned itself with Protestant churchesGermanyHistory20th centuryGuiltReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrines20th centuryNational socialism and religionChurch and stateGermanyHistory1933-1945GermanyChurch history1945-GermanyChurch history1933-1945Electronic books.Protestant churchesHistoryGuiltReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrinesNational socialism and religion.Church and stateHistory280/.4/094309044Hockenos Matthew D.1966-848475MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457539103321A church divided1895198UNINA