02947nam 22006734a 450 991095659700332120251116160315.01-280-42406-097866104240610-8032-0275-X(CKB)111056486629032(EBL)3039272(SSID)ssj0000103384(PQKBManifestationID)11121903(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000103384(PQKBWorkID)10070311(PQKB)10576140(OCoLC)50753780(MdBmJHUP)muse11618(MiAaPQ)EBC3039272(Au-PeEL)EBL3039272(CaPaEBR)ebr5002699(OCoLC)923703461(BIP)46034423(BIP)47758913(EXLCZ)9911105648662903219990809d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAnd the witnesses were silent the Confessing Church and the persecution of the Jews /by Wolfgang Gerlach ; translated and edited by Victoria J. Barnett1st ed.Lincoln University of Nebraska Pressc20001 online resource (318 p.)"Slightly revised version of the German original"--T.p. verso.0-8032-2165-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-286) and index.""contents""; ""preface""; ""translator's note""; ""introduction""; ""part one""; ""part two""; ""part three""; ""part four""; ""notes""; ""glossary""; ""note on sources""; ""index""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."AntisemitismGermanyChristianity and antisemitismJewsPersecutionsGermanyProtestant churchesGermanyHistory20th centuryAntisemitismChristianity and antisemitism.JewsPersecutionsProtestant churchesHistory261.8/348924043/099043Gerlach Wolfgang1933-171089Barnett Victoria1179485MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956597003321And the witnesses were silent4478686UNINA