Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Judaica Bohemiae
Angaben zur Quelle:
58 (2023) 79-113
Keywords:
Catholic Church History
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
World War, 1939-1945 Religious aspects
;
Catholic Church
;
Christian converts from Judaism
;
Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945)
Abstract:
This study elaborates on relations between the Czech Catholic Church and the Jews in 1938–1942. Against the background of global Church history, it focuses on various standpoints and forms of aid shown to the Jews and Jewish converts especially during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. It also explores the manifestations of anti-Semitism in the Church. Using specific examples, it describes cooperation between the clergy and laymen in the salvation of Jews and Jewish converts, ranging from various interventions on the part of Catholic Church representatives and the issue of false and backdated baptism certificates to the assistance given by the St. Raphael Association, an international Catholic association, in helping them to move to safe countries.
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