Sprache:
Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
1989
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
26,3 (1989) 496-522
Schlagwort(e):
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Church history 20th century
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Kurzfassung:
Traces the stages leading to the persecution and deportation of Norwegian Jews in November 1942. States that before the Nazi invasion of Norway in April 1940 there were few signs of antisemitism. Church leaders did not officially condemn antisemitism. Notes that the only protests came from the Norwegian Mission for Israel. Examines the role of Bishop Eivind Berggrav, leader of the Lutheran Church of Norway, and his lack of protest against Nazi anti-Jewish policy, due to tactical considerations. With the beginning of deportations to Auschwitz in November 1942, a protest letter was published by the Church of Norway and by the free Churches, although it was too late to affect the fate of the Jews. Explains the Norwegian Church's lack of response as the result of anti-pluralist trends and latent antisemitism in Norway. Of the 1,400 Jews living in Norway in 1940, over 700 perished in Nazi concentration camps.
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