Language:
English
Year of publication:
1999
Titel der Quelle:
Patterns of Prejudice
Angaben zur Quelle:
33, 2 (1999) 75-83
Keywords:
Antisemitism
;
Christianity and antisemitism
Abstract:
Traces the evolution of the German Christian image of the Gypsy, from the 15th century (when the Gypsies appeared in Germany) to the postwar period. Although it became a commonplace to note similarities between Christian attitudes towards Jews and Gypsies, and to regard the Holocaust and the Nazi genocide of Gypsies as the same, close examination shows that both the Christian stances toward these groups and the characters of their genocide were different. The Gypsies were regarded as pagans (despite their claims of being Christians), while Judaism had a very important role in the Christian worldview. The Nazis' preoccupation with Gypsies is in no way comparable to the centrality of antisemitism to the Nazi agenda. Except for Georg Althaus, no Christian theologian tried to interpret the genocide of the Gypsies in religious terms. Pp. 84-85 contain a commentary on Margalit's article by Donald Kenrick.
Description / Table of Contents:
Kenrick, Donald. The image of the Gypsy in German Christendom; a commentary. 84-85.
DOI:
10.1080/003132299128810560
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