Language:
German
Year of publication:
2005
Titel der Quelle:
Münchener Theologische Zeitschrift
Angaben zur Quelle:
56,4 (2005) 342-354
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
Holocaust (Christian theology)
Abstract:
Analyzes attitudes to Nazi crimes, particularly the Holocaust, in succeeding generations, especially as it involved Catholic theologians. Those of the first generation, with few exceptions, attempt to exonerate themselves; those of the second try at least to preserve the image of their parents and teachers as good people, but ask how it all could happen; those of the third, who often no longer know any of the perpetrators, ask about the historical facts and their implications for the Christian life: how could Christians, with their belief in the one God who created one mankind, accept Nazi teachings about an inferior race? A common excuse of the first generation is that those who were not in their situation have no right to judge. States that perhaps so, but evil remains evil and sin, sin. If the first generation does not confess and repent, perhaps the third generation will do so in its place and thus save the coming generations.
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