Language:
English
Year of publication:
2003
Titel der Quelle:
German Studies Review
Angaben zur Quelle:
26,2 (2003) 353-370
Keywords:
Schlatter, Adolf,
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Antisemitism History 1800-2000
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Christianity and antisemitism History 1800-2000
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Church history 20th century
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
The Swiss-born German Protestant theologian (1852-1938), a supporter of the Confessing Church and moderately anti-Nazi, expressed anti-Jewish views during his lifetime, and especially in his bestselling tract "Will the Jews Be Victorious over Us?" (1935). He rejected Nazi racism, but maintained that Judaism and Nazi paganism pursued the same goal: to de-Christianize the German people. As a German nationalist, Schlatter accepted the "Aryan paragraph" which led to the expulsion of Jewish converts from the Church. Like the Nazis, he regarded the Jews as Germany's main social problem, but he expressed his views in non-racist terms. While he was not a purveyor of Nazi ideology, and was certainly not guilty of eliminationist antisemitism, his theological attacks against Judaism bolstered antisemitism amongst the populace, and ultimately promoted a passive acceptance of the Holocaust.
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