Language:
English
Year of publication:
2004
Titel der Quelle:
Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte
Angaben zur Quelle:
17,2 (2004) 359-382
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
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Church history 20th century
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Christianity and other religions Judaism 1945-
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History
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Judaism Relations 1945-
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Christianity
Abstract:
After World War II, the Protestant Church in Germany felt uneasy about its widespread support for and collaboration with the Nazi regime. A distorted story of the Protestant response to Nazi antisemitism emerged. In particular, a myth was developed of the Confessing Church as an anti-Nazi Church. In fact, the Confessing Church was in agreement with the Nazis about the "Jewish question", and many of its leaders, including Niemöller, supported Hitler. The pro-Nazi theologians Kittel, Althaus, and Hirsch combined Christian anti-Judaism with racial and social antisemitism in their views. Criticizes postwar distinctions made between anti-Judaism and antisemitism, as well as attempts to absolve the Church of the latter, since the Churches took part in the shaping of modern political antisemitism. In addition, most Christians do not distinguish between the two strains of hatred toward Jews. States that there is a new trend in scholarship which acknowledges the responsibility of the Protestant Churches for their collaboration with the Nazi regime.
Note:
Deals with Germany, during the war and after.
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