Language:
English
Year of publication:
1989
Titel der Quelle:
Remembering for the Future; Working Papers and Addenda
Angaben zur Quelle:
(1989) 404-416
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
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Antisemitism History 20th century
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Jews History 1939-1945
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Christianity and other religions Judaism 20th century
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History
Abstract:
The traditional Christian attitude toward Jews, from the Middle Ages on, was rejection of the Jew because of his origins but acceptance of him as a potential Christian. This ambivalent rejection/acceptance pattern persisted during the Second World War, along with the view of the Jew as Christ-killer, as all-powerful, and as responsible for antisemitism. The Catholic world was particularly hostile toward Jews. Church leaders condemned the Nazi persecutions, and most Britons sympathized with the Jewish victims but expressed antipathy for the Jew as a Jew. Cites various sources - opinion polls, newspapers, government papers, and memoirs. The government did little to rescue European Jews. Discusses, also, the activities of the Council of Christians and Jews, founded in 1942, and contends that it could have done more to influence government policy. Few Christians were able to understand the full enormity of the Jewish catastrophe.
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Record created automatically from multi-article record # 000026763
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Appeared also in "Holocaust and Genocide Studies" 5,2 (1990) 175-189.
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