And the witnesses were silent :: the Confessing Church and the persecution of the Jews /

An endlessly perplexing question of the twentieth century is how "decent" people came to allow, and sometimes even participate in, the Final Solution. Fear obviously had its place, as did apathy. But how does one explain the silence of those people who were committed, active, and often fea...

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1. Verfasser: Gerlach, Wolfgang
Weitere Verfasser: Barnett, Victoria
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
German
Veröffentlicht: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2000.
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Zusammenfassung:An endlessly perplexing question of the twentieth century is how "decent" people came to allow, and sometimes even participate in, the Final Solution. Fear obviously had its place, as did apathy. But how does one explain the silence of those people who were committed, active, and often fearless opponents of the Nazi regime on other grounds-those who spoke out against Nazi activities in many areas yet whose response to genocide ranged from tepid disquiet to avoidance? One such group was the Confessing Church, Protestants who often risked their own safety to aid Christian victims of Nazi oppression but whose response to pogroms against Jews was ambivalent
Beschreibung:"Slightly revised version of the German original"--Title page verso
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 304 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-286) and index.
ISBN:080320275X
9780803202757
0803221657
9780803221659
1280424060
9781280424069
9786610424061
6610424063