A Requiem for Hitler: and Other new Perspectives on the German Church Struggle - Softcover

Scholder, Klaus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1606081691 ISBN 13: 9781606081693

Verlag: Wipf and Stock, 2008

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Book by Scholder Klaus

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Reseña del editor:

Professor Scholder's book is a major contribution to our understanding of Christianity under the Nazi regime, in some ways going beyond his definitive history of the German churches under the Third Reich. The volume paints a vivid picture of the problems of living under any kind of totalitarian regime, with a wealth of detailed evidence and insightful judgments. A few illustrations from the book: - After the news of Adolf Hitler's death, Cardinal Bertram of Breslau, the senior German prelate, drafted an order for a requiem mass to be said for Hitler throughout his churches. - Under the Hitler regime any resistance in both Protestant and Catholic churches came largely from individuals; officially the churches were interested above all in maintaining their status quo. - When Germany entered the Spanish Civil War, Hitler offered the churches support if they would join his battle against Bolshevism. Students, historians, and the general reader will be captivated by Scholder's perceptive and challenging interpretations of the churches in Western Europe prior to and during the Second World War, which still have relevance for us today.

Biografía del autor:

Until his death in 1985 Klaus Scholder was Professor of Modern Church History in the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the University of Tubingen, West Germany, and Vice-Chairman of the German Evangelical Church's commission for contemporary history.

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• Verlag: Wipf and Stock
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1606081691
• ISBN 13: 9781606081693
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 222