‘Christian Confrontations with the Holocaust’GERMAN CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM: ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE HOLOCAUST
The Protestant clergy of the Great War (1914–1918) helped create a favorable climate of opinion in Germany that contributed to the coming of the Third Reich and, by implication, the Holocaust. They taught a special brand of religious ethnicity, a romantic–integral nationalism that was close to racis...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1989
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 1989, Volume: 4, Issue: 3, Pages: 311-322 |
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| Summary: | The Protestant clergy of the Great War (1914–1918) helped create a favorable climate of opinion in Germany that contributed to the coming of the Third Reich and, by implication, the Holocaust. They taught a special brand of religious ethnicity, a romantic–integral nationalism that was close to racism. They stressed that each Volk was a special creation with unique traits. They suggested that Ausländerei, imitation of foreigners, was a sin against the God who loved variety. They saw the Spirit of God coming upon the German people in August 1914, to empower them to defend the national essence. This made it easier for the Nazis to implement Gleichschaltung or ‘coordination’ and to recommend special treatment for those who were gemeinschaftsfremd — ‘community strange.’ |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/4.3.311 |