The German Catholic Church After the Holocaust
The Catholic Church went through three periods of adjustment vis-à-vis the Holocaust. During an initial period of several years church leaders suppressed a debate among members regarding collective gulit, but at least recognized the obligation of restitution. During the 1950s, however, a triumphal c...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1996
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 1996, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 151-167 |
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| Summary: | The Catholic Church went through three periods of adjustment vis-à-vis the Holocaust. During an initial period of several years church leaders suppressed a debate among members regarding collective gulit, but at least recognized the obligation of restitution. During the 1950s, however, a triumphal church disregarded the Holocaust and social problems, such as antisemitism, that were related to it. Around 1959 a new generation of church leaders called attention to the church's lapses regarding the Jews during the Nazi era. The reawakening was due in large part to a determined group, the Freiburg circle under Gertrud Luckner, a Yad Vashem Righteous Gentile. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/10.2.151 |