Aus Feldpostbriefen junger Christen 1939–1945: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Katholischen Jugend im Felde, Karl-Theodor Schleicher and Heinrich Walle, eds. (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2005), 413 pp., €32,00
On May 17, 1940, while advancing with his Wehrmacht unit in France, Johannes Niermann wrote in his diary: “The soldier knows not where, not when, not why. Knows only order. Does his duty—and that's it. The Christian does not see through the dark, knows not why God's will is different from...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 493-495 |
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| Summary: | On May 17, 1940, while advancing with his Wehrmacht unit in France, Johannes Niermann wrote in his diary: “The soldier knows not where, not when, not why. Knows only order. Does his duty—and that's it. The Christian does not see through the dark, knows not why God's will is different from the desire of his heart. But does the will of God—and that's it! It is not always so easy. And yet, soldier and Christian. The first has to be tough. The next even tougher” (p. 17). With great eloquence, Niermann, the former Reich leader of the Sturmschar, a disbanded group within the German Catholic Youth Movement, captured the dilemma he faced as a follower of Christ and a soldier in Germany's army. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcm056 |