Landesbischof August Marahrens (1875-1950) und die hannoversche Geschichtspolitik
In May 1995 the Hanoverian State Church (Landeskirche) commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II. At that time critical questions regarding the behavior of the church during the NS period as well as the historical treatment of that period by the church in the postwar era were...
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| Language: | German |
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
1995
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Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte
Year: 1995, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 396-425 |
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| Summary: | In May 1995 the Hanoverian State Church (Landeskirche) commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II. At that time critical questions regarding the behavior of the church during the NS period as well as the historical treatment of that period by the church in the postwar era were largely ignored. However, the Fall 1995 Synodical Meeting then produced a vehement debate on just those issues. This resulted in a contradictory picture. The Synod unanimously passed a declaration recognizing and deploring the guilt of the Hanoverian Church with regard to the Jews. On the other hand, there emerged no agreement in assessing the role of the former Bishop August Marahrens during the NS period. The "Declaration of Guilt" (Schulderklärung), with its acceptance of the changed perspective present in current research, seemed to have the goal of achieving an appropriate historical-theological stance and thereby a broader image for the church. In contrast, the Bishop's Report presented by Hanoverian Landesbischof Horst Hirschler criticized a well-known publication on the history of the Landeskirche during the period of the (NS) Reich Church Ministry, thereby sharply separating Marahrens from the Landeskirche. This led to a discussion which above all focused on evaluating the stance of Marahrens in relation to the NS system. This discussion illustrated that only those publications which achieve widespread publicity receive the attention of church officials. At the same time the discussion was carried on, as indicated by the Bishop's presentation, without adequate attention to available historio-graphical work. Thus the question must arise as to what role research in contemporary church history actually plays in the process of internal church self-clarification. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-808X |
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