A Servant of Two Masters: Bishop Aloisius Muench and the Debate over Catholic Schools in Postwar Bavaria
In 1946, President Harry Truman sought to reform the German education system and appointed Bishop Aloisius Muench as the Catholic Liaison to assist the U.S. occupational forces. Simultaneously, Muench was appointed as the Vatican's official visitor to Germany. Using these roles, Muench influenc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Catholic University of America Press
2023
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The catholic historical review
Year: 2023, Volume: 109, Issue: 2, Pages: 321-350 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Muench, Aloisius J. 1889-1962
/ Bavaria
/ Catholic school
/ Denazification
/ History 1946-1949
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| IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBB German language area KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Denazification
B Religious Education B Aloisius Muench B OMGUS |
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| Summary: | In 1946, President Harry Truman sought to reform the German education system and appointed Bishop Aloisius Muench as the Catholic Liaison to assist the U.S. occupational forces. Simultaneously, Muench was appointed as the Vatican's official visitor to Germany. Using these roles, Muench influenced denazification and educational policies in Bavaria. Drawing on unused primary sources from Muench's personal correspondence, OMGUS files, the papers of Lucius Clay, the Christian Social Union Archives, the personal papers of Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber, and the files from the archives of the archdiocese of Munich and Freising, this article concludes that Muench played a key role in preserving Catholic schools in Bavaria. Muench's case proves that denazification policies were contested and formed by a coalition of secular and religious individuals. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cat.2023.a899374 |