European Mennonites and the Holocaust /

Mennonites in the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, and Ukraine lived in communities with Jews and close to various Nazi camps and Holocaust killing sites. As a result of this proximity, Mennonites were neighbours to and witnessed the destruction of European Jews. In some cases they were beneficiaries o...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Baumann, Imanuel (Contribuidor), Bergen, Doris L. (Contribuidor), Friesen, Aileen (Contribuidor), Hoekema, Alle G. (Contribuidor), Jantzen, Mark (Contribuidor, Editor ), Lichti, James Irvin (Contribuidor), Myeshkov, Dmytro (Contribuidor), Neufeldt, Colin P. (Contribuidor), Neufeldt-Fast, Arnold (Contribuidor), Post, Pieter (Contribuidor), Rempel, Gerhard (Contribuidor), Schroeder, Steven (Contribuidor), Thiesen, John D. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Weidemann, Erika (Contribuidor), Werner, Hans (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020]
Colección:Transnational Mennonite Studies
Temas:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Mennonites > Europe > History > 20th century.
Mennonites > Europe > Social conditions > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Collaborationists > Europe.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Europe.
World War, 1939-1945.
HISTORY / Holocaust.
Eastern Europe.
German Mennonites.
Germany.
Holocaust.
Mennonite Youth Circular.
Mennonites.
Nazism.
Netherlands.
Poland.
Second World War.
Ukraine.
World War II.
anti-semitism.
identity.
theology.
war crimes.
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Sumario:Mennonites in the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, and Ukraine lived in communities with Jews and close to various Nazi camps and Holocaust killing sites. As a result of this proximity, Mennonites were neighbours to and witnessed the destruction of European Jews. In some cases they were beneficiaries or even enablers of the Holocaust. Much of this history was forgotten after the war, as Mennonites sought to rebuild or find new homes as refugees. The result was a myth of Mennonite innocence and ignorance that connected their own suffering during the 1930s and 1940s with earlier centuries of persecution and marginalization. European Mennonites and the Holocaust identifies a significant number of Mennonite perpetrators, along with a smaller number of Mennonites who helped Jews survive, examining the context in which they acted. In some cases, theology led them to accept or reject Nazi ideals. In others, Mennonites chose a closer embrace of German identity as a strategy to improve their standing with Germans or for material benefit. A powerful and unflinching examination of a difficult history, European Mennonites and the Holocaust uncovers a more complete picture of Mennonite life in these years, underscoring actions that were not always innocent. Published by the University of Toronto Press in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (352 p.) : 1 figure
ISBN:9781487537241
9783110690453
Acceso:restricted access

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