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And the witnesses were silent : the Confessing Church and the persecution of the Jews /
An endlessly perplexing question of the twentieth century is how "decent" people came to allow, and sometimes even participate in, the Final Solution. Fear obviously had its place, as did apathy. But how does one explain the silence of those people who were committed, active, and often fea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | An endlessly perplexing question of the twentieth century is how "decent" people came to allow, and sometimes even participate in, the Final Solution. Fear obviously had its place, as did apathy. But how does one explain the silence of those people who were committed, active, and often fearless opponents of the Nazi regime on other grounds-those who spoke out against Nazi activities in many areas yet whose response to genocide ranged from tepid disquiet to avoidance? One such group was the Confessing Church, Protestants who often risked their own safety to aid Christian victims of Nazi oppression but whose response to pogroms against Jews was ambivalent |
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| Notas: | "Slightly revised version of the German original"--Title page verso |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 304 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-286) and index. |
| ISBN: | 080320275X 9780803202757 0803221657 9780803221659 1280424060 9781280424069 9786610424061 6610424063 |