A church divided German Protestants confront the Nazi past /

Hockenos, Matthew D., 1966-

A church divided German Protestants confront the Nazi past / [electronic resource] : Matthew D. Hockenos. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2004. - xii, 269 p. : ill., map.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-259) and index.

The church struggle : ecclesiastical, political, and theological disunity in the Third Reich -- Representations of the Nazi past in early 1945 -- Guilt from another world : guilt, repentance, and forgiveness in the year zero -- The Stuttgart declaration of guilt : religious confession, Freedom charter, or another Versailles? -- The guilt of the others : Bishop Wurm's letter to English Christians -- On the political course of our people -- The church and antisemitism -- A ray of light in their darkness : the church and anti-Judaism.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Protestant churches--History--Germany--20th century.
Guilt--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--20th century.
National socialism and religion.
Church and state--History--Germany--1933-1945.


Germany--Church history--1945-
Germany--Church history--1933-1945.


Electronic books.

BR856 / .H685 2004

280/.4/094309044