Twisted Cross The German Christian Movement in the Third Reich

Name: Twisted Cross The German Christian Movement in the Third Reich
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ISBN: 9780807845608

ISBN-10: 0807845604

ISBN-13: 9780807845608

Edition: 2nd 1996

Authors: Doris L. Bergen

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How did Germany's Christians respond to Nazism? In Twisted Cross, Doris Bergen addresses one important element of this response by focusing on the 600,000 self-described 'German Christians,' who sought to expunge all Jewish elements from the Christian church. In a process that became more daring as Nazi plans for genocide unfolded, this group of Protestant lay people and clergy rejected the Old Testament, ousted people defined as non-Aryans from their congregations, denied the Jewish ancestry of Jesus, and removed Hebrew words like 'Hallelujah' from hymns. Bergen refutes the notion that the German Christians were a marginal group and demonstrates that members occupied key positions within…

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List price: $47.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 3/4/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 358
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Doris Bergen is associate professor at the University of Notre Dame. She lives in South Bend, Indiana.



Illustrations


Preface



One Reich, One People, One Church!



the Anti-Jewish Church



the Antidoctrinal Church



the Manly Church



Non-Aryans in the People's Church



Catholics, Protestants, and Dreams of Confessional Union



Women in the Manly Movement



the Ecclesiastical Final Solution



the Church Without Rules



the Bride of Christ at War



Postwar Echoes


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index