And the witnesses were silent : the Confessing Church and the persecution of the Jews
TitleAnd the witnesses were silent : the Confessing Church and the persecution of the Jews
Call number261.8/0001
Object number08386
Place of publicationNebraska
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
Year of publication
1993
Physical descriptionxi,304p.
MaterialBook
ISBN0803221657
Description
Discusses the silence of those people who were committed, active, and often fearless opponents of the Nazi regime on other groundsthose 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.