Fire and ashes: the "tempter-God," evil, and the Shoah
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Fire and ashes: the "tempter-God," evil, and the Shoah
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number231.76/0008
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]04653a
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Seattle, Washington State , United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]University of Washington Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2005
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp7-33
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]Series title[nb-NO]The Pastora Goldner series in Post-Holocaust studies
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]029598547X
NotesArticle from the book 'Fire in the ashes' pp7-33
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
In confronting the Shoah, a question arises: did Nazi leaders perceive themselves as divine instruments, and if so, as the divinity they were mirroring?
The extent of Nietsche's influence on Nazism has been disputed, but it is likely that some influence was present.