Betrayal: German Churches and the Holocaust

by Robert P. Ericksen, Susannah Heschel

Overview

Leading scholars in the field of Holocaust studies place the Nazi era in full historical perspective. This book is a broad overview of the Protestant and Catholic responses, including institutional churches, the theological faculties, and theologians, such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Joseph Lortz. Included are assessments of the German Christian movement, the Confessing Church, the German Catholic church, the Vatican, and the free churches. Various responses and individualsvillains, heroes, equivocatorsare highlighted.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800629311
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	07/14/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.72(d)

About the Author

Robert P. Erickson is Professor of History at Olympic College, Bremerton, Washington.