Legacy of an Impassioned Plea

Franklin H. Littell spent nearly ten years in post-war Germany as Chief Protestant Religious Adviser in the High Command working on deNazification. His experience of atrocities that had been committed during World War II, led him to dedicate his life to researching the Holocaust and bringing its tragic lessons in human rights to widespread public attention in public meetings, on campuses and in churches. Littell is regarded as a founder of the field of Holocaust studies, having established ...