Complicity in the Holocaust : churches and universities in Nazi Germany

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Complicity in the Holocaust : churches and universities in Nazi Germany

Title remainder

churches and universities in Nazi Germany

Statement of responsibility

Robert P. Ericksen

Creator

• Ericksen, Robert P

Subject

• Church and state -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
• Higher education and state -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany
• Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany
• National socialism and religion
• Universities and colleges -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
• National socialism and education

Language

eng

Summary

In one of the darker aspects of Nazi Germany, churches and universities - generally respected institutions - grew to accept and support Nazi ideology. Robert P. Ericksen explains how an advanced, highly educated, Christian nation could commit the crimes of the Holocaust. This book describes how Germany's intellectual and spiritual leaders enthusiastically partnered with Hitler's regime, thus becoming active participants in the persecution of Jews, and ultimately, in the Holocaust. Ericksen also examines Germany's deeply flawed yet successful postwar policy of denazification in these institutions. Complicity in the Holocaust argues that enthusiasm for Hitler within churches and universities effectively gave Germans permission to participate in the Nazi regime.--

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UkCbUP

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks