Hitler's Priests - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hitler's Priests write by Kevin Spicer. This book was released on 2008-04-14. Hitler's Priests available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Hitler's Priests
Hitler's Priests - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hitler's Priests write by Kevin Spicer. This book was released on 2008-04-14. Hitler's Priests available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Shaken by military defeat and economic depression after War World I, Germans sought to restore their nation's dignity and power. In this context the National Socialist Party, with its promise of a revivified Germany, drew supporters. Among the most zealous were a number of Catholic clergymen known as "brown priests" who volunteered as Nazi propagandists. In this insightful study, Spicer unearths a dark subchapter in Roman Catholic history, introduces the principal clergymen who participated in the Nazi movement, examines their motives, details their advocacy of National Socialism, and explores the consequences of their political activism. Some brown priests, particularly war veterans, advocated National Socialism because it appealed to their patriotic ardor. Others had less laudatory motives: disaffection with clerical life, conflicts with Church superiors, or ambition for personal power and fame. Whatever their individual motives, they employed their skills as orators, writers, and teachers to proclaim the message of Nazism. Especially during the early 1930s, when the Church forbade membership in the party, these clergymen strove to prove that Catholicism was compatible with National Socialism, thereby justifying their support of Nazi ideology. Father Dr. Philipp Haeuser, a scholar and pastor, went so far as to promote antisemitism while deifying Adolf Hitler. The Führer's antisemitism, Spicer argues, did not deter clergymen such as Haeuser because, although the Church officially rejected the Nazis' extreme racism, Catholic teachings tolerated hostility toward Jews by blaming them for Christ's crucifixion. While a handful of brown priests enjoyed the forbearance of their bishops, others endured reprimand or even dismissal; a few found new vocations with the Third Reich. After the fall of the Reich, the most visible brown priests faced trial for their part in the crimes of National Socialism, a movement they had once so earnestly supported. In addition to this intriguing history about clergymen trying to reconcile faith and politics, Spicer provides a master list—verified by extensive research in Church and government archives—of Catholic clergy who publicly supported National Socialism.
Wehrmacht Priests
Wehrmacht Priests - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wehrmacht Priests write by Lauren Faulkner Rossi. This book was released on 2015-04-06. Wehrmacht Priests available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Lauren Faulkner Rossi plumbs the moral justifications of Catholic priests who served willingly and faithfully in the German army in World War II. She probes the Church’s accommodations with Hitler’s regime, its fierce but often futile attempts to preserve independence, and the shortcomings of Church doctrine in the face of total war and genocide.
Bernhard Lichtenberg
Bernhard Lichtenberg - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bernhard Lichtenberg write by Brenda L. Gaydosh. This book was released on 2017-07-06. Bernhard Lichtenberg available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Bernhard Lichtenberg: Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr of the Nazi Regime is the definitive English biography of the martyred Nazi-era Berlin provost, Bernhard Lichtenberg. This work presents a broad overview of Bernhard Lichtenberg’s life (1875–1943) in the context of history. It discusses the areas of his life that had the greatest impact on how he dealt with situations during the Second Empire, the Weimar Republic, and the Third Reich, and it gives a detailed account of his resistance to the Nazis and his imprisonment and death. Appendices present a wealth of primary sources on Lichtenberg’s life, including a collection of his letters from prison which have not previously been made available in English.
Hitler's Pope
Hitler's Pope - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hitler's Pope write by John Cornwell. This book was released on 2000-10-01. Hitler's Pope available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The “explosive” (The New York Times) bestseller that “redefined the history of the twentieth century” (The Washington Post ) This shocking book was the first account to tell the whole truth about Pope Pius XII's actions during World War II, and it remains the definitive account of that era. It sparked a firestorm of controversy both inside and outside the Catholic Church. Award-winning journalist John Cornwell has also included in this seminal work of history an introduction that both answers his critics and reaffirms his overall thesis that Pius XII fatally weakened the Catholic Church with his endorsement of Hitler—and sealed the fate of the Jews in Europe.
