Complicity in the Holocaust: Churches and Universities in Nazi Germany

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/29/2012
ISBN: 9781107663336
Pages: 261
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Choice 09/01/2012