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Complicity in the Holocaust : churches and universities in Nazi Germany / Robert P. Ericksen.

Author/creator Ericksen, Robert P.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Descriptionxviii, 261 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Church and state--Germany --History --1933-1945.
National socialism and religion.
Universities and colleges--Germany --History --20th century.
Higher education and state--Germany --History --20th century.
National socialism and education.
Anti-Nazi movement--Germany.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.
Contents Why the Holocaust matters in a century of death -- Churches and the rise of Hitler -- Universities and the rise of Hitler -- Consent and collaboration: the churches through 1945 -- The intellectual arm: universities through 1945 -- Repressing and reprocessing the past: denazification and its legacy of dissimulation -- A closer look: denazification at Göttingen University -- Implications.
Summary Robert Ericksen argues that enthusiasm for Hitler within churches and universities effectively gave Germans permission to participate in the Nazi regime.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011038958
ISBN9781107015913 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN110701591X (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN9781107663336 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1107663334 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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