Complicity in the Holocaust: Churches and Universities in Nazi Germany (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107015913)

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.

Author: Robert P. Ericksen
ISBN-10: 110701591X
ISBN-13: 9781107015913
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/05/2012
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2012