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Demonizing the Jews

Demonizing the Jews Luther and the Protestant Church in Nazi Germany

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Publisher's Synopsis

The acquiescence of the German Protestant churches in Nazi oppression and murder of Jews is well documented. In this book, Christopher J. Probst demonstrates that a significant number of German theologians and clergy made use of the 16th-century writings by Martin Luther on Jews and Judaism to reinforce the racial antisemitism and religious anti-Judaism already present among Protestants. Focusing on key figures, Probst's study makes clear that a significant number of pastors, bishops, and theologians of varying theological and political persuasions employed Luther's texts with considerable effectiveness in campaigning for the creation of a "de-Judaized" form of Christianity. Probst shows that even the church most critical of Luther's anti-Jewish writings reaffirmed the antisemitic stereotyping that helped justify early Nazi measures against the Jews.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780253000989
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 261.26094309043
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 251
Weight: 544g
Height: 228mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 19mm