Wehrmacht Priests
Author | : Lauren Faulkner Rossi |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2015-04-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674598485 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674598482 |
Rating | : 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Wehrmacht Priests by : Lauren Faulkner Rossi
Download or read book Wehrmacht Priests written by Lauren Faulkner Rossi and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.