Hitler's Priests : : Catholic Clergy and National Socialism /

Hitler's Priests : : Catholic Clergy and National Socialism / / Kevin Spicer.

Shaken by military defeat and economic depression after War World I, Germans sought to restore their nation's dignity and power. In this context the National Socialist Party, with its promise of a revivified Germany, drew supporters. Among the most zealous were a number of Catholic clergymen kn...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Spicer, Kevin,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
©2008
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (369 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1—Adapting Catholic Teaching to Nazi Ideology
  • 2—In the Trenches for Hitler
  • 3—The Old Fighters under Hitler’s Rule
  • 4—Antisemitism and the Warrior Priest
  • 5—From Nationalism to National Socialism
  • 6—Germanizing Catholicism
  • 7—Judgment Day—Brown Priests on Trial?
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1—German Catholic Ecclesiastical Structure
  • Appendix 2—The Brown Priests—Biographical Data
  • Notes
  • Sources Cited
  • Index

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