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03452aam a2200481 i 4500 001 E259B2224D4311EEBB1CF29156ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230907010029 007 ta 008 230117t20232023enka b 001 0deng 010 $a 2023001139 020 $a 110872082X 020 $a 9781108720823 020 $a 110848770X 020 $a 9781108487702 035 $a (OCoLC)1355394214 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d YDX $d PTS $d LNT $d EAU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-gx--- 050 00 $a D810 C36 G33 2023 100 1 $a Bergen, Doris L., $e author. 245 10 $a Between God and Hitler : $b military chaplains in Nazi Germany / $c Doris L. Bergen, University of Toronto. 246 30 $a Military chaplains in Nazi Germany 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2023. 300 $a xix, 326 pages : $b illustrations; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-312) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: An Incongruous Institution -- 1. "We will not let our swords get rusty!" : On the Cusp of 1933 -- 2. "In times of peace the Church arms herself for war" : 1933-1939 -- 3. "Gott mit uns" : Blitzkrieg, 1939-1941 -- 4. Saving Christianity, Killing Jews : June-December 1941 -- 5. "The power of Christian truth and Christian faith" : Genocidal Culture, 1942-1943 -- 6. "What should we preach now?" : 1944-1945 -- 7. From Nazi Past to Christian Future : 1945 and Beyond -- Conclusion: "With what face should I remember this?" 520 $a "During World War II, approximately 1,000 Christian chaplains accompanied Wehrmacht forces wherever they went, from Poland to France, Greece, North Africa, and the Soviet Union. Chaplains were witnesses to atrocity and by their presence helped normalize extreme violence and legitimate its perpetrators. Military chaplains played a key role in propagating a narrative of righteousness that erased Germany's victims and transformed the aggressors into noble figures who suffered but triumphed over their foes. Between God and Hitler is the first book to examine Protestant and Catholic military chaplains in Germany from Hitler's rise to power, to defeat, collapse, and Allied occupation. Drawing on a wide array of sources -- chaplains' letters and memoirs, military reports, Jewish testimonies, photographs, and popular culture -- this book offers insight into how Christian clergy served the cause of genocide, sometimes eagerly, sometimes reluctantly, even unknowingly, but always loyally"-- $c Publisher, page [i]. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Chaplains $z Germany. 610 10 $a Germany. $b Wehrmacht $x Chaplains. 651 0 $a Germany $x Chaplains. $x Chaplains. 650 0 $a Military chaplains $z Germany $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Church and state $z Germany $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Moral and ethical aspects. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Christianity. $x Christianity. 650 0 $a Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) $x Religious aspects. 650 0 $a Nazi propaganda. 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Bergen, Doris L. $t Between God and Hitler $d Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 $z 9781108767712 $w (DLC) 2023001140 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231103011709.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E259B2224D4311EEBB1CF29156ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search