The Holocaust and Catholic conscience: Cardinal Aloisius Muench and the guilt question in Germany

Publication Data

• Title The Holocaust and Catholic conscience: Cardinal Aloisius Muench and the guilt question in Germany
• Author Suzanne Brown-Fleming
• Contributor United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Publisher University of Notre Dame Press
• Publication date 2006
• Publication location Notre Dame, Ind.
• Language English

Descriptive Notes

"Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum."

Contents

Introduction : Aloisius Muench and the question of guilt and responsibility
The life and career of Aloisius Muench
Excusing the Holocaust : the sensation of one world in charity
Comfort and consensus : Aloisius Muench and the German Catholic hierarchy, clergy, and laity
Granting absolution : Muench and the Catholic clemency campaign
The longest hatred
Conclusion : the Holocaust and Catholic conscience.

Topics

• Muench, Aloisius J. (Aloisius Joseph), 1889-1962
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) :: Moral and ethical aspects
• World War, 1939-1945 :: Religious aspects :: Catholic Church
• Catholic Church :: Foreign relations :: Germany
• Germany :: Foreign relations :: Catholic Church
• Christianity and antisemitism :: History :: 20th century
• Germany :: History :: 1945-1955
• Germany

The Holocaust and Catholic conscience: Cardinal Aloisius Muench and the guilt question in Germany by Suzanne Brown-Fleming. ISBN 0268021872. Published by University of Notre Dame Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.