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The Polish Catholic Church under German Occupation - The Reichsgau Wartheland, 1939-1945 (Hardcover)
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The Polish Catholic Church under German Occupation - The Reichsgau Wartheland, 1939-1945 (Hardcover)
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When Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939, it aimed to destroy
Polish national consciousness. As a symbol of Polish national
identity and the religious faith of approximately two-thirds of
Poland's population, the Roman Catholic Church was an obvious
target of the Nazi regime's policies of ethnic, racial, and
cultural Germanization. Jonathan Huener reveals in The Polish
Catholic Church under German Occupation that the persecution of the
church was most severe in the Reichsgau Wartheland, a region of
Poland annexed to Nazi Germany. Here Catholics witnessed the
execution of priests, the incarceration of hundreds of clergymen
and nuns in prisons and concentration camps, the closure of
churches, the destruction and confiscation of church property, and
countless restrictions on public expression of the Catholic faith.
Huener also illustrates how some among the Nazi elite viewed this
area as a testing ground for anti-church policies to be launched in
the Reich after the successful completion of the war. Based on
largely untapped sources from state and church archives, punctuated
by vivid archival photographs, and marked by nuance and balance,
The Polish Catholic Church under German Occupation exposes both the
brutalities and the limitations of Nazi church policy. The first
English-language investigation of German policy toward the Catholic
Church in occupied Poland, this compelling story also offers
insight into the varied ways in which Catholics—from Pope Pius
XII, to members of the Polish episcopate, to the Polish laity at
the parish level—responded to the Nazi regime's repressive
measures.
General
Imprint: |
Indiana University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2021 |
Authors: |
Jonathan Huener
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
374 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-253-05402-9 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-253-05402-8 |
Barcode: |
9780253054029 |
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