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An informative glimpse into the world of German Protestantsin the difficult Hitler era, Faith and Fatherland approaches thehistory of the Church Struggle from the "bottom up," usingsources like pastors' correspondence, parish newsletters, localnewspaper accounts, district superintendents' reports, andlocal church statistics.
While Jantzen confirms the general understanding thatGerman Protestants failed toâŠ
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Jantzen has produced a thoroughly engaging study of the German Lutheran pastors under National Socialism. By contrast to the traditional âtop downâ institutional narratives on the Kirchenkampf (German Church Struggle), Jantzen has produced a âbottom upâ work that focuses on the choices made by ordinary parish pastors under Hitlerâs rule. As his point of departure, he examines Lutheran pastors working in three Church districts: Nauen, located northwest of Berlin in Brandenburg; Pirna, in southeast of Dresden in Saxony; and Ravensburg, in southern WĂŒrttemberg. Throughout his work, Jantzen convincingly compares the response of the clergy in these diverse geographic areas.âŠ
From Kevin's list on German Protestantism in Hitlerâs Germany.
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