Hitler Came for Niemoeller: The Nazi War Against ReligionPelican Publishing, 31 mar 2003 - 336 páginas "To say that this is a good book is to say nothing. To advise one to read it for entertainment is sacrilege. To urge its reading for information, or even for inspiration, is to reveal a lack of insight. This book is a revelation of hell on earth, of the existence of a malignant wickedness and evil in this world. If any man can read it and not be stirred to his depths, it is because he has no depths." --Norman Vincent Peale, from the foreword First published in 1942, Leo Stein's account of the imprisonment of Lutheran pastor Martin Niemoeller recounts face-to-face discussions with Hitler. Martin Niemoeller was ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1924. He was a hero during World War I, a German naval lieutenant and U-boat commander. He was also one of the earliest and most vocal critics of Nazism. As the Third Reich moved toward the obliteration of the Christian Church, Niemoeller, along with other pastors, formed the Pastor's Emergency League to protect the church and its ministers from imprisonment and destruction. Pastor Niemoeller's was one of the early, stentorian calls for overseas aid, with a major manifesto appearing in an issue of Time magazine just prior to the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Niemoeller was protected until 1937, when he was found guilty of treason. He was sent for "re-education" and spent the remainder of World War II at Sachsenhausen, Mobait, and Dachau. He lived a life of distinction, serving as president of the World Council of Churches and actively speaking out against nuclear armament and military alliances until his death at age ninety-two in 1984.Leo Stein served as a doctor of jurisprudence and church law and was teaching at the University of Berlin when he was arrested and summarily imprisoned for crimes of treason, his book on the Russian Revolution held as the sole "evidence" against him. This book was written following his emigration to the United States. |
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NIEMOELLER AT MOABIT | 52 |
NIEMOELLER MEETS HITLER | 77 |
HITLER THE SAVIOR OF MANKIND | 85 |
NIEMOELLERS COURAGE IN PRISON | 93 |
FRIEND OF THE FRIENDLESS | 105 |
B Policies Adopted in the Incorporated Areas | 284 |
V METHODS USED TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICY OF PERSECUTION | 285 |
a The Seizure of the German Evangelical Church | 286 |
2 Interference with the Normal Operation of Central Institutions of Church Government | 287 |
ii Prohibition of the Central Governing Organs of the German Confessionals | 288 |
c Interruption of Official Communications within the Church Government | 290 |
ii Cases in the Incorporated Areas | 292 |
1 The Murder of Church Leaders | 293 |
NIEMOELLER ON ANTISEMITISM | 115 |
THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN | 124 |
NIEMOELLER VIEWS THE NAZI PHILOSOPHY | 131 |
NIEMOELLER ON THE NAZI CREED | 139 |
RELIGION IS NOT DEAD IN GERMANY | 155 |
IN THE HANDS OF THE GESTAPO | 170 |
DEATH HITLERS ONLY MERCY | 183 |
TOGETHER AT SACHSENHAUSEN | 205 |
WOULD HITLER HAVE LAUGHED? | 216 |
TELL THE WORLD NIEMOELLER | 226 |
HITLER ON RELIGION EXCERPT FROM THE VOICE OF DESTRUCTION | 239 |
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE NAZI WAR ON RELIGION BY WILLIAM DONOVAN DIRECTOR OF THE OSS | 253 |
THE PERSECUTION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES | 265 |
B Acts Committed in Areas Incorporated into the Reich | 266 |
III THE BASIC NATIONAL SOCIALIST ATTITUDE TOWARD CHRISTIAN CHURCHES | 267 |
IV POLICIES ADOPTED IN THE PERSECUTION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES | 270 |
1 The Catholic Church | 272 |
b The Period from the Seizure of Power to the Signing of the Concordat | 273 |
c The Period Following the Signature of the Concordat | 277 |
2 The Evangelical Church | 278 |
a The Period of German Christian Predominance | 279 |
b The Period of Direct Administration | 281 |
3 The Christian Sects | 283 |
c Cases in the Occupied Areas | 294 |
b Cases in the Incorporated Areas | 298 |
3 Defamation of the Clergy | 300 |
4 Arrest of the Clergy | 301 |
b Cases in the Incorporated Areas | 303 |
5 Removing Clergymen from Office | 304 |
C Interference with the Activities of the Clergy | 305 |
b Cases in Occupied Areas | 306 |
a Cases Involving the Catholic Church CASE 39 | 307 |
b Cases Involving the German Evangelical Church | 312 |
3 Interferences with the Educational Functions of the Clergy | 313 |
i Cases in Germany Proper | 314 |
ii Cases in the Incorporated Areas | 315 |
c Elimination of Religious Instruction from Other Schools | 318 |
D Interference with Christian Organizations | 319 |
1 Religious Orders | 321 |
b Interference with Religious Orders in the Incorporated Areas | 322 |
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3 Other Church Organizations | 324 |
VI ORGANIZATIONS BEARING PARTICULAR RESPONSIBILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE PERSECUTIONS | 325 |
VII LIST OF CHIEF WITNESSES IN THE CASES CONCERNING PERSECUTION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IN GERMANY AND OCCU... | 329 |
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