Holy Hatred: Christianity, Antisemitism, and the HolocaustAlthough Christianity's precise influence on the Holocaust cannot be determined and the Christian churches did not themselves perpetrate the Final Solution, Michael argues that two millennia of Christian ideas and prejudices and their impact on Christians' behaviour appear to be the major basis of antisemitism and it's apex, the Holocaust. |
Contents
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Chapter 2 The Church Fathers | 14 |
Chapter 3 Medieval Violence | 45 |
Chapter 4 The Germanies
from Luther to Hitler | 105 |
Chapter 5 Christian Antisemitism the German People and Adolf Hitler | 153 |
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