- Summary
- Seventy years after it took place, the Holocaust committed against the Jews of Europe during World War II continues to cast a giant shadow over humankind. Man's inhumanity to man is not a thing of the past. Genocidal action is still commonplace around the globe. Has humankind learned the lessons of the past? Is the human race doomed to live in a perpetual state of war and self-destruction? Explaining the Holocaust shows how, given the right circumstances, human beings can lose their humanity. Does that mean that the ethical teachings of the major religions are wishful thinking? -- Provided by publisher.
This book tackles two questions that continue to be asked by people everywhere: Why did a highly civilized nation like Germany, in the middle of the twentieth century, commit the most heinous crime in all of human history? And if indeed there is a loving God who made a covenant with the people of Israel, why were millions of innocent, peaceful Jews dehumanized, starved, tortured, and systematically murdered? Explaining the Holocaust spares no one in discussing the enormity of the evil. But it also shows how the divine spark in human beings did not die during those years of darkness, and why we still have a glimmer of hope. -- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Schreiber, Mordecai, author.
- Published
- Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2015]
Cambridge, United Kingdom : The Lutterworth Press, 2015
©2015
- Locale
- Germany
- Contents
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Part 1 Bottomless Evil
Not Just Another Genocide
How It All Started
Germany and Europe after World War I
Satan's Prophet: The Rise of Hitler
The World According to Hitler
The Complicity of the World: A Tale of Two Conferences
Those Who Did the Dirty Work
The Evolution of the Holocaust
The Judenrat Dilemma
Jewish Inaction during the Holocaust
Religious Gentitles
Part 2 The Problem of Faith
A Brief History of Jewish Martyrdom
A New Language of Faith
Christianity and the Holocaust
The Problem of Jewish Victimhood
The State of Israel as Sign and Wonder
The Universality of Faith
The Possibility of Faith After the Holocaust
The Way Back
Conclusion
- Other Authors/Editors
- Paldiel, Mordecai.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200).
Part 1 Bottomless Evil -- Not Just Another Genocide -- How It All Started -- Germany and Europe after World War I -- Satan's Prophet: The Rise of Hitler -- The World According to Hitler -- The Complicity of the World: A Tale of Two Conferences -- Those Who Did the Dirty Work -- The Evolution of the Holocaust -- The Judenrat Dilemma -- Jewish Inaction during the Holocaust -- Religious Gentitles -- Part 2 The Problem of Faith -- A Brief History of Jewish Martyrdom -- A New Language of Faith -- Christianity and the Holocaust -- The Problem of Jewish Victimhood -- The State of Israel as Sign and Wonder --The Universality of Faith -- The Possibility of Faith After the Holocaust -- The Way Back -- Conclusion
