Christianity provided a religious motivation for many to commit individual acts of kindness and rescue during the Holocaust, but it also provided religious justifications for antisemitism. Antisemitic interpretations of Christian doctrine were popular throughout Europe for centuries, and few in the German Catholic or Protestant churches publicly protested the Nazis' persecution of Jews.
Christianity
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Roma and Sinti in Nazi Germany
Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi RuleFilm of Sinti Children at a Catholic Children's Home
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American Christians, Nazi Germany, and the Holocaust
Americans and the HolocaustInterview with Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill
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Family Life During the Holocaust
Everyday Life: Roles, Motives, and Choices During the HolocaustInterview with Gideon Frieder
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Jehovah's Witnesses in Nazi Germany
Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi RuleJehovah's Witnesses Song Written in a Concentration Camp
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American Christians, Nazi Germany, and the Holocaust
Americans and the HolocaustLetter from J. L. Published in The Golden Age
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American Christians, Nazi Germany, and the Holocaust
Americans and the HolocaustLetter from Reverend Hugh M. Newlands to His "Jewish Friends and Neighbors"
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American Christians, Nazi Germany, and the Holocaust
Americans and the HolocaustLouise Kleuser to J. L. McEhlany
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American Christians, Nazi Germany, and the Holocaust
Americans and the HolocaustRobert Durr: “Oh, Church Wake Up, For the Sake of Peace”