A Priest in a Nazi Collar: German Military Chaplains and the Holocaust
Thursday, November 9, 2023 5:30pm to 7:30pm
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1200 10th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205
https://ahecinfo.org/event/a-priest-in-a-nazi-collar-german-military-chaplains-and-the-holocaust/Speaker: Dr. Doris Bergen, University of Toronto
During the Second World War, Christian chaplains accompanied the German army wherever they went, from Poland to France, Greece, North Africa, and the Soviet Union.
They were witnesses to atrocity and also helped normalize violence. Military chaplains played a key role in creating a narrative of righteousness that erased Germany’s victims and transformed perpetrators into noble figures who suffered but triumphed over their foes. Dr. Bergen will show us how Christian clergy served the cause of genocide- sometimes eagerly, sometimes reluctantly, even unknowingly, but always loyally.
- Reception at 5:30pm
- Lecture at 6:30pm
Sponsored by the Rita and Sol Kimerling Public History Endowment at UAB in conjunction with the Alabama Holocaust Education Center
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