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Brown-Fleming, Suzanne.

The Holocaust and Catholic conscience : Cardinal Aloisius Muench and the guilt question in Germany / Suzanne Brown-Fleming. - Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2006. - xiv, 240 p. ; 23 cm.

"Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-226) and index.

Introduction : Aloisius Muench and the question of guilt and responsibility -- The life and career of Aloisius Muench -- Excusing the Holocaust : the sensation of One world in charity -- Comfort and consensus : Muench and the German Catholic hierarchy, clergy, and laity -- Granting absolution : Muench and the Catholic clemency campaign -- The longest hatred -- Conclusion : the Holocaust and Catholic conscience.

ISBN: 0268021864 (cloth : alk. paper) 0268021872 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2005025264

Subjects--Personal Names:
Muench, Aloisius J. 1889-1962.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Catholic Church--Foreign relations--Germany.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christianity and antisemitism--History--20th century.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Moral and ethical aspects.
World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Germany--Foreign relations--Catholic Church.
Germany--History--1945-1955.

LC Class. No.: BX 4705 .M755 / B76 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 261.26 / B813h