Christianity and the Holocaust of Hungarian Jewry
Contributors: Joel J. Lerner (Translator)
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: June 1, 1995
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780814735206
Subjects: Jewish studies; Religion - Socialissues; History: World; Religion, Politics & State; Anthropology - Cultural; Holocaust; CHRISTIANITY AND POLITICS; HOLOCAUST, JEWISH (1939-1945); Religion / Church & State; General; History - General History
Description: The complicity of the Hungarian Christian church in the mass extermination of Hungarian Jews by the Nazis is a largely forgotten episode in the history of the Holocaust. Using previously unknown correspondence and other primary source materials, Moshe Y. Herczl recreates the church's actions and its disposition toward Hungarian Jewry. Herczl provides a scathing indictment of the church's lack of compassion toward--and even active persecution of--Hungary's Jews during World War II.