Six million crucifixions
Subtitle: how Christian teachings about Jews paved the road to the Holocaust
By: Gabriel Wilensky
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: QWERTY Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780984334643
Subjects: Christianity and antisemitism; Judaism (Christian theology); History of doctrines; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Christianity and other religions; Judaism; Relations; Christianity; World War, 1939-1945; War; Religious aspects; Interfaith relations
Other titles: How Christian teachings about Jews paved the road to the Holocaust
Description: "Six Million Crucifixions provides an overview of the historical background of key events in the history of antisemitism spanning the time between the death of Jesus up to the end of the Holocaust and beyond. The second part of the book focuses on various specific aspects of Christian Antisemitism, followed by the role of the Catholic and Protestant Churches during the Nazi era and its aftermath. The fourth part provides an overview of the criminal activities that individual clergy as well as the Churches as such may be guilty of and makes a legal study of what a potential indictment may have looked like... The objective of this book is to present the historical background to explain how the Holocaust could have happened, and raise awareness of where antisemitism comes from and why it has not disappeared yet."--Website: http://www.sixmillioncrucifixions.com/About_the_book.html.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-374) and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical background. Laying the foundation. The Middle Ages. Emancipation and the rise of modern antisemitism. Modern views; title: Christian antisemitism. Christian attitudes toward Jews. Christianity in print. Antisemitism in sermons, liturgy, and the Christian Bible; title: The role of the churches during the Nazi era. Dealing with the enemy. The church's positive attitudes toward the war. What the churches said. What the churches failed to say; title: Smuggling Nazis out of Europe; title: The quest for justice. What the Pope and the churches should have done. Legal background. Indictable material. Conclusions; title: Epilogue. Cleaning up the ashes; title: Appendices. In their own words. Pontifical bulls.