Between God and Hitler: Military Chaplains in Nazi Germany

by Doris L. Bergen

During the Second World War, approximately 1000 Christian chaplains accompanied Wehrmacht forces wherever they went, from Poland to France, Greece, North Africa, and the Soviet Union. Chaplains were witnesses to atrocity and by their presence helped normalize extreme violence and legitimate its perpetrators. Military chaplains played a key role in propagating a narrative of righteousness that erased Germany's victims and transformed the aggressors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110848770X
• ISBN13: 9781108487702
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"