Repentance for the Holocaust : Lessons from Jewish Thought for Confronting the German Past /

"Develops the biblical idea of "turning" (tshuvah) into a conceptual framework to analyze a particular area of contemporary German history, commonly referred to as Vergangenheitsbewältigung or "coming to terms with the past." Chung examines a selection of German responses to...

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1. Verfasser: Chung, C. K. Martin (Verfasst von)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca : Cornell University Library, 2017.
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  • Turning in the God-human relationship
  • Interhuman and collective repentance
  • People, not devils
  • Fascism was the great apostasy
  • The French must love the German spirit now entrusted to them
  • One cannot speak of injustice without raising the question of guilt
  • You won't believe how thankful I am for what you have said
  • Courage to say no and still more courage to say yes
  • Raise our voice, both Jews and Germans
  • The appropriateness of each proposition depends upon who utters it
  • Hitler is in ourselves, too
  • I am Germany
  • Know before whom you will have to give an account
  • We take over the guilt of the fathers
  • Remember the evil, but do not forget the good
  • We are not authorized to forgive.