Includes bibliographical references in "Notes" (p. 345-404) and index.
Summary
A study of the Catholic Church and its relationship to Hitler's Third Reich.
Contents
The encounter with national socialism before 1933 -- The first one hundred and twenty days of Hitler's rule -- The concordat between Germany and the holy see of July 20, 1933 -- The great reconciliation -- Tribulations of the Catholic organizations and press -- The ideological contest -- The church and Hitler's foreign policy -- 1939-1945 : the church goes to war -- The conflict over Nazi eugenic policies -- The Jewish question -- The problem of resistance -- Catholic political ideology : the unity of theory and practice -- Appendix : the German Catholic episcopate in September 1933.