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CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. The Church Struggle: Ecclesiastical, Political, and Theological Disunity in the Third Reich 15 2. Representations of the Nazi Past in Early 1945 42 3. Guilt from Another World: Guilt, Repentance, and Forgiveness in the Year Zero 63 4. The Stuttgart Declaration of Guilt: Religious Confession, Freedom Charter, or Another Versailles? 75 5. The Guilt of the Others: Bishop Wurm’s Letter to English Christians 101 6. On the Political Course of Our People 118 7. The Church and Antisemitism 135 8. A Ray of Light in Their Darkness: The Church and Anti-Judaism 153 Conclusion 171 Appendix 1. Theological Declaration of Barmen 179 Appendix 2. Message to the Pastors 181 Appendix 3. Message to the Congregations 185 Appendix 4. Stuttgart Declaration of Guilt 187 Appendix 5. To the Christians in England 189 Appendix 6. Statement by the Council of Brethren of the Evangelical Church of Germany Concerning the Political Course of Our People 193 Appendix 7. Message Concerning the Jewish Question 195 Appendix 8. Statement on the Jewish Question 199 Notes 201 Bibliography 235 Index 261 ...