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Resources on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust

These Museum resources highlight aspects of Holocaust history as it relates to the choices and actions of religious communities. They may be of particular interest to university and seminary faculty, as well as community and religious groups. These resources provide deeper knowledge of the role religious communities played in the Holocaust and the ways in which religious communities have addressed this history since the end of the Holocaust.

  • Learn more about the seismic shifts in theology and practice that have taken place in many Christian traditions in the wake of the Holocaust and as a result of postwar Jewish-Christian relations, as well as postwar Jewish theological responses to the Holocaust.

  • Learn more about the role of the Protestant and Catholic churches in Nazi Germany, as well as the experiences of Jehovah’s Witnesses and other Christian groups.

  • Learn more about religious leaders, institutions, and communities in German-occupied, neutral, and Axis countries during World War II and the Holocaust.

  • Learn more about the actions and responses of religious, ecumenical, and interreligious leaders and communities in North America during the Holocaust.

  • Learn more about the seismic shifts in theology and practice that have taken place in many Christian traditions in the wake of the Holocaust and as a result of postwar Jewish-Christian relations, as well as postwar Jewish theological responses to the Holocaust. 

  • Learn more about Jewish religious responses to persecution and destruction during the Holocaust.

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The Programs on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust are supported by Lilly Endowment Inc; the Hoffberger Family Foundation; and by Joseph A. and Janeal Cannon and Family.