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Zusatztext Katharina von Kellenbach's analysis is strong medicine. In this extensive case study she exposes the inability of rank and file Nazi perpetrators to confront their own responsibilities for the crimes they committed serving the Nazi cause. Their own words and denials become a modern day mark of Cain, warning future generations of the compounding power of personal, cultural, religious, and ideological identities to justify unspeakable violence to others. Informationen zum Autor Katharina von Kellenbach is Professor of Religious Studies at St. Mary's College of Maryland. Klappentext In The Mark of Cain, Katharina von Kellenbach draws on letters exchanged between clergy and Nazi perpetrators, written notes of prison chaplains, memoirs, sermons, and prison publications to illuminate the moral and spiritual struggles of perpetrators after the war. "Katharina von Kellenbach's analysis is strong medicine. In this extensive case study she exposes the inability of rank and file Nazi perpetrators to confront their own responsibilities for the crimes they committed serving the Nazi cause. Their own words and denials become a modern day mark of Cain, warning future generations of the compounding power of personal, cultural, religious, and ideological identities to justify unspeakable violence to others." -- Henry F. Knight, Director of the Cohen Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Keene State College"Through meticulous archival work and a capacious form of contemporary Midrash, von Kellenbach reimagines the biblical figure of Cain. This extraordinary book on the legacy of Nazi perpetrators manages to breathe new life into such notions as guilt, salvation, and justice not as something accomplished once and for all, but instead as ongoing labors--forms of repentance or penitential practice after genocide. This is a major contribution to Holocaust studies." -- Laura Levitt, Professor of Religion, Jewish Studies, and Gender, Temple University Zusammenfassung In The Mark of Cain, Katharina von Kellenbach draws on letters exchanged between clergy and Nazi perpetrators, written notes of prison chaplains, memoirs, sermons, and prison publications to illuminate the moral and spiritual struggles of perpetrators after the war. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Chapter 1: The Mark of Cain Chapter 2: Guilt Confessions and Amnesty Campaigns Chapter 3: Faith under the Gallows: Spectacles of Innocence in WCP Landsberg Chapter 4: Cleansed by Suffering? The SS General and the Human Beast Chapter 5: From Honorable Sacrifices to Lonely Scapegoats Chapter 6: ''Understand my Boy this Truth about the Mistake'': Inheriting Guilt Chapter 7: ''Naturally I will stand by my husband'': Marital Love and Loyalty Chapter 8: ''Absolved from the Guilt of the Past'': Memory as Burden and as Grace Biographical Appendix Abbreviations of Archives Notes Bibliography Index ...
