The lion of Münster : the Bishop who roared against the nazis.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charlotte (NC) :
Tan Books and Publishers,
2016.
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| Abstract: | “The dear God placed me in a position in which I had a duty to call black 'black' and white 'white'.” These words were spoken by Cardinal Clemens August von Galen, the bishop of the diocese of Münster in Germany from 1933 to 1946. In so doing, he risked death at the hands of the Nazis, one Gestapo leader even urging that he be publicly hanged. Joseph Goebbels and others in the Nazi leadership, knowing the bishop’s popularity, advised waiting, subscribing to the adage that “revenge is a dish best served cold.” |
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| Physical Description: | 404 p. : fot. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1618907646 9781618907646 |