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The mark of Cain : guilt and denial in the post-war lives of Nazi perpetrators, Katharina von Kellenbach
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- Summary
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- "The Mark of Cain fleshes out a history of conversations that contributed to Germany's coming to terms with a guilty past. 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. These documents provide intimate insights into the self-reflection and self-perception of perpetrators. As Germany looks back on more than sixty years of passionate debate about political, personal and legal guilt, its ongoing engagement with the legacy of perpetration has transformed its culture and politics. In many post-genocidal societies, it falls to clergy and religious officials (in addition to the courts) to negotiate and create a path for individuals beyond the atrocities of the past. German clergy brought the Christian message of guilt and forgiveness into the internment camps where Nazi functionaries awaited prosecution at the hands of Allied military tribunals and various national criminal courts, or served out their sentences. The loving willingness to forgive and forget displayed towards his errant child by the father in the parable of the Prodigal Son became the paradigm central to Germany's rehabilitation and reintegration of Nazi perpetrators. The problem with Luke's parable in this context, however, is that perpetrators did not ask for forgiveness. Most agents of state crimes felt innocent. Von Kellenbach proposes the story of the mark of Cain as a counter narrative. In contrast to the Prodigal Son, who is quickly forgiven and welcomed back into the house of the father, the fratricide Cain is charged to rebuild his life on the basis of open communication about the past. The story of the Prodigal Son equates forgiveness with forgetting; Cain's story links redemption with remembrance and suggests a strategy of critical engagement with perpetrators"--
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 287 pages
- Contents
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- The mark of Cain
- Guilt confessions and amnesty campaigns
- Faith under the gallows: spectacles of innocence in WCP Landsberg
- Cleansed by suffering? the SS general and the human beast
- From honorable sacrifices to lonely scapegoats
- ''Understand my boy this truth about the mistake'': inheriting guilt
- ''Naturally I will stand by my husband'': marital love and loyalty
- ''Absolved from the guilt of the past'': memory as burden and as grace
- Isbn
- 9780199937455
- Label
- The mark of Cain : guilt and denial in the post-war lives of Nazi perpetrators
- Title
- The mark of Cain
- Title remainder
- guilt and denial in the post-war lives of Nazi perpetrators
- Statement of responsibility
- Katharina von Kellenbach
- Subject
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- Genocide -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Germany
- Genocide -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Germany
- Germany
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany
- Holocaust (Christian theology)
- Holocaust (Christian theology)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Catholic Church -- Germany -- Clergy
- Kriegsverbrecher
- Nationalsozialismus
- RELIGION -- General
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities | Moral and ethical aspects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities | Moral and ethical aspects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects | Catholic Church
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects | Catholic Church
- Judenvernichtung
- Catholic Church -- Germany -- Clergy
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "The Mark of Cain fleshes out a history of conversations that contributed to Germany's coming to terms with a guilty past. 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. These documents provide intimate insights into the self-reflection and self-perception of perpetrators. As Germany looks back on more than sixty years of passionate debate about political, personal and legal guilt, its ongoing engagement with the legacy of perpetration has transformed its culture and politics. In many post-genocidal societies, it falls to clergy and religious officials (in addition to the courts) to negotiate and create a path for individuals beyond the atrocities of the past. German clergy brought the Christian message of guilt and forgiveness into the internment camps where Nazi functionaries awaited prosecution at the hands of Allied military tribunals and various national criminal courts, or served out their sentences. The loving willingness to forgive and forget displayed towards his errant child by the father in the parable of the Prodigal Son became the paradigm central to Germany's rehabilitation and reintegration of Nazi perpetrators. The problem with Luke's parable in this context, however, is that perpetrators did not ask for forgiveness. Most agents of state crimes felt innocent. Von Kellenbach proposes the story of the mark of Cain as a counter narrative. In contrast to the Prodigal Son, who is quickly forgiven and welcomed back into the house of the father, the fratricide Cain is charged to rebuild his life on the basis of open communication about the past. The story of the Prodigal Son equates forgiveness with forgetting; Cain's story links redemption with remembrance and suggests a strategy of critical engagement with perpetrators"--
- "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"--
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- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kellenbach, Katharina von
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Catholic Church
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Genocide
- Holocaust (Christian theology)
- HISTORY
- RELIGION
- Kriegsverbrecher
- Judenvernichtung
- Nationalsozialismus
- Germany
- Label
- The mark of Cain : guilt and denial in the post-war lives of Nazi perpetrators, Katharina von Kellenbach
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The mark of Cain -- Guilt confessions and amnesty campaigns -- Faith under the gallows: spectacles of innocence in WCP Landsberg -- Cleansed by suffering? the SS general and the human beast -- From honorable sacrifices to lonely scapegoats -- ''Understand my boy this truth about the mistake'': inheriting guilt -- ''Naturally I will stand by my husband'': marital love and loyalty -- ''Absolved from the guilt of the past'': memory as burden and as grace
- Control code
- 821265819
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 287 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199937455
- Lccn
- 2013012867
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)821265819
- Label
- The mark of Cain : guilt and denial in the post-war lives of Nazi perpetrators, Katharina von Kellenbach
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The mark of Cain -- Guilt confessions and amnesty campaigns -- Faith under the gallows: spectacles of innocence in WCP Landsberg -- Cleansed by suffering? the SS general and the human beast -- From honorable sacrifices to lonely scapegoats -- ''Understand my boy this truth about the mistake'': inheriting guilt -- ''Naturally I will stand by my husband'': marital love and loyalty -- ''Absolved from the guilt of the past'': memory as burden and as grace
- Control code
- 821265819
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 287 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199937455
- Lccn
- 2013012867
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)821265819
Subject
- Genocide -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Germany
- Genocide -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Germany
- Germany
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany
- Holocaust (Christian theology)
- Holocaust (Christian theology)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Catholic Church -- Germany -- Clergy
- Kriegsverbrecher
- Nationalsozialismus
- RELIGION -- General
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities | Moral and ethical aspects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities | Moral and ethical aspects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects | Catholic Church
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects | Catholic Church
- Judenvernichtung
- Catholic Church -- Germany -- Clergy
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