Nazism and Christianity: Partners and rivals? A response to Richard Steigmann-Gall, The Holy Reich. Nazi Conceptions of Christianity, 1919-1945

Journal of Contemporary History

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-33

  Bergen, Doris L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisemitism; Christianity; German Christians; German Church history; National Socialism; Nazism

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249143853     PISSN: 00220094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022009407071629     Document Type: Review

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