Then They Came for Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor Who Defied the Nazis
Autor Matthew D Hockenosen Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 sep 2018
"First
they
came
for
the
Communists,
and
I
did
not
speak
out-Because
I
was
not
a
Communist..."
Few
today
recognize
the
name
Martin
Niemöller,
though
many
know
his
famous
confession.
InThen
They
Came
for
Me,
Matthew
Hockenos
traces
Niemöller's
evolution
from
a
Nazi
supporter
to
a
determined
opponent
of
Hitler,
revealing
him
to
be
a
more
complicated
figure
than
previously
understood.
Born
into
a
traditionalist
Prussian
family,
Niemöller
welcomed
Hitler's
rise
to
power
as
an
opportunity
for
national
rebirth.
Yet
when
the
regime
attempted
to
seize
control
of
the
Protestant
Church,
he
helped
lead
the
opposition
and
was
soon
arrested.
After
spending
the
war
in
concentration
camps,
Niemöller
emerged
a
controversial
figure:
to
his
supporters
he
was
a
modern
Luther,
while
his
critics,
including
President
Harry
Truman,
saw
him
as
an
unrepentant
nationalist.
A
nuanced
portrait
of
courage
in
the
face
of
evil,Then
They
Came
for
Meputs
the
question
to
us
today:
What
would
I
have
done?
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465097869
ISBN-10: 0465097863
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 162 x 244 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 0465097863
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 162 x 244 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
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Notă biografică
Matthew
D.
Hockenosis
the
Harriet
Johnson
Toadvine
'56
Professor
in
20th-Century
History
at
Skidmore
College.
The
author
ofA
Church
Divided:
German
Protestants
Confront
the
Nazi
Past,
he
lives
in
Round
Lake,
New
York.
Recenzii
"[A]
clear-eyed
biography....
Hockenos's
portrait
sheds
valuable
light
on
a
man
and
a
society
willing
to
overlook
the
sins
of
a
leader
whose
interests
initially
seemed
to
dovetail
with
their
own."—New
Yorker
"A supremely nuanced account of an enigmatic figure."—Winnipeg Free Press
"Hockenos provides an honest view of Niemöller's heroic and not-so-heroic sides."—CHOICE
"Using extensive research, Hockenos writes a nuanced, well-rounded analysis of Niemöller's transformation from fervent nationalist and supporter of the Nazi regime to opponent of Hitler's attempts to control the Lutheran Church in Germany."—Library Journal
"Hockenos's impressively nuanced study captures a major 20th-century religious leader and his contradictions."—Publishers Weekly
"A valuable study in individual resistance to tyranny."—Kirkus Reviews
"In this engaging biography, Matthew Hockenos explores the many lives of Niemoller as he evolved from U-boat captain to clergyman to critic of Hitler to defender of the German people. Combining historical empathy with honest critical analysis, Hockenos masterfully demonstrates how a deeply flawed religious activist challenged an authoritarian political leader and changed the course of history."—Matthew A. Sutton,author ofAmerican Apocalypse
"Martin Niemoeller is best-remembered as an outspoken critic of Nazi Germany. As Matthew Hockenos shows in this penetrating and fast-paced biography, he was also an ardent early supporter of Hitler. By showing how strongly Niemoeller identified the Nazi regime with Germany's spiritual as well as political rebirth, Hockenos asks us to rethink what we understand about the nature of consent and opposition in Nazi Germany."—Nicholas Stargardt,author ofThe German War
"In this riveting and searingly honest work of humane scholarship, Matthew Hockenos shows how a deeply flawed figure can nevertheless bequeath a moral legacy of timeless relevance. The complex, if 'ordinary,' Niemoller merits a superb biography, and now has it."—James Carroll,author ofConstantine's SwordandThe Cloister
"Niemoller sunk Allied ships and called out for a Führer. He put God above Germany even though it was the same God who had cursed the Jews. In many ways, he was 'too German' and 'too Lutheran'--even in a concentration camp for the dissidence of his sermons, Niemoller volunteered to fight in Hitler's army. Hockenos makes sense of these jarring contradictions, portraying a remarkable, self-critical man in a highly readable but also critical biography. Readers will turn the pages of this book just as history turned the pages of Niemoller's life."—Peter Fritzsche,author ofAn Iron Wind
"Then They Came for Meis a moving and surprising look at Martin Niemoller. Based on extensive research and a profound understanding of history, it reveals Niemoller as a complex and flawed hero who embodied the nationalism, antisemitism, and militarism of his German Protestant surroundings but nonetheless proved able to change. Hockenos's wise and unsentimental biography is sure to challenge, inform, and entertain every reader."—Doris L. Bergen,author ofWar and Genocide
"A well-told story of faith, personal courage and repentance that speaks to a nation's journey through delusion and horror to contrition. With skill that weaves his deep research and knowledge of German history into a finely-knit biography, Matthew Hockenos takes us swiftly through Martin Niemoller's nine decades, from his origins in a family of monarchist, anti-Semitic, Lutheran ministers through his career as a naval officer and U boat commander, from his early support for the Nazis to his disillusionment and 8 years in concentration camps through his evolution into a pacifist icon and moral authority in turbulent post-war Germany."—Ethan Michaeli,author ofThe Defender
"A supremely nuanced account of an enigmatic figure."—Winnipeg Free Press
"Hockenos provides an honest view of Niemöller's heroic and not-so-heroic sides."—CHOICE
"Using extensive research, Hockenos writes a nuanced, well-rounded analysis of Niemöller's transformation from fervent nationalist and supporter of the Nazi regime to opponent of Hitler's attempts to control the Lutheran Church in Germany."—Library Journal
"Hockenos's impressively nuanced study captures a major 20th-century religious leader and his contradictions."—Publishers Weekly
"A valuable study in individual resistance to tyranny."—Kirkus Reviews
"In this engaging biography, Matthew Hockenos explores the many lives of Niemoller as he evolved from U-boat captain to clergyman to critic of Hitler to defender of the German people. Combining historical empathy with honest critical analysis, Hockenos masterfully demonstrates how a deeply flawed religious activist challenged an authoritarian political leader and changed the course of history."—Matthew A. Sutton,author ofAmerican Apocalypse
"Martin Niemoeller is best-remembered as an outspoken critic of Nazi Germany. As Matthew Hockenos shows in this penetrating and fast-paced biography, he was also an ardent early supporter of Hitler. By showing how strongly Niemoeller identified the Nazi regime with Germany's spiritual as well as political rebirth, Hockenos asks us to rethink what we understand about the nature of consent and opposition in Nazi Germany."—Nicholas Stargardt,author ofThe German War
"In this riveting and searingly honest work of humane scholarship, Matthew Hockenos shows how a deeply flawed figure can nevertheless bequeath a moral legacy of timeless relevance. The complex, if 'ordinary,' Niemoller merits a superb biography, and now has it."—James Carroll,author ofConstantine's SwordandThe Cloister
"Niemoller sunk Allied ships and called out for a Führer. He put God above Germany even though it was the same God who had cursed the Jews. In many ways, he was 'too German' and 'too Lutheran'--even in a concentration camp for the dissidence of his sermons, Niemoller volunteered to fight in Hitler's army. Hockenos makes sense of these jarring contradictions, portraying a remarkable, self-critical man in a highly readable but also critical biography. Readers will turn the pages of this book just as history turned the pages of Niemoller's life."—Peter Fritzsche,author ofAn Iron Wind
"Then They Came for Meis a moving and surprising look at Martin Niemoller. Based on extensive research and a profound understanding of history, it reveals Niemoller as a complex and flawed hero who embodied the nationalism, antisemitism, and militarism of his German Protestant surroundings but nonetheless proved able to change. Hockenos's wise and unsentimental biography is sure to challenge, inform, and entertain every reader."—Doris L. Bergen,author ofWar and Genocide
"A well-told story of faith, personal courage and repentance that speaks to a nation's journey through delusion and horror to contrition. With skill that weaves his deep research and knowledge of German history into a finely-knit biography, Matthew Hockenos takes us swiftly through Martin Niemoller's nine decades, from his origins in a family of monarchist, anti-Semitic, Lutheran ministers through his career as a naval officer and U boat commander, from his early support for the Nazis to his disillusionment and 8 years in concentration camps through his evolution into a pacifist icon and moral authority in turbulent post-war Germany."—Ethan Michaeli,author ofThe Defender