"The subject matter of this book is controversial," Guenter Lewy states plainly in his preface.
To this tragic history Lewy brings new focus and research, illuminating one of the darkest corners of our centur.
To show the German Catholic Church\'s congeniality with some of the goals of National Socialism and its gradual entrapment in Nazi policies and programs, Lewy describes the episcopate\'s support of Hitler\'s expansionist policies and its failures to speak out on the persecution of the Jews. "The subject matter of this book is controversial," Guenter Lewy states plainly in his preface