Nazi Racism, American Anti-Semitism, and Christian Duty

Abstract

of we they that persecution by such totalitarian Germany a problem. The American is still under the illusion that from are entirely though thousands [of Christian refugees] have forced to leave Germany and are without any means of livelihood. If we are to have a united front let it be not only against anti-Semitism but against persecution of both Jews and Christians.³ ⁰ Hundreds of thousands of our fellow-Christians are fleeing before Nazi brutality. It is im-possible to exaggerate their suffering. They are victims of the ruthless philosophy of “ race, blood and soil ” ; a philosophy which finds the religion of Jesus a stumbling block which must somehow, if possible, be eliminated. And let us make no mistake about it. The assault of the Nazi on Christianity is a carefully planned program of extermination; it has not stopped short of the fearful barbarism of the concentration camp and all the ter-rors of exile.³³