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- Title
Zwischen Wehrmachtgemeinde und Gefängniszelle: Der Wehrmachtpfarrer Otto Gramann im besetzten Belgien/Nordfrankreich 1940 bis 1944.
- Authors
Badstieber-Waldt, Julika
- Abstract
Even though the history of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War has been intensively explored, there still are gaps, including the role of Wehrmacht chaplains in German-occupied Europe. Julika Badstieber-Waldt deals with the topic using the example of the Austrian Wehrmacht Senior Chaplain Otto Gramann, who was deployed in Belgium and Northern France between 1940 and 1944. Her article demonstrates how the role of Wehrmacht chaplains changed and became progressively complex over time. While the Wehrmacht chaplain service was originally only designed for German soldiers, prisoners and convicts on death row in the western occupied territories were soon placed in their care as well. Using impressive sources from Gramann's papers, Julika Badstieber-Waldt depicts his activities between military congregation and prison cell, which drew an extraordinary degree of attention during the post-war period.
- Subjects
BELGIUM; WORLD War II; CHAPLAINS; MILITARY personnel; CONGREGATIONALISM
- Publication
Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, 2023, Vol 71, Issue 4, p707
- ISSN
0042-5702
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/vfzg-2023-0037