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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] very informative, exciting, and stimulating book about the resistance of the Church of Norway to Nazism during the German occupation 1940-1945….It is an important contribution."
-- Torleiv Austad * Lutheran Quarterly *
"Hassing’s book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the Norwegian Church during the Nazi occupation. One of the few books on this topic available in English, this book speaks to larger issues concerning the relationship between church and state, religious ethics, and resistance and should be of interest to a wide range of scholars of religious history, political history, the history of World War II and Norwegian history."
-- Anna M. Peterson * Journal of Church and State *
"Hassing’s volume is an important contribution to the literature. . . . This book is a “must” for the library of anyone interested in the Lutheran Church, national politics during the Nazi era, twentieth-century Norwegian history, and church resistance in the face of adversity."
-- Brenda L. Gaydosh * Historian, The *
"Hassing weaves a compelling story. His account of the struggle that was waged to prevent the establishment of a youth organization modeled after the Hitler Youth is particularly striking."
-- Patrick Bernhard * American Historical Review *
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Map of the Church of Norway’s dioceses in 1940
Part One | Preludes
1. German Prelude 5
2. Norwegian Preludes
Part Two | Invasion, Accommodation, Collaboration
3. Weserubung
4. Forging a Front
Part Three | Resistance
5. In Defense of a Just State
6. The NS Church System
7. Against Nazification
8. In Defense of the Church
9. The Resignation of the Bishops
10. In Defense of the Young
11. Easter 1942
Part Four | Contesting NS Legitimacy
12. Negotiations?
13. The Autonomous Church
14. The NS Church
Part Five | Final Protests
15. In Defense of Jews
16. Against Compulsory Labor Service
Part Six | Holding Out
17. Between the Times
Part Seven | Liberation
18. The Reckoning
Epilogue: Legacies
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
