Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1 CATHOLIC BISHOPS AND CATHOLIC YOUTH IN GERMANY AFTER THE GREAT WAR 13
6. 2 PASTORAL CARE IN THE WEHRMACHT 64
7. 3 PRIESTS AND SEMINARIANS IN THE WEHRMACHT 112
8. 4 RELIGION, NATIONALISM, AND WHY PRIESTS WENT TO WAR 154
9. 5 THE GERMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE REALITY OF DEFEATED GERMANY 192
10. CONCLUSION 239
11. APPENDIX 1. German Church Provinces, Dioceses, and Bishops in the Third Reich 257
12. APPENDIX 2. April 1944 Overview of Catholic Priests, Members of Religious Orders, Seminarians, and Theologians in Military Service for Greater Germany (Including Austria and the Sudetenland) 259
13. APPENDIX 3. Chaplain Rankings and Equivalents 263
14. NOTES 265
15. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 325
16. INDEX 329