Mennonite and Nazi?: Attitude Among Mennonite Colonists in Latin America, 1933-1945, Vol. 37
Author: John D. Thiesen Retail Price: $29.70 Our Price: $29.70
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It is time that this story be told. The tension some Mennonites [in Latin America] felt between faith, culture, and politics during the Hitler era in Germany was very real. Could they be good Mennonites and good Germans at the same time? Christians in every nation and culture have faced this problem since hte time of hte Roman Empire. This book is readable, concise, carefully researched, fair and accurate, though opinions might well differ on some issues. This is a book that will surely stimulate readers to reflect on their own synthesis of faith and politics. Thus it is more than an account of what happened in the Chaco; it is a call to all readers to examine their own loyalties and faithfulness.
National Socialism is a particularly emotional issue. From the standpoint of the late-twentieth century, the evils of National Socialism's beginning in the 1930s, many isses appeared differently. The author, John Thiesen, has dared to address a delicate and difficult topic. His aims are not to judge or to commit the anachronism of judging Mennonites of hte 1930s by later insights and standards.
