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Pastor Martin Niemoeller, who spent eight years in Nazi concentration camps, thinks the Christian church failed in the face of the Hitler menace. Nobo(...)
Pastor Martin Niemoeller, who spent eight years in Nazi concentration camps, thinks the Christian church failed in the face of the Hitler menace. Nobo(...)

Pastor Martin Niemoeller, who spent eight years in Nazi concentration camps, thinks the Christian church failed in the face of the Hitler menace. Nobo(...)

Date6/4/1964
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Original Toronto Star caption: Pastor Martin Niemoeller, who spent eight years in Nazi concentration camps, thinks the Christian church failed in the face of the Hitler menace. Nobody spoke out for the Jews on the grounds of pure humanity. Pope Pius didn't. I didn't.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0070891F
Miinister Defies Nazis. The Rev. Martin Niemoeller, Protestant pastor, who joined the Catholics, June 8, in an attack against the Reich's stand on rel(...)
Miinister Defies Nazis. The Rev. Martin Niemoeller, Protestant pastor, who joined the Catholics, June 8, in an attack against the Reich's stand on rel(...)
6/1/1937
Jack Dancygier gives his attention to customer Lou Sugar in his barber shop at Adelaide and Peter Sts. His manicurist is Gilda Facoetti. A survivor of the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, Jack is grateful for the peace that has come to him and wife in Canada, where they have raised three sons. He and his wife were married secretly by a rabbi in a concentration camp. Their first son was born there, too.
Jack Dancygier gives his attention to customer Lou Sugar in his barber shop at Adelaide and Peter Sts. His manicurist is Gilda Facoetti. A survivor of the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, Jack is grateful for the peace that has come to him and wife in Canada, where they have raised three sons. He and his wife were married secretly by a rabbi in a concentration camp. Their first son was born there, too.
7/5/1973
Hitler's personal prisoner Dr. Martin Niemoeller, shown with his wife, told overflow congregation at Yorkminster Baptist church Sunday the Church can (...)
Hitler's personal prisoner Dr. Martin Niemoeller, shown with his wife, told overflow congregation at Yorkminster Baptist church Sunday the Church can (...)
3/3/1947
Horror relived: Nathan Peipciger, holding a photo of family members, all of whom died in Nazi concentration camps except his father (bafck row, centre), says reliving Nazi horrors was necessary to bring Emst Zundel to justice
Horror relived: Nathan Peipciger, holding a photo of family members, all of whom died in Nazi concentration camps except his father (bafck row, centre), says reliving Nazi horrors was necessary to bring Emst Zundel to justice
2/27/1985
Still fighting: In Worl War II Don Elliot spent 3 1/2 years in prisoner of war camps.
Still fighting: In Worl War II Don Elliot spent 3 1/2 years in prisoner of war camps.
1/14/1993
Thousands of prisoners who died at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War II weren't deliberately starved to death but died from a rash of diseases, according to a psychiatrist who was there in 1945. Russell William Barton, 61, of Rochester, N.Y., said that when he entered the camp on May 2, 1945, he had heard and believed that prisoners were deliberately starved to death by the Nazis.
Thousands of prisoners who died at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War II weren't deliberately starved to death but died from a rash of diseases, according to a psychiatrist who was there in 1945. Russell William Barton, 61, of Rochester, N.Y., said that when he entered the camp on May 2, 1945, he had heard and believed that prisoners were deliberately starved to death by the Nazis.
2/7/1985
Cindy, After 17 years swimming and eight Channel crossings, she thinks it's time to change jobs
Cindy, After 17 years swimming and eight Channel crossings, she thinks it's time to change jobs
8/17/1978
First-hand view: Ukrainians who risked lives to save Jews from the Nazis during World War II were the rule, not the exception, says Dr. George Kulchycky, above, with pictures of family members who died in prison camps.
First-hand view: Ukrainians who risked lives to save Jews from the Nazis during World War II were the rule, not the exception, says Dr. George Kulchycky, above, with pictures of family members who died in prison camps.
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Givens sees Nazi Death camp. Toronto Mayor Philip Givens and his wife visit Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp, during their trip to Poland. At le(...)
Givens sees Nazi Death camp. Toronto Mayor Philip Givens and his wife visit Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp, during their trip to Poland. At le(...)
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Martin Niemoeller. Spen 7 years in Dachau
Martin Niemoeller. Spen 7 years in Dachau
4/22/1968
Meir Schweiger: He was forced to work at several concentration camps.
Meir Schweiger: He was forced to work at several concentration camps.
11/29/1989
Pastor Niemoeller. Says churches to blame
Pastor Niemoeller. Says churches to blame
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