ATSS: Roland Blaich, “Render Unto Caesar: Adventist Collaboration with the Nazi State”
9 April 2025 |
During the Nazi era, the Adventist welfare work and its energetic leader, Hulda Jost, integrated the Adventist welfare work into the government’s welfare organization.
Adventist leaders also took advantage of their foreign ties to promote the Third Reich abroad. They worked closely with Nazi authorities and filed detailed reports. Particularly noteworthy is the American lecture tour by Hulda Jost and other members of the German delegation at the occasion of the 1936 General Conference Quadrennial Session in San Francisco. This tour was carefully planned and orchestrated by German Adventist leaders in conjunction with the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the Ministry of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment, and the German Foreign Office.
In this class, Dr. Blaich will examine this propaganda tour, and how it helped to cement relationships between the church and Nazi leaders.
Teacher:
Dr. Roland Blaich is a retired professor of history from Walla Walla University. He and his wife, Edith, live in the Walla Walla area.
Moderator:
Linda Nottingham is a businesswoman residing in Florida.
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The class is intended to last about 2 hours, though the conversation often continues to 4 PM (Eastern time).
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Coming up:
- Don McAdams
- Laura Wibberding
- Olive Hemmings
- Michael Scofield
