James W. Bernauer, SJ, One On One Interview | Auschwitz and Absolution

Join us in this One on One interview with Robert Ellsberg and editor, James W. Bernauer, SJ, as they discuss “Auschwitz and Absolution: The Case of the Commandant and the Confessor”.

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Few people know that in the face of his execution, the notorious Rudolf Höss, the Commandant for Auschwitz, met with a Polish Jesuit priest, Fr. Wladyslaw Lohn. Höss made a confession to Fr. Lohn for approximately four hours, and from Fr. Lohn he received communion.  This compelling account of a secret and sacramental meeting not only tells what happened but seventeen Christian and Jewish scholars offer a critical challenge to, or celebration of Christian notions of forgiveness.

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