Oswald Pohl : A Spiritual Transformation

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J. Duncan
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Oswald Pohl : A Spiritual Transformation

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Post by J. Duncan » 07 Jun 2010, 21:37

Article (see link below) tells the extraordinary story about the Catholic conversion of Oswald Pohl in 1950 and the 75 page pamphlet that he wrote titled "Credo: My Path to God". The pamphlet is little known and historians have not used it for reasons which the author explains. A fascinating document and one which shows Pohl in a more human light, written by himself (with some help from the Catholic chaplain who oversaw his conversion). Pohl expresses his feelings, his thoughts, and religious attitudes.

http://www.jmmsweb.org/issues/volume2/number2/pp62-81

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Post by J. Duncan » 07 Jun 2010, 21:41

More is written on this extraordinary document in a chapter in this book:

http://books.google.com/books?id=sveZ5m ... &q&f=false


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Post by Helly Angel » 08 Jun 2010, 18:41

Thank you Mr Duncan, really really very interesting!

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Post by J. Duncan » 08 Jun 2010, 19:50

You are welcome! Despite his lack of a "confession", his genuine contrition did not save him from the noose.
Pohl was hanged on yesterday's date ..(June 7, 1951), 59 years ago, along with Paul Blobel, Otto Ohlendorf, and Erich Naumann, the so-called "Red Jackets" of the Einsatzgruppen.

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