Hope Against Hope

Johann Baptist Metz and Elie Wiesel Speak Out on the Holocaust

• Author(s): Ekkehard Schuster, Elie Wiesel, Reinhold Boschert-Kimmig,
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Pages: 106
• ISBN_10: 0809138468
  ISBN_13: 9780809138463
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust , Religion / General , Religion / Comparative Religion , Religion / Judaism / Theology , Religion / Christian Theology / General , Religion / Christianity / General , Religion / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources ,

Description:... There are probably no two men of such stature who can speak to the Holocaust as Christian theologian Johann Baptist Metz, author of A Passion for God and Jewish writer, Nobel laureate and human rights activist, Elie Wiesel, author of Night. One was drafted into the German army at the age of fifteen; the other was interned at Auschwitz. Both came from upbringings of deep faith, only to have their lives broken by the horrors they witnessed during the war. Both share the sense that the Holocaust is a rift in history itself, after which nothing could ever be seen in the same way as before. Yet for both, there is hope ... "nonetheless."