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Article: BISHOPS ACKNOWLEDGE GUILT OF CHRISTIANS DURING THE HOLOCAUST.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- January 25, 1995
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Byline: MAGDALENA KULIG Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland Roman Catholic bishops from Germany and Poland acknowledged on Tuesday the guilt of Christians who did not resist the Nazi extermination of Jews. Their admission came in statements commemorating the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp 50 years ago.
The statements from the Catholic bishops were remarkable because criticism of Christian behavior during the Holocaust is still rare from church leaders in Poland and Germany.
``The Holocaust put a painful burden, not only on the relations between Jews and Germans, but also to a great degree on the relations between Jews and Poles,'' said ...