The Grey Book / A collection of protests against anti-semitism and the persecution of Jews issued by non-Roman Catholic churches and church leaders during Hitlers rule

by Johan M. Snoek

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256 Hermelink, op. Cit., 651-652.

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257 Ibid., p. 564-565.
Cf. Meier, op. cit., p. 104: "Apparently Wurm did not protest publicly,
as he wanted to avoid providing amunition to the foreign press and thus
provoking the National-Socialist authorities, which would have blocked
the way of sending petitions in writing to the Government".

258 Hermelink, op. cit., pp. 654-656.

259 Ibid., pp. 657-658. See for the angry reply of Dr. Lammers: Hermelink, op. cit., pp. 700-702. The letter was dated March 3, 1944. Bishop Wurm wrote another letter, dated Febr. 8, 1945, to Reichsstatthalter Murr, on behalf of the partners in mixed marriages (Hermelink, op. cit., pp. 658-660).

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260 "Der ungekundigte Bund", pp. 246-247.
The Message was dated Oct. 17, 1943, and published by "The New York
Times, on August 4, 1944.
In the Lutheran Churches, the fifth Commandment is: "Thou shalt not kill.

261 See below on p. 294.

262 Quoted by Friedman, op. cit., p 100.