604 Cf. Karl Stadler, Das einsame Gewissen (Vienna, 1966; in german), pp. 262-263. See for the persecutions in Austria: Herbert Rosenkranz, "The Anschluss and the Tragedy of Austrian Jewry 1938-1945"; (in: Josef Fraenkel (Ed.), The Jews of Austria (London, 1967), pp. 479-546.
605 Reformiertes Kirchenblatt fur Osterreich, March, 1966, p. 4.
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606 Cf. Betty Garfinkels, Les Belges face a la persecution raciale 1940-1944
(Bruxelles, 1965; in French), pp. 74-75, 100. Also see: Fernand Barth,
Presence de l'Eglise (La Belgique sous l'occupation), Geneva, pp. 82, 89.
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607 Cf. the "Jewish Telegraphic Agency" (Zurich, July I, 1942): "A systematic campaign against the Christian Churches, attacking them for their attitude towards the Jews, has been launched in the Czech Protectorate by the 'Aryan Society', according to the Prague newspaper 'Ceske Slovo'. It is serious, the paper declares, that the clergy of all churches mostly keeps silent about the Jews. The reason why the greater part of the clergy are not opposed to the Jews is that there exist personal and dogmatic ritual relations between the Church and Jewry. The Christian faith, the paper demands, must be purged of its Jewish ingredients. Baptisms of Jews must be declared invalid and the Old Testament must be purged of everything smuggled into it by Rabbi interpreters."
608 Archives of the World Council of Churches, Geneva. The statement was dated Dec. 7, 1945.
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609 Tenenbaum, op. cit., p. 339.
610 The "Polish-Catholic Church" does not accept the authority of Rome; it is a member of the World Council of Churches.