The absence of hate-filled language against Jews and the frequent reference, either directly or indirectly, to Jesus’ Jewishness in the sermons that follow are remarkable, given the pressure in Nazi society to conform to the Nazi narrative. In my view, this was one way in which preachers could subvert the dominant paradigm. The same holds for sermons based on Old Testament texts, especially the prophets and their insistence on justice. How radical and politically incorrect Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the psalmists sounded in Nazi Germany!
