Stuttgart Declaration of Guilt
- Stuttgart Declaration of Guilt
The Stuttgarter Schuldbekenntnis, known in English as the Stuttgart Declaration of Guilt, was a declaration issued on October 19, 1945 by the Council of the Protestant Church of Germany, which states in part:
One of the initiators of the declaration was pastor Martin Niemöller.
References
* [http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/projects/niem/StuttgartDeclaration.htm Text of the Declaration] in German and English
* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgarter_Schuldbekenntnis Article on German Wikipedia]
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