Murder Most Merciful : Essays on the Ethical Conundrum Occasioned by Sigi Ziering's The Judgement of Herbert Bierhoff Paperback / softback
Edited by Michael, director, Sigi Ziering Institute, American Jewish University Berenbaum
Part of the Studies in the Shoah Series series
Paperback / softback
Description
Murder Most Merciful is a collection of insightful essays that consider Sigi Ziering's play, The Judgment of Herbert Bierhoff.
In the play, Ziering tells the story of a loving father and his decision during the Holocaust to take the life of his beloved daughter to avoid her deportation.
Scholars who have thought long and hard about the ethical implications of the Holocaust continue to grapple with the poignant questions Ziering raised. Commentary from the book's diverse contributors, including Holocaust survivors, scholars, rabbis, philosophers, and historians, results in an insightful and provocative moral and theological exchange.
Murder Most Merciful will stimulate further debate on the crucial issues of martyrdom, euthanasia, and the guilt of the innocent.
Ultimately, the judgment of Herbert Bierhoff is for the reader to make.
The book appears in the Studies in the Shoah series as volume 28.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:University Press of America
- Publication Date:31/03/2005
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- ISBN:9780761832034
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:University Press of America
- Publication Date:31/03/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780761832034
