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The Struggle Of The Lippian State Church During The Third Reich, 1933-1936, Stefanie Glasel Gordinier
The Struggle Of The Lippian State Church During The Third Reich, 1933-1936, Stefanie Glasel Gordinier
Master's Theses
This thesis examines the struggle (Kirchenkampf) of the Protestant state church of Lippe during the Third Reich, concentrating on the years 1933 to 1936. During this period, the Lippian church struggled to maintain its autonomy in the face of a concerted effort on the part of Nazi authorities to create a united - and Nazi-controlled - German Evangelical Church. This work addresses a number of important questions, such as how the Lippian church tried to confront the threat to its existence, how its pastors reacted to the Nazi regime as well as how they were influenced by various …
Wounded Women: A Study Of Central Virginia's Civil War Pension Widows, Heather R. Racer
Wounded Women: A Study Of Central Virginia's Civil War Pension Widows, Heather R. Racer
Master's Theses
This thesis investigates the lives of Civil War widows who applied for pensions under the 1888 law in Virginia, concentrating on Albemarle, Buckingham, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, and Nelson Counties. The focus of the study centers on both their pre- and post-war lives to determine who these women were before and after the loss of their husbands. Using the Confederate Pension Applications, a group of 156 widows emerged from these counties. The Manuscript Census of 1860 presented a picture of pre-war life while the censuses of 1870, 1880, and 1900, along with the pension applications, helped reveal their lives after …