ABSTRACT

This article examines how German pastors played a critical role in the rehabilitation of German prisoners of war (POWs) interned in Britain. The author focuses on a particular group of German Lutherans from 1940 to 1950 as a microcosm of postwar rebuilding, arguing that pastors, through POWs, sought to create an alternative vision of German reconstruction. This vision stemmed from a desire to reform German Protestantism after collaboration with the Third Reich. The author traces the individual contributions of pastors and their negotiations with British governmental and religious allies to centralise these pastors as early re-education experimenters, indicative of the multiplicity of visions of German reconstruction.

摘要

本文探讨了德国牧师如何在在英国实习的德国战俘（POW）的康复中发挥关键作用。作者将焦点集中在1940年至1950年的一组德国路德派，作为战后重建的缩影，认为牧师通过战俘寻求建立德国重建的另一种构想。此愿景源自与第三帝国合作后改革德国新教的愿望。作者追踪了牧师的个人贡献以及他们与英国政府和宗教盟友的谈判，以将这些牧师集中为早期的再教育实验者，这表明了德国重建的多重视野。