Breaking the veil of Silence
The Veil of Silence concerns you more than you think. You come across it at every turn, whether in your personal life, in your family, in your church or congregation, or in your cities and nations. The Veil of Silence is the reason for inner coldness, loneliness, and the sense of being lost in darkness.
Through a captivating blend of history, theology, and psychology, the German pastor, theologian, and activist, Jobst Bittner, provides a brave, discerning perspective on this Veil of Silence and how the weight of history can be lifted. It is a powerful and practical intervention and spiritual guide to reclaim our authority by uprooting all destructive tendencies of covering up the past, uncovering our own family history, rediscovering the Jewish roots of our faith, and moving forward into action.
Once the veil is lifted, true healing, restoration, and change can begin. Jobst Bittnerʼs book “Breaking the veil of Silence” is translated into several languages including Latvian. Read more about “Breaking the veil of Silence” book.
The Holocaust in Eastern Europe
In Eastern Europe, anti-Semitic attitudes are also still rife. It is only very gradually that these governments are starting to face the past. Without wanting to play down the German responsibility for the Holocaust in any way, in recent years there has been an increased focus on the support by local aides and helpers. Hitler’s henchmen had willing helpers in the occupied nations, such as the former Ukrainian concentration camp guard John Demjanjuk, who was found guilty of complicity in murder in a thousand cases. The Germans could never have accomplished the millionfold murder of European Jews by themselves.
We remember.
We break the silence.
We stand out for Jewish people, Israel and against modern antisemitism.
We have a collective responsibility that something like this never happens again.