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In the context of the present discussion about confessing guilt and expressing forgiveness towards the victims of colonial slavery, this article exposes Karl Barth’s view on how the German churches discussed the necessity of confessing guilt right after the Second World War. Barth’s reaction on the way they dealt with their responsibility for their role in national-socialist Germany between 1933 and 1945 is taken into account. The article shows how Barth stressed the necessity of confessing guilt, knowing that God bears our guilt in Christ, but also that asking for forgiveness is impossible for those who do not bear personal responsibility.
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