Brief von Adolph Löwe an Paul Tillich vom 13. Dezember 1949

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December 13, 1949

Professor Paul Tillich
Union Theological Seminary
99 Claremont Avenue
New York, N.Y.

Dear Paul:

I forgot on Saturday to give you a copy of my letter to Mr. Ward. I now enclose such a copy. It will be easy for you to get the little pamphlet, „The Church and Economic Life: Basic Christian Principles and Assumptions,“ published in September, 1948, by the Federal Council

I think you had better not take up the matter yourself with Bennett; this may only make feelings harder. At any rate, you should not seek out a special opportunity. If you just happen to talk him anyhow, I leave the decision to you.

I also return the pamphlet of the German Union. You have probably seen yesterday's report in the Times about this new organization, When I read it, I had no doubt that this was the germ of something reactionary and emotional.

As always,
Yours,

Adolph Lowe

P.S. In the meantime, Mr. von Reuter's letter arrived which I return herewith. I mus confess that for quite some time I have not been so disgusted as I was when I read this letter. My dear man, these and not the political lunatics are the people who are the true enemies of any hopeful development in Germany. There you have the full roster of all nationalist slogans, not sincerely professed, but carefully veiled behind professions that the writer, of curse, is a good democrat and always been so. At the same time, the choice of every word betrays him as identifying himself with every statement. Not a single word about German part in the responsibility for the present situation. On the contrary, the letter begins with some glib remarks on inverted racism. As a compensation, he assures us that if we mend our ways and behave better in the future, the Germany forgive us. But I repeat, what is disgusting and frightening at the same time, and what I notice in almost every oral or written expression coming from Germany, is the hypocritical hiding of the true convictions behind whining and lip service to other ideas. By the way, the postscript of his lady wife doesn’t please me any better. I wonder what Hannah thought when she read the complaints of the lady about her being compelled to wash her own dishes. Paul, I very much prefer the bad Germans to the so-called good ones.

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USA, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Harvard Divinity School Library, Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965. Papers, 1894-1974.
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