Der Widerstand gegen Rechtsextremismus
The Opposition to the Right-Wing Extremism

The Anti-totalitarian Attitude of Banat Elites in the Interwar Period

Summary/Abstract: Soon after World War I, the entire European continent experienced major socio-political transformations. The emerging structural economic and political imbalances triggered an unprecedented radicalization of various societal relations and attitudes which eventually reached a culminating point during World War II.This paper investigates the manifestations of National Socialism in interwar Banat and the key role played by the Catholic Church as an ideological counteracting force. In this highly controversial and disproportionate relation not only the pure facts or end results represent a historiographical stake but also the key public figures which somehow managed to influence or change the course of history. In the interwar Banat, a decisive public role in the struggle of containing the impact of the Nazi ideology was played by the catholic bishop Dr. Augustin Pacha.

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