Ordo pigdendi, ordo occidendi: ikonolomstvo, Hitler i revizija Holokausta
Ordo pigdendi, ordo occidenti: iconoclasm, Hitler and the revision of the Holocaust

Author(s): Oleg Soldat
Subject(s): Jewish studies, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Historical revisionism, History of the Holocaust
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: Iconoclasm; Holocaust revisionism; Catholic vs. Protestant imagery; visual theology; aesthetic sacrifice
Summary/Abstract: The chapter explores a bold hypothesis: that the Holocaust might not have occurred had Germany fully embraced either Protestant or Catholic visual traditions, instead of remaining in a state of unresolved tension between them. It argues that the Holocaust was a form of "iconoclasm", a theological and aesthetic phenomenon rooted in centuries-old conflicts over religious imagery, with Hitler acting as a manipulator of both Protestant iconoclastic fervor and Catholic sacrificial imagery. Ultimately, it posits that Hitler’s true goal was not the destruction of the Jews per se, but the reformation of the German soul through the violent de-aestheticization of religious visual culture.

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