Holokaust, srpsko bogoslovlje i istorijski revizionizam
The Holocaust, Serbian theology and historical revisionism

Author(s): Vladimir Lj. Cvetković
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Theology and Religion, Historical revisionism, History of the Holocaust, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: Holocaust; Serbian Theology; Historical revisionism; Reductio ad Hitlerum
Summary/Abstract: The article explores how the Western media and scholarship have applied the “reductio ad Hitlerum” framework, originally developed for figures like Putin and Milošević, to Serbian Orthodox theologians Nikolaj Velimirović and Justin Popović, equating them with fascist ideology and antisemitism despite their lack of direct ties to the Nazi regime. It traces this interpretative model back to Judeo-Christian narratives of moral fall and its secular evolution into a modern framing of evil centered around the Holocaust as an absolute moral reference point. The text argues that German historiography has increasingly portrayed Serbian Orthodoxy, and especially Velimirović and Popović, as ideological forerunners of 1990s Balkan nationalism and violence, though this interpretation remains controversial and heavily debated.

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