“One part of the immense distance that separates Gentiles from the Jewish experience of Auschwitz is the role of God there. Of course many atheists and many Christians died there, along with people who had believed in humanity and in the future. But there is a peculiar quality of claustrophobic horror in Jewish reflections on the matter, for they are the chosen people whose whole history is of wrangling with God; yet an omnipotent God singled them out for this dreadful fate. If we disregard the frankly disgusting suggestion that they deserved it, there is no explanation possible and certainly not one that does not sound glib. Yet that does not stop the conversation.
Otto Dov Kulka approaches this in two ways…”
This one page article from Andrew Brown in the Guardian.com offers no answers to the question but it does present a possible approach… whether it is satisfying or not you will have to decide…
For the full article please see:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2014/jun/16/god-auschwitz-otto-dov-kulka-religious-belief
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