DER MAINZER BISCHOF UND DIE JUDEN. ZUR GESCHICHTE EINES NICHT ABGESANDTEN BRIEFES.

The article discusses an unsent letter by Albert Stohr, the Archbishop of Mainz, Germany, to the German Ministry of the Interior, dated August 10, 1943. The authors outline Stohr's opposition to National Socialism, to the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Germany, and in particular to Nazi policies against interfaith marriages between Jews and Christians. A critical, annotated edition of the letter, discovered at the Dom- und Diözesanarchiv (Cathedral and Diocesan Archives) in Mainz, is provided in an appendix.