When the “swords are beaten into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks,” will the harvest feed on the blood of the victims of violence? In today's researcher's lunch, Gyrid Kristine Gunnes, associate professor at VID, presents an article on two cases from the Norwegian post-WWII period.

Gunnes explores the role of diaconal agents associated with the Lutheran majority church with persons and organizations dedicated to forced assimilation of the minority population of Norwegian Roma and the genocide of Norwegian Jews.

Did diaconal agents benefit from forced assimilation and genocide? And is there a “diaconal washing” of economic accumulated resources originating from this?

Bring your lunch package to room 207K or join on Zoom, listen to Gunnes and participate in the discussion afterwards!