diff --git a/plugins/display_content/test/unit/display_content_block_test.rb b/plugins/display_content/test/unit/display_content_block_test.rb
index 6a14691..d78482a 100644
--- a/plugins/display_content/test/unit/display_content_block_test.rb
+++ b/plugins/display_content/test/unit/display_content_block_test.rb
@@ -774,4 +774,63 @@ class DisplayContentBlockViewTest < ActionView::TestCase
     assert render_block_content(block).index(en_article.name).present?
     assert_nil render_block_content(block).index(pt_article.name)
   end
+
+  should 'not escape abstract html of articles' do
+    profile = create_user('testuser').person
+    a1 = fast_create(TextileArticle, abstract: "<p class='test-article-abstract'>Test</p>", name: 'test article 1', profile_id: profile.id, published_at: DateTime.current)
+    
+    block = DisplayContentBlock.new
+    block.sections = [{:value => 'abstract', :checked => true}] 
+    block.nodes = [a1.id]
+    box = mock()
+    block.stubs(:box).returns(box)
+    box.stubs(:owner).returns(profile)
+    assert_tag_in_string  render_block_content(block), tag: 'p', attributes: { class: 'test-article-abstract' }
+  end
+
+  should 'not raise if abstract of article is nil' do
+    profile = create_user('testuser').person
+    a1 = fast_create(TextileArticle, name: 'test article 1', profile_id: profile.id, published_at: DateTime.current)
+    
+    block = DisplayContentBlock.new
+    block.sections = [{:value => 'abstract', :checked => true}] 
+    block.nodes = [a1.id]
+    box = mock()
+    block.stubs(:box).returns(box)
+    box.stubs(:owner).returns(profile)
+    assert_nil a1.abstract
+    assert_nothing_raised do
+      render_block_content(block)
+    end
+  end
+
+  should 'not escape body html of articles' do
+    profile = create_user('testuser').person
+    a1 = fast_create(TextileArticle, body: "<p class='test-article-body'>Test</p>", name: 'test article 1', profile_id: profile.id, published_at: DateTime.current)
+    
+    block = DisplayContentBlock.new
+    block.sections = [{:value => 'body', :checked => true}] 
+    block.nodes = [a1.id]
+    box = mock()
+    block.stubs(:box).returns(box)
+    box.stubs(:owner).returns(profile)
+    assert_tag_in_string  render_block_content(block), tag: 'p', attributes: { class: 'test-article-body' }
+  end
+
+  should 'not raise if body of article is nil' do
+    profile = create_user('testuser').person
+    a1 = fast_create(TextileArticle, name: 'test article 1', profile_id: profile.id, published_at: DateTime.current)
+    
+    block = DisplayContentBlock.new
+    block.sections = [{:value => 'abstract', :checked => true}] 
+    block.nodes = [a1.id]
+    box = mock()
+    block.stubs(:box).returns(box)
+    box.stubs(:owner).returns(profile)
+    assert_nil a1.body
+    assert_nothing_raised do
+      render_block_content(block)
+    end
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/plugins/display_content/views/blocks/display_content/_document.slim b/plugins/display_content/views/blocks/display_content/_document.slim
index ec4c857..2a52eec 100644
--- a/plugins/display_content/views/blocks/display_content/_document.slim
+++ b/plugins/display_content/views/blocks/display_content/_document.slim
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 li
   - unless item.folder? || item.class == RssFeed
     = render partial: 'blocks/display_content/section', collection: block.sections, locals: { block: block, item: item }
-    = render partial: 'blocks/display_content/read_more', locals: { item: item, abstract_section: block.sections.bsearch { |section| section[:value] == 'abstract' }, block: block }
\ No newline at end of file
+    = render partial: 'blocks/display_content/read_more', locals: { item: item, abstract_section: block.sections.bsearch { |section| section[:value] == 'abstract' }, block: block }
diff --git a/plugins/display_content/views/blocks/display_content/_section.slim b/plugins/display_content/views/blocks/display_content/_section.slim
index 4b16dec..a2bad45 100644
--- a/plugins/display_content/views/blocks/display_content/_section.slim
+++ b/plugins/display_content/views/blocks/display_content/_section.slim
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
       = link_to(h(item.title), item.url)
   - when 'abstract'
     div class='lead'
-      = item.abstract
+      = (item.abstract || '').html_safe
   - when 'body'
     div class='body'
-      = item.body
+      = (item.body || '').html_safe
   - when 'image'
     - unless item.image || item.image.public_filename
       div class='image'
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