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Could Hitler have pulled off the Holocaust without the support of most German Churches?


http://churchandstate.org.uk/2016/04/the-great-scandal-christianitys-role-in-the-rise-of-the-nazis/

According to standard biographies, the principal Nazi leaders were all born, baptized, and raised Christian. Most grew up in strict, pious households where tolerance and democratic values were disparaged. Nazi leaders of Catholic background included Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich, and Joseph Goebbels.


https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005206

THE GERMAN CHURCHES AND THE NAZI STATE

Posted - April 26, 2017
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  • 22891
    i dont think theres any way we can ever know that
      April 26, 2017 10:50 AM MDT
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  • 16781
    Could and did. Although raised Christians, most Nazis were not active members of traditional churches during the Holocaust and many churches helped hide Jews.

    https://en.www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Adolf_Hitler This post was edited by Slartibartfast at April 26, 2017 6:26 PM MDT
      April 26, 2017 6:22 PM MDT
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  • 2657
    Photos and documents of the time seem to show that while some did hide Jews and/or protest, the majority supported Hitler. If they had not, they would have ended up being declared illegal religions and thrown in to concentration camps themselves. At first the Catholic Church had their own political party but later became big players in Hitlers Reich. The majority wasn't Atheist or Muslim.

    http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005206 - German Churches and the Nazi State
    http://www.nobeliefs.com/nazis.htm - Photos of clergy with Nazi’s
    http://www2.dsu.nodak.edu/users/dmeier/Holocaust/hitler.html
    Nazi Supporters
    The Nazis won their support primarily from the lower middle class and the peasantry. These voters were strongly nationalistic in their political views and feared that the depression would deprive them of their standard of living. In religion, most of the Nazis' supporters were Protestants. German Catholics remained firm in their support of the Catholic Center Party.

    http://emperors-clothes.com/vatican/cpix.htm

    https://www.pinterest.com/pin/147000375317632104/


    EDIT:
    https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1075125

    Serbian civilians who are being forced to convert to Catholicism by the Ustasa regime stand in front of a baptismal font in a church in Glina.

    This post was edited by texasescimo at April 28, 2017 10:56 PM MDT
      April 26, 2017 7:18 PM MDT
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  • 1326
    Wow tex!!! Talk about provocative statements!!!! Love it!!!!!! :))))
      April 26, 2017 11:36 PM MDT
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