Church State Relations- Germany Flashcards
what percentage of the German population were protestant in the 1930s?
66%
what was in decline in Germany?
church attendance
what were most people still loyal to in Germany?
their religion
what were the Christian church suspicious of?
Liberal policies on individual freedoms of the Weimar Republic
were the Catholic Church willing to work with the Nazis?
yes
what did the Church share with the Nazis?
anti-communist views
what did the church in Germany fear?
communism
what did Hitler understand?
the importance of religion
what did hitler want to do by working with the Church?
he wanted to remove their influence over: education, the youth and politics
what did the Church in Germany have great influence over?
education, politics and youth
what did the Nazis want to create (religion)?
one unified protestant church
why did the Nazis want to create one unified protestant church?
it would be easier to control
what were regional churches replaced by?
a single church known as “Reichskirche”
what was the name of the Nazi church?
‘Reichskirche’
what was the german christian movement?
a movement which combined christianity, racism and anti-semitism
what did the german christian movement want to do?
they wanted to remove the ‘Jewish’ Old Testament from the Bible