Churches Flashcards
Hitler on christianity
you are either a christian or a german you cant be both
three phases
control, reduce, replace
why were churches a threat
had their own autonomy and had an established support base
members of catholic church
22 million
youth organisation members
1.5 million
number votes religious parties got
1/5 in weimar elections
members of protestant church
40 million (58% of pop)
why was the church ineffective at the beginning
cared more about retaining their autonomy and independence than opposing nazi policy
when were SA ordered to attend reich church ceremonies
july 1933
how many supporters did the reich church have by 1935
600,000
reich church pastors said what
‘the swastika on our breast, the cross in our hearts’
the confespsional church was run by whom
niemoller
what was the confessional church
etablished to resist state interference in the church
how many pastors supported the confessional church
5000
what does the confessional church show
that the nazi’s failed to unfiy everyone and gleichshaltung was unsuccessfull
when were church schools abolished
late 1930s
what percentage were listed as god believers in 1939
only 5%
number of protestamt pastors arrested
800 of 17,000
why was roman catholic more of a problem than protestant
had links outside of germany and support from across europe
when was the catholic concordat
july 1933
what happened in august 1933
catholic property started to be seized, preists put under surveillance, newspapers ordered to drop catholic from their name
1937 ‘with burning grief’
pope pius XI
church schools banned
1939
number of children attending church school in 1935
65%
what propaganda stunt did goebells organise
accused 200 catholic priests of sex scandals and they were arrested
