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
