Nazi control and dictatorship (opposition from the churches)

Question 1

What did Hitler and the Nazis end up doing?

Answer 1

Controlling religion in Germany

Question 2

What is one type of opposition from the Churches?

Answer 2

The pastors emergency league (PEL)

Question 3

When did a group of protestant pastors set up the PEL?

Answer 3

1933

Question 4

When was Niemoller arrested?

Answer 4

1937

Question 5

Why was Niemolller arrested?

Answer 5

because he said that people should obey God and not a man

Question 6

Where was Niemoller sent?

Answer 6

To a concentration camp where he survived

Question 7

What was another type of opposition from the churches?

Answer 7

The confessing Church

Question 8

When was the confessing church set up?

Answer 8

1934

Question 9

How many protestant Churches in Germany?

Answer 9

2

Question 10

How many pastors did the Reich Church have?

Answer 10

2000

Question 11

How many pastors did the confessing church have?

Answer 11

6000

Question 12

What happened to the pastors who spoke out against the Nazis?

Answer 12

arrested and sent to concentration camps

Question 13

how many pastors were arrested?

Answer 13

800