politices towards churches Flashcards
what was the end goal for nazi policies toward churches
replace chrsitianity with aryan faith
what was different from religious policies compared to youth and women
not as clear
what % of germany were religious
90%
what was the religious divide
40 million protestants
22 million roman catholic
what was the reich church
the umbrella organisation to co-ordinate protestantism and nazificaton
what was the reich church
the umbrella organisation to co-ordinate protestantism and nazificaton
the confessional church
an oppositional church who broke away from the reich church in 1934
wanted to protect protestantism from state interfrenance
policy of control failing
the confessional church
an oppositional church who broke away from the reich church in 1934
wanted to protect protestantism from state interfrenance
how many clergy members did the confessional church have
5,000
german chirstian church
radical nazi church
who wanted a racially based chrisitianity
described themseleves as the SA of chruches
had nazi style uniforms and salutes
‘swastika on our breasts, god in our hearts’
german chrisitian slogan
swastikka on our breasts and god in our hearts
german faith movement
wnated to replace christianity with a pagan nazi faith
encouraged germans to leave christianity and adopt pagan ritiuals
remains a small sect
what were the 3 stages of policies towards the church?
stage 1: control
stage 2: weaken
stage 3: replace
by 1933 how many were attenching nazified churches?
2/3
policy on control working
concordat
1933 agreemnt with the pope that the vatican would acknowledge the. reigeme and not interfere with policies if the nazis wouldnt interfere with christianity
