Summary 7 - Resistance from the Protestant Church

Question 1

Some Protestants resisted Hitler’s attempts to create what?

Answer 1

A co-ordinated Reich Church

Question 2

Give a notable example of resistance from within the Protestant Church?

Answer 2

They established the Confessional Church in 1934 – to protect the independence of the Protestant church and to resist the purging of converted Jews.

Question 3

How did the Nazis respond to the outspoken Bishops and Pastors?

Answer 3

Outspoken Bishops and Pastors were arrested.

Question 4

By 1937, how many bishops and pastors had been imprisoned?

Answer 4

700
Including Neimӧller

Question 5

Was resistance to the regime from the Protestant Church widespread?

Answer 5

It was not widespread, many Protestant clergy professed loyalty to the Nazis and remained silent about the atrocities committed by the Nazis.