What was it like to be a Christian in Nazi Germany? Flashcards
did Hitler support religious freedom
outwardly, he promoted it but in reality he saw christians as a threat
were a lot of germans christian in the 1930’s and how influential was the church
most germans were christian and the church was very influential
what did the church think of Nazi ideology
they didn’t agree with a lot of views nazi’s had so Hitler was worried of public opposition
what did hitler think of the church in regards to their role in the state
he believed they should comply and promote nazi messages in schools
when Hitler was consolidating power, what was his actions and position with the church
they were careful to maintain support from the catholic and protestant church because they were so popular
once Hitler became Furher how did his control over the churches change
began to increase his control over them
2 most important churches
protestant and catholic
what was the concordat
Hitler promised to not interfere with the catholic church if the church stayed out of german politics
what did the concordat assure about the catholic church
that they were now banned from speaking out against the nazi party
did Hitler maintain his side of the deal ( concordat)
NO
when was the concordat agreed
1933
what did the nazi’s do to start diminuishing catholic influence (4)
- restrict their role from schools
- in 1936 removed all crucifixes
- arresting priests in 1935
- catholic newspapers and youth disbanded
what happened to the protestant church
fell under nazi control and was reorganised
what happened to protestant churches in 1936
joined to form the Reich church
the reich church was an attempt to
increase state control over protestant church and make a national socialist version of christianity
how did the rEICH CHURCH ‘nazify’ christianity
- cross symbol was replaced by swastika
- bible replaced with mein kampf
- only nazis could give sermons and non aryan ministers were suspended
most common religion in germany in 1933
christianity
why did some christians welcome the rise of the nazi’s in the begginning
because of article 24 in the 1920 nazi platform, which was on positive christanity
why were catholic churches suspicious of nazis in the beginning and how did Hitler end that
because nationalism wasn’t so deeply embedded, and the catholic church had been a key coalition party for the weimar government during the 1920s
- these thoughts were forgotten when hitlers described christianity as the foundation of german values
how did hitler control the church’s influence later on
- catholic schools + youth organisations were suspended
- catholic newspaper was banned
were there any limitations to nazi control of religion
the reich church attempted to ban the old testament in religious services as it was considered a jewish book which angered the protestants and they opposed to this and the reich church.
nazi’s also tried to stop people using the crucifix in church but did not succeed
how can we see that Hitlers attempt to ‘hide’ the churches did not work
attendance to church during nazi rule increased a lot, showing how is attempted suppression did not work
did the church play a big part in opposing hitler
yes pretty big
who was Gaten and what did he do
catholic bishop who led a manifestation in 1941 against the nazis because they were killing the mentally disabled
was bishop Gaten succesfull in opposing
yes because he had so much support that it forced the nazis to stop killing the mentally ill or disabled as they were too scared to silence him.
who was pastor Neimoner and what did he do
a protestant minister that created a new protestant church called confession church
who was Patrich bonhoeffer and what did he do
a protestant minister who helped jews escape
who was pastor Neimoner and what did he do
a protestant minister who had sympathised with nazi ideas in the past but after 1933 publicly outspoke and became a critic against hitler
what happened to neimhoner
captures and put in a concentration camp for 7 years
