Church Opposition
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- Created on: 06-03-18 14:42
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- Church opposition
- Pastor Martin Niemoller
- One of the main church opponents of Hitler, but didn't always oppose the Nazis
- Pro-Nazi
- Niemoller voted for them in the 1924 & 1933 elections - felt the W.Republic needed a strong leader
- Didn't oppose Nazi restrictions on Jews
- Wanted to be let out of prison to fight on the side of the Nazis in WW2
- Against Nazis
- Opposed Nazi restrictions on Jews becoming Christians
- Set up the Confessional Church in 1934
- Didn't like Nazi interference in the Protestant Church
- Very against Nazis
- Sent to concentration camp in 1938 - until 1945
- Niemoller was arrested many times for speaking out against the Nazis and Hitler between 1934 and 1937
- How pastors and priests opposed the Nazis
- About 800 pastors were arrested and sent to concentration camps
- 400 Catholic priests spoke out and were arrested and imprisoned in the Priest's Block at Dachau concentration camp
- 6000 Protestant pastors joined Niemoller's Confessional Church as a protest against Nazi policy
- Only 2000 remained in the German Christian Church
- How much opposition was there
- Opposition to the Nazis by church leaders was difficult because it was so dangerous to speak out openly
- Attendance at Christian churches remained high throughout the period, in spite of the Nazis' attempt to curtail the Churches
- Opposition to the Nazis by church leaders was difficult because it was so dangerous to speak out openly
- Pastor Martin Niemoller
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