Policies towards the churches
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- Created on: 04-03-18 20:24
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- Policies towards the Churches
- Nazi beliefs
- Hitler as all-powerful leader
- Aryan racial superiority
- War, military discipline and violence - important
- Dominance of the strong over the weak
- Christian beliefs
- God as the ultimate authority
- Everyone as equal in the eyes of God
- Peace is what everyone should strive for
- The strong should look after the weak
- Catholic Church
- Hitler worried C.C would oppose him because;
- Loyal to the pope
- Usually supported the Catholic Centre Party
- Sent their children to Catholic schools/youth organisation
- Hitler worried C.C would oppose him because;
- Protestant Churches
- The Reich Church;
- Founded in 1933, made up of abt 2000 Protestant churches, supported the Nazis, led by Ludwig Muller, had some members that wore Nazi uniforms - German Christians
- The Confessional Church;
- Founded in 1934, made up of about 6000 Protestant Churches, opposed the Nazis, led by Martin Niemoller, repressed by the Nazis
- The Reich Church;
- The Concordat
- Hitler agreed with the pope in a Concordat that Catholics were free to worship and run their own schools in return for staying out of politics
- Hitler broke this promise and;
- Priests oppsing the Nazis were harassed and/or sent to concentration camps
- Catholic schools had to remove Christian symbols and were later closed
- Catholic Youth Organisations were banned
- Hitlers strategy was to try and consolidate his power before openly attacking the influence and power of the churches in Germany
- Ultimate goal - replace the churches with a Nazi-based religion
- Hitler broke this promise and;
- By 1937, the pope spoke out against him in his statement - 'With burning anxiety', which criticised Nazi policies
- Hitler agreed with the pope in a Concordat that Catholics were free to worship and run their own schools in return for staying out of politics
- Nazi beliefs
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