What were the three stages of Nazi policy towards Churches?
Gain control, weaken hold, replace with true Nazi religion
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July 1933
SA ordered to attend Church services, Concordat signed
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Nov 1933
Reich Church calls for cleansing of "un-German" elements in gospels
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1934
Confessional Church begins, breaking away from Reich Church
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1935
700 Prussian protestant ministers arrested for condemning Neo-Paganism
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1936
National Socialist Teachers' League enc. members to not teach religious education
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1937
200 priests put on trial for currency trafficking offences; Pope Pius publishes With Burning Grief; over 100,00 people left Church after Session Campaign
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Dec. 1941
Bishop Galen protests against euthanasia; no action taken, but three priests who circulate his text are executed
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What percentage of children attended Church schools in 1935?
65%
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What percentage of children attended Church schools by 1937?
5%
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
July 1933
Back
SA ordered to attend Church services, Concordat signed
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