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Created on: 24-02-14 20:34

Why did Hitler keep his views of Christianity vague?

As alot of his supporters were Christians but he had no respect for chrisitianity,

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Why would the parties opposition to communism help gain support?

As communists didnt believe in God or Communist atheism whereas christians believed in God,

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What other religions did he try to appeal to as well and why? Where they popular?

Protestants and Catholics as they were strong in different parts of America,

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When was the Concordat signed and between who?

1933 between Hitler and the Catholics

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Although the Catholics should have benefitted, why didn't they? What kind of people from the Catholic faith were arrested for unlikey charges?

Hilter interfered- The Catholic school curriculum changed and some teachers were dismissed. Also, hundreds of priests and nuns were arrested,

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What did the Nazi's do to the Protestant churches? What was it renamed,

They were grouped together and made into the Reich Church

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How did Protestants react and why? When some objected, what did they form and what did the Nazi's do?

Some accepted it as they were also Nazi supporters and were happy to wear Nazi uniforms. Some objected and formed their own seperate church which the Nazi's saw as a challenge to power and arested them,

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Who was the Protestant famous spokesman and how long did he spend in a concentration camp?

Pastor Niemoller and he spent seven years,

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