Why the Nazis didn't destroy the churches

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1. Many church members voted for Hitler, protestants in particular, and...
protestant church pastors were the most popular and succesful Nazi election speakers.
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2. The church was alos often the local...
power base for the Nazis
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3. In June 1933, the christian church signed a cocordat with Hitler, promising that...
the christians can carry on their religious work and that catholic schools + youth groups will b left alone
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Catholic Bishop Burger aims of reich were the same as catholics and Hitler united...
all the protestant churches together into one Reich Church under a pro Nazi Reich Bishop
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The pope was called...
Muller
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Some said to destroy the churches as the protestant church had...
more members than the Nazi Party
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Also, people who believed in God were less likely to...
worship Hitler as the leader of Germany
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The German Faith Movement was the Nazi's alternative to christianity and...
it involved pagan-style worship of nature and centered around the sun
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The movement's flag was a golden sun on...
a blue background, often with the swastika attached
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Many of the ** were anti-christian and...
new marriage baptism and burial serveices were devised
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power base for the Nazis

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2. The church was alos often the local...

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the christians can carry on their religious work and that catholic schools + youth groups will b left alone

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all the protestant churches together into one Reich Church under a pro Nazi Reich Bishop

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Muller

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