Hittler and Lutherans
Hittler and Lutherans
Was Hittler and the Thrid Reich against Lutherans?? And does anyone know if any high ranking Nazis were Lutheran? Thanks for the help.
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Hi,
last open opponents of Hitler after he got into power were some lutheran priests (Martin Niemöller for example). This of course was because of their personal values not because of the Lutheran church being against Hitler as a whole.
In general lutheran churches tend to be loyal to the state if not for anything else then because the head of state is usually at least formally the head of church as well. On the other hand lutherans see the relationship between god and individual being much more direct than most other christian churches or movements and this gives some lattitude for differencies of opinion.
In general I don't think that Hitler appreciated religion much. He did not go openly against religious feelings and habbits but his regime certainly did its best to create new cults and habits to replace old ones, including those provided by the churches.
Regards,
Jari
last open opponents of Hitler after he got into power were some lutheran priests (Martin Niemöller for example). This of course was because of their personal values not because of the Lutheran church being against Hitler as a whole.
In general lutheran churches tend to be loyal to the state if not for anything else then because the head of state is usually at least formally the head of church as well. On the other hand lutherans see the relationship between god and individual being much more direct than most other christian churches or movements and this gives some lattitude for differencies of opinion.
In general I don't think that Hitler appreciated religion much. He did not go openly against religious feelings and habbits but his regime certainly did its best to create new cults and habits to replace old ones, including those provided by the churches.
Regards,
Jari
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Hitler was born Catholic, and if anyone wants any elaboration on this I can do it later on today, not much time at the moment. But he did try to get rid of religion or so to speak(or am I confusing that with Himmler?..or did they both try to accoplish that), either way Himmler was definatly more of an extreamist when it came to getting rid of Christianity and introducing some pagan "nordic" religion.
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lilpink03, you remember that little tidbit correctly. Martin Luther certainly was anti-Semitic, as were most Christians. The one thing they could all agree upon . Not quite, but exterminating Jews seemed to always work to make Europeans forget thier problems, which is why I still believe that Jews should have a homeland, even though I didn't live through WW2.