Nazi Germany Religion

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What would Hitler's attitude be towards religion?

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The Nazis were opposed to the beliefs of the Christian church; however, Hitler could not immediately persecute Christians as Germany was a ​

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country.​ Two thirds of the country was ​

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(45 million), and one third was Catholic (​

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). In ​

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, Hitler set up a Ministry of ​

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Affairs to weaken the Protestant and Catholic churches.​

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Christian

Protestant

22 million

1935

Church

Jewish

Muslim

Buddhist

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Which religious movement did the Nazis encourage?

• Pagan Movement

• German Faith Movement

• Nazi Church Movement

• Confessional Church Movement

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How many Germans supported the German Faith Movement?

• 50%

• 15%

• 25%

• 5%

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At first Hitler decided to ​

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with the Catholics. He signed a ​

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in July ​

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with Pope Pius XI. The ​

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agreed that the Catholic Church would stay out of ​

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if Hitler agreed not to interfere with the church.

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Why would the Catholic Church sign an agreement with Hitler? What Nazi policies may the church have agreed with?

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Why would Hitler close down Catholic schools and youth groups?

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The protestant church became known as what?

• Confessional Church

• German Faith Movement

• Nazi Faith Movement

• National Reich Church

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The Reich Bishop was...

• Ludwig Muller

• Bernard Rust

• Martin Niemoller

• Dietrich Bonhoffer

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There were 3 main reasons for the creation of the Reich Church:

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all the different Protestant churches into one so they could be controlled more easily by the Nazi government.​

To be able to ​

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 Nazi ideas as they now controlled the Reich Church. For example, they tried to stop use of the ​

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Testament as they saw it as ​

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.​

To prevent Jews from being ​

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into Christianity.​

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unify

promote

Old

Jewish

baptised

divide

suppress

New

Gentile

converted

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Some Catholic ​

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opposed Hitler. In ​

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, the Pope issued a message called 'With ​

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Concern' which was read in every Catholic Church. It described Hitler as “a ​

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prophet with repulsive ​

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”.​

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Who openly criticised the Nazis from 1934?

• Martin Niemoller

• Ludwig Muller

• Clemens von Galen

• The Pope

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What was the T4 programme?

• Murdering weak, disabled and mentally ill Germans

• Murdering Jews

• Forcibly sterilising women

• Closing down Catholic schools and youth groups

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How long was Martin Niemoller imprisoned for?

• 10 years

• 2 years

• 8 years

• 5 years

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What did the new Nazi church admire?

• peace

• strength

• love

• understanding

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Who were the first group of people that Martin Niemoller mentioned in his poem?

• trade unionists

• jews

• communists

• socialists

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Who were the last group of people that Martin Niemoller mentioned in his poem?

• trade unionists

• jews

• communists

• socialists