The Church and Nazi Germany

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The Church and Nazi Germany

Why would Hitler have wanted to make agreements with and eventually control the Church in Germany? Explain your answer fully.

I think that Hitler would have wanted to control the Church in Germany because the Nazi's believed that Hitler was god, that he was the most important person in existence. However, the Catholics and Christians believed that the Pope was the most important person in the world. Hitler would probably have been quite angry and jealous with the people and at the pope, as he believed himself to be some sort of Super Human, and would have wanted to get back at the people for doing this, hence the broken promises and the downfall of Catholic and Christian faith in Germany in Hitler's rule.

How where the different sections of the Church affected by the Nazi's to take over Germany?

The different sections of the Church affected by the Nazi's take over were:

o The Priests. Most of them were sent off to Concentration Camps

o The Protestant Church's. These (under Nazi pressure) elected Hitler as their 'Reich Bishop' and expelled non Aryan pastors. They wore