The Nazi Persecution of the Churches, 1933-45

Table of contents

• The Nazi Persecution of the Churches I933-45 *
• Title Page *
• Acknowledgements *
• Contents *
• List of Illustrations *
• Preface xi
• Introduction xiii
• 1 - The Seizure of Power i
• 2 - The Rise and Fall of the 'German Christians' and the Growth of the Churches' Disillusionment 45
• 3 'Politics Do Not Belong in the Church' 67
• 4 'the Church Must Be Separate from the State' 95
• 5 - The Establishment of the Ministry of Church Affairs 116
• 6 'Positive Christianity' or Nazi Cult: the Ideological Conflict 140
• 7 - The Rival Claimants for Body and Soul 168
• 8 - Collaboration or Intimidation? 202
• 9 - The Uneasy Armistice 232
• 10 - The Hammer and the Anvil I94I-45 254
• 11 - The Final Settlement 291
• Conclusion 328
• Appendix I - Principles of the Religious Movement of 'German Christians', Issued in June 1932 339
• Appendix 2 - A Radio Broadcast by General Superintendent O. Dibelius 342
• Appendix 3 - The 10 Principles of the Religious Movement of 'German Christians' 345
• Appendix 4 - Pressure upon Individuals to Withdraw from the Church 347
• Appendix 5 - The Twenty-Eight Theses of the Saxon National Church for the Internal Strengthening of the German Evangelical Church 353
• Appendix 6 - The Reich Youth Leader, Baldur Von Schirach's Appeal to the German Catholic Youth 358
• Appendix 7 - From the Special Issue of das Schwarze Korps in Honour of Hitler's Fiftieth Birthday, 20 April 1939 361
• Appendix 8 - Himmler's Published Attitude towards Religion 363
• Appendix 9 - A Christmas Sermon 1936 Preached in Solingen 364
• Appendix 10 - Two Nazi Party Directives from 1939 on the Future of Religious Education in Schools 366
• Appendix II - List of Sects Prohibited by the Gestapo Up to December 1938 370
• Appendix 12 - Treatment of a Lutheran Pastor Who Protested against the Persecution of the Jews in 1938 375
• Appendix 13 - Pro-Nazi Sentiments by a Pastor from Schortens, Oldenburg 377
• Appendix 14 - A Directive Signed by Heydrich Ordering the Immediate Suppression of Certain Secret and Religious Societies, and the Arrest and Internment in Concentration Camps of All Persons Connected Therewith 378
• Appendix 15 - Bormann's Circular on the Relationship of National Socialism and Christianity 383
• Appendix 16 - Two of Bormann's Decrees Relating to the Treatment of Foreign Workers in Germany 387
• Appendix 17 - Protest of the Austrian Bishops to the Minister of the Interior, I July 1941 393
• Appendix 18 - A Telegram from the Ecclesiastical Council of the German Evangelical Church to the Führer 398
• Biographical Notes 399
• Notes 409
• Bibliography 455
• Index 465

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