Opposition to the Nazis: The Church
- Created by: Alice Edwards-King
- Created on: 09-06-15 19:27
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- Opposition to the Nazis: The Church
- Fath
- Catholic Church
- Ignored the bans put in place on church feast days
- Tried to stop youth in his village from joining the Hitler Youth
- Spoke out on removal of crucifixes from schools
- Did not agree with the way the Nazis were changing the catholic church
- Von Galen
- Catholic Church
- Hitler ordered he be arrested
- Initially supported Hitler and blessed the troops going to the Rhineland
- 1943, von Galen arrested and accused of trying to assassinate Hitler
- Didn't agree with the promotion of social Darwinism
- Sent to Sachenhausen
- 1941, spoke out against euthanasia in a sermon
- Niemoller
- Re-arrested and put in Sachenhausen where he stayed for 7 yrs until it was liberated
- Views changed when Nazis set up Reich Church
- Thought it was more about Nazism than christianity
- Welcomed Nazism believing Hitler would restore the greatness of Germany
- 1934, established the rival German Confessional church
- Protestant Church
- July 1937, Hitler ordered his arrest and was given months in prison following trial
- Bonhoeffer
- Protestant Church
- Helped set up Confessional Church
- Spoke out against Nazis, Gestapo banned him from preaching
- 1939, joined a secret group and helped set up Operation 7
- 1942, arrested by Gestapo for plotting against Hitler
- Transferred to Flossenburg Concentration Camp in 1944
- Schneider
- Protestant Church
- Originally welcomed Hitler but soon changed views
- Preached against changes Nazis were making to the church
- Detained for a week for his actions at a young boys funeral
- 1937, imprisoned in a forced labour camp
- 1939, murdered with a lethal injection in the camp infirmary
- Fath
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