JohnM
2010-10-15 09:31:34 UTC
A few words (translated, of course) from the man himself, all archived
and attributable without question.
Stuttgart February 15, 1933: "Today they say that Christianity is in
for the time being, Christians and not international atheists are now
standing at Germany’s fore. I am not merely talking about
Christianity; I confess that I will never ally myself with the parties
which aim to destroy Christianity. Fourteen years they have gone arm
in arm with atheism. At no time was greater damage ever done to
Christianity than in those years when the Christian parties ruled side
by side with those who denied the very existence of God. Germany's
entire cultural life was shattered and contaminated in this period. It
shall be our task to burn out these manifestations of degeneracy in
literature, theater, schools, and the press—that is, in our entire
culture—and to eliminate the poison which has been permeating every
facet of our lives for these past fourteen years."[54]
That little snippet could have been straight from the mouth of Pat
Robertson or Ratzinger.
Berlin, October 24, 1933,: "We were convinced that the people needs
and requires this faith. We have therefore undertaken the fight
against the atheistic movement, and that not merely with a few
theoretical declarations: we have stamped it out."[55]
October 14, 1933 "For eight months we have been waging a heroic battle
against the Communist threat to our Volk, the decomposition of our
culture, the subversion of our art, and the poisoning of our public
morality. We have put an end to denial of God and abuse of religion.
We owe Providence humble gratitude for not allowing us to lose our
battle against the misery of unemployment and for the salvation of the
German peasant."[56]
August 26, 1934 Hitler states: "There may have been a time when even
parties founded on the ecclesiastical basis were a necessity. At that
time Liberalism was opposed to the Church, while Marxism was anti-
religious. But that time is past. National Socialism neither opposes
the Church nor is it anti-religious, but on the contrary, it stands on
the ground of a real Christianity. The Church's interests cannot fail
to coincide with ours alike in our fight against the symptoms of
degeneracy in the world of to-day, in our fight against the Bolshevist
culture, against an atheistic movement, against criminality, and in
our struggle for the consciousness of a community in our national
life, for the conquest of hatred and disunion between the classes, for
the conquest of civil war and unrest, of strife and discord. These are
not anti-Christian, these are Christian principles."[57]
Nazi-Vatican Concordat of April 26, 1933 "Secular schools can never be
tolerated because such schools have no religious instruction, and a
general moral instruction without a religious foundation is built on
air; consequently, all character training and religion must be derived
from faith."[58]
and attributable without question.
Stuttgart February 15, 1933: "Today they say that Christianity is in
for the time being, Christians and not international atheists are now
standing at Germany’s fore. I am not merely talking about
Christianity; I confess that I will never ally myself with the parties
which aim to destroy Christianity. Fourteen years they have gone arm
in arm with atheism. At no time was greater damage ever done to
Christianity than in those years when the Christian parties ruled side
by side with those who denied the very existence of God. Germany's
entire cultural life was shattered and contaminated in this period. It
shall be our task to burn out these manifestations of degeneracy in
literature, theater, schools, and the press—that is, in our entire
culture—and to eliminate the poison which has been permeating every
facet of our lives for these past fourteen years."[54]
That little snippet could have been straight from the mouth of Pat
Robertson or Ratzinger.
Berlin, October 24, 1933,: "We were convinced that the people needs
and requires this faith. We have therefore undertaken the fight
against the atheistic movement, and that not merely with a few
theoretical declarations: we have stamped it out."[55]
October 14, 1933 "For eight months we have been waging a heroic battle
against the Communist threat to our Volk, the decomposition of our
culture, the subversion of our art, and the poisoning of our public
morality. We have put an end to denial of God and abuse of religion.
We owe Providence humble gratitude for not allowing us to lose our
battle against the misery of unemployment and for the salvation of the
German peasant."[56]
August 26, 1934 Hitler states: "There may have been a time when even
parties founded on the ecclesiastical basis were a necessity. At that
time Liberalism was opposed to the Church, while Marxism was anti-
religious. But that time is past. National Socialism neither opposes
the Church nor is it anti-religious, but on the contrary, it stands on
the ground of a real Christianity. The Church's interests cannot fail
to coincide with ours alike in our fight against the symptoms of
degeneracy in the world of to-day, in our fight against the Bolshevist
culture, against an atheistic movement, against criminality, and in
our struggle for the consciousness of a community in our national
life, for the conquest of hatred and disunion between the classes, for
the conquest of civil war and unrest, of strife and discord. These are
not anti-Christian, these are Christian principles."[57]
Nazi-Vatican Concordat of April 26, 1933 "Secular schools can never be
tolerated because such schools have no religious instruction, and a
general moral instruction without a religious foundation is built on
air; consequently, all character training and religion must be derived
from faith."[58]