[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You think Hitler was religious?
I wrote: And then there were those deeply "religious" countries Germany and Italy to name the most familiar examples of Christian countries that had no problem cozying up, quite comfortably, with fascism: Hitler, Mussolini. et al. My sources: See the Catholic Encyclopedia for the cozy relationship: _http://www.newadvent.org/library/docs_ss33co.htm_ (http://www.newadvent.org/library/docs_ss33co.htm) =============================================================== Many of Nazi Germany's leadership were, like Adolf Hitler, Roman Catholics, people like Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, Reinhard Heydrich, and Rudolf Hoess, (not to be confused with Hitler's Deputy Führer and secretary, Rudolf Hess). Hermann Goering, on the other hand, had mixed Catholic-Protestant parentage, while Rudolf Hess, Martin Bormann, Albert Speer, and Adolf Eichmann had Protestant backgrounds. Not one of the top Nazi leaders was raised in a liberal or atheistic family." ======================== Hitler also tried to incorporate the Churches into his new regime. On March 23, 1933 he had called them "most important factors" for the maintenance of German well-being. In regard to the Roman Catholic Church, he proposed a Reichskonkordat between Germany and the Holy See, that was signed in July. In regard to the Protestant Church, he used church elections to push the Nazi-inspired "German Christians" to power. Rural protestant areas gave the Nazis the biggest vote margins. _Churches in Nazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] (http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=938393&lastnode_id=0) =================================================== <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.
