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Churches

During the Holocaust (1933-1945), churches across the world responded to the Nazi rise to power and the persecution of Jews in various ways. Many German churches either supported or avoided conflict with the Nazis. Only a small minority of Christian churches spoke out against Hitler, and even fewer hid or rescued Jews. Learn more about the role of churches during the Holocaust.  

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Adolf Hitler greets Reich Bishop Ludwig Mueller at a Nazi Party Congress. [LCID: 86141]
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Adolf Hitler greets Reich Bishop Ludwig Mueller
Father Charles Coughlin, leader of the antisemitic Christian Front, delivers a radio broadcast. [LCID: 90540]
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Charles E. Coughlin
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Protestant theologian who was executed in the Flossenbürg concentration camp on April 9, 1945. [LCID: 78526]
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Protestant theologian who was executed in the Flossenbürg concentration camp on April 9, 1945. [LCID: 78526]
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Father Wlodarczyk tries to clean a bombed-out church in Warsaw
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Father Wlodarczyk tries to clean a bombed-out church
Freya (Alice) Lang Rosen [LCID: arc0330f]
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Freya (Alice) Lang Rosen recalls experiences while hiding in France
Media Essay
German Churches and the Nazi State: Photographs
German soldiers execute Piotr Sosnowski, a priest from Tuchola. [LCID: 50840]
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German soldiers execute Piotr Sosnowski, a priest from Tuchola
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Kurt Gerstein
Martin Niemöller, a prominent Protestant pastor who opposed the Nazi regime. [LCID: 79623]
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Martin Niemöller, a Protestant pastor who opposed the Nazi regime
Pastor Martin Niemöller at his desk in his home. [LCID: 63455]
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Martin Niemöller: Biography
Pastor Martin Niemoeller
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Martin Niemöller: "First they came for..."
Père Jacques de Jésus (born Lucien Bunel) was a Carmelite headmaster of a Catholic boys school in Avon, France. [LCID: 58255]
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Père Jacques de Jésus (born Lucien Bunel)
Pius XII, pope from 1939 to 1958. Vatican City, 1939. [LCID: 90992]
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Pius XII
Postwar photo of a church in the village of Chelmno. [LCID: 51706]
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Postwar photo of a church in the village of Chelmno
A group of men in military uniforms stand next to two priests in Catholic robes. All of them are giving the Nazi salute. There is a small group of people behind them.
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The German Churches and the Nazi State

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