All of these symbols are not conclusive proof that Hitler and the rest of the Nazi leaders had genuine affection for God and/or Christianity. They do prove, however, that these political leaders recognized the political reality of their time and place, namely that 98% of the people of Germany considered themselves "Christians", and that these leaders felt a need to use Christian symbolism to persuade their people to embrace Nazism with enthusiasm.
In contrast to what these actual symbols of the times suggest, what evidence is there to support the romanticized view of many Roman Catholics of our time that their co-religionists of that period were heroic fighters against Nazism and victims along with the Jews of that regime? In the absence of any evidence, I submit that many base their conclusions on nothing but wishful thinking and on the Hollywood movie, "Sound of Music". Instead of the screams of Jewish victims throughout the land, what the devoutly Catholic supposedly victimized Von Trapp family by the Nazis hear and sing about are beautiful mountains "alive with the sound of beautiful music", while they manage to escape with the help of heroic nuns, blishfully leaving all of the victims of the holocaust behind.
in honor of an
early Nazi
Catholic hero
Cardinal Faulhaber reviewing Nazis
The Nazi military buried under crosses in the cemeteries above
viewed themselves as every bit as Christian as the
American military buried under crosses in the cemeteries below.
Roman Catholics in Nazi leadership roles
Also, see Oberammergau.html
