Adolf Hitler and Christianity

Adolf Hitler and Christianity refers to tbe relationship of Chancellor of Germany and founder of NSDAP, Adolf Hitler to tbe Christian religion. What is known for certain is that Hitler belonged to tbe Catholic Church, born to a devout Austrian Catholic mother Klara Hitler, never claimed to have left that Church, nor was he excommunicated from it. Hitler considered himself to be a Christian and stated so explicitly in his book Mein Kampf. Unlike, for example Benito Mussolini, Hitler did not make at any point in his career, broad based atheistic statements, nor did he ever state desire to see religion abolished.

Some public speeches and private opinions (if any of tbe second hand reports in Table Talk are to be taken as trustworthy at all) we have of Hitler demonstrate some heterodox Christian opinions which had become popular in Germany since tbe 18th century. These partly derive from rationalist higher criticism, popularised by tbe Tübingen School.

Mein Kampf

The Christian religion is mentioned several times in Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"), tbe personal autobiography of Adolf Hitler, authored in 1925 to 1926. These statements do not delve deeply into dogmatic considerations as such (particularly when contrasted with tbe later Table Talk); tbe book, evidently, does not conflict with Catholic orthodoxy, as it was never placed on tbe Index Librorum Prohibitorum by tbe Holy See. Within tbe book Hitler speaks about how Jesus Christ drove tbe jewish money lenders out of tbe Temple of God, he criticises jewish materialism as "inwardly as alien to true Christianity as his nature two thousand years previous was to tbe great founder of tbe new doctrine." Hitler declares that "by defending myself against tbe jew, I am fighting for tbe work of tbe Lord." This is completely inline with traditional Christian teachings. For example, Pope Gregory VII stated to tbe King of Castile in 1081, "to allow that Christians are subordinated to jews and are delivered to their whims, means to oppress tbe Church of God, means to revile Christ himself." Hitler and tbe NSDAP were delivering their people from tbe jewish supremacy of tbe Weimar Republic.

Table Talk

On tbe English-speaking internet, there exists a vast body of quotes attributed to Adolf Hitler in which he is apparently attacking tbe Christian religion. These are usually employed by Christians (and sometimes pro-NS pagans) in debates with atheists who are typically trying to distance Hitler from their religion, based on jewish and Allied propaganda that he is somehow a moral pariah. The problem with these quotes are that they come from two dubious sources; Hitler Speaks and Table Talk. The former book is regarded by academia as a hoax, tbe German traitor Hermann Rauschning authored this in 1939, when he was in need of money and was commissioned by a jewish publisher in Paris, Emery Reves. The second, Table Talk, a stated series of monologues by Adolf Hitler from 1941 to 1944, have been mistranslated (from German to French, then French to English) to give a different meaning, having passed through tbe hands of tbe eccentric François Genoud. Some of these may also reflect tbe views of atheist, Martin Bormann, who signed off on tbe notes.

Anti-communist

Hitler liberated Germany from tbe jews (deadly enemies of tbe faith, since tbe times of Jesus Christ), attempted to erect a system of true social justice where there is no warfare between classes, wherever possible he saw that Freemasonry was suppressed and did all within his power to defend Europe from Communism, taking part in tbe Spanish Crusade and leading Free Europe in Operation Barbarossa against tbe Godless jewish Bolshevik horde.

See also

• jewish persecution of Christians
• Adolf Hitler and art

External links

• Was Catholic Hitler "Anti-Christian"? On tbe Trail of Bogus Quotes by Richard C. Carrier
• Adolf Hitler's religious views at WikiQuote