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While some liberals argue that the Nazis were Christian. There is heavy evidence contrasting that statement.
==Notable Nazis who were Self Professed Christians==
Most Christians in the party were victims to the Night of the Long Knives event. There were only a few notable Christians after.
* [[Walther Funk]] - Funk did however repent for his sins at the end.<ref>https://thechaplainkit.com/history/chaplains-at-war/world-war-2/i-walked-to-the-gallows-with-the-nazi-chiefs/</ref>
* [[Wilhelm Frick]] - Frick did however repent for his sins at the end.
* [[Arthur Seyss-Inquart]] - Inquart did however repent for his sins at the end.
* [[Heinrich Muller]] - Gestapo Leader
* [[Gregor Strasser]] -Killed by Hitler
* [[Otto Strasser]] -Went into exile to survive from Hitler
* [[Erich Koch]] - One of the only notable open Christians in Hitler's government.
==Notable Nazis who repented and became Christian after they were capured==
These men were not Christian during their times of atrocities, however, they did come to except Jesus as their savior after being captured.
* [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]] - Told Lutheran Chaplain "I'll see you again."
* [[Wilhelm Keitel]] - Was reading the Bible when Gerecke visited him in the cell. Keitel admits he was a bad Christian and repented.
* [[Fritz Sauckel]] - Described as most brutal slaver since Ancient Egypt, communed by Henry Gerecke
* [[Baldur Von Shirach]] - Leader of Hitler Youth, communed by Henry Gerecke
* [[Albert Speer]] - Minister of armaments, communed by Henry Gerecke
* [[Hans Fritzsche]] - Minor Nazi Propagandist, communed by Henry Gerecke
* [[Karl Donitz]] - Admiral of Nazi Germany, said that Church is where he belongs after spending time with Henry Gerecke
* [[Erich Raeder]] - Grand Admiral, communed by Henry Gerecke
* [[Ernst Kaltenbrunner]] - Top SS leader, returned to Catholic Church with help of Friar Sixtius O'connor
* [[Hans Frank]] - Top Nazi Governor, returned to Catholic Church with help of Friar Sixtius O'connor
* [[Rudolf Hoss]] - Not to be confused with Hiter's Deputy Fuehrer, Rudolf Hess, Hoess was one of the major perpetrators at Auschwitz. Converted to Cathlocism before execution<ref>http://archiwum.wadowice24.pl/kultura/historia/4416-kat-hoess-nawrocil-sie-w-wadowicach</ref>
* [[Oswald Pohl]] - Nazi Governor that reverted back to Catholic faith before execution. It should be noted that he terminated his membership while being a Nazi.
==Neo-Pagans==
* [[Rudolf Hess]] - Hess was keen on clairvoyance and the occult.<ref> Manvell & Fraenkel 1971, p. 94.</ref>
* [[Heinrich Himmler]] - Formerly Catholic, but became a Neo-Pagan
* [[Reinhard Heydrich]] - Formerly Catholic, joined the Pagan The gottgläubig movement.
* [[Carl Rover]] - Former Catholic, this Nazi Governor turned to the gottgläubig movement.
==Former Christians==
It is unclear what religion these men were, it is just clear that they terminated their Christian membership
* [[Alfred Jodl]] - Nazi General, refused all Spiritual Counselling.
* [[Adolf Eichmann]] - Dubbed the architect of the Holocaust, he terminated his church membership in 1937.<ref>Staff (18 May 1962). "Religion: Converting Eichmann". Time. Retrieved 11 March 2021.</ref>
* [[Adolf Hitler]] - While described as an atheist, Hitler himself did express distrust of atheists. He was raised catholic but trashes Christianity in Mein Kampf and describes Christianity as weak.
* [[Joseph Goebbels]] - Like Hitler, raised Catholic but rejected the faith later in life
==Atheists==
* [[Herman Goering]] - Head of Luftwaffe<ref>In a 1946 interview, Göring said, "I don't believe that I will go to either heaven or hell when I die. I don't believe in the Bible or in a lot of things which religious people think." Leon Goldensohn, The Nuremberg Interviews: An American Psychiatrist's Conversations with the Defendants and Witnesses, p. 132</ref>
* [[Julius Streicher]] - Head of anti Semitic propaganda [[Der Strumer]]<ref>In a 1946 interview, Streicher said, "Christ was a Jew and God, he is supposed to have made the universe. That's a little far-fetched because if God made the world, who made God?" Leon Goldensohn, The Nuremberg Interviews: An American Psychiatrist's Conversations with the Defendants and Witnesses, p. 256</ref>
* [[Alfred Rosenberg]] - Nazi Racial Pseuodscientist and major perpetrator of religious persecution, see his article for more
* [[Martin Bormann]] - Hitler’s personal secretary, and major perpetrator of religious persecution, see his article for more<ref>"Within the NSDAP (as in the German ''völkisch'' movement in general) there existed from the outset a group of old Hitler partisans who in contrast to the 'atheists' Alfred Rosenberg, Martin Bormann and others, believed in a union of National Socialism and Protestant Christianity." Martin Broszat, ''The Hitler State'', p. 223</ref>
* [[Odilo Globocnik]] - The Final Solution was the brainchild of Odilo and Heydrich. He ransacked cardinals after they denounced his treatment of Churches.
==Notable Nazis who were Self Professed Christians==
Most Christians in the party were victims to the Night of the Long Knives event. There were only a few notable Christians after.
* [[Walther Funk]] - Funk did however repent for his sins at the end.<ref>https://thechaplainkit.com/history/chaplains-at-war/world-war-2/i-walked-to-the-gallows-with-the-nazi-chiefs/</ref>
* [[Wilhelm Frick]] - Frick did however repent for his sins at the end.
* [[Arthur Seyss-Inquart]] - Inquart did however repent for his sins at the end.
* [[Heinrich Muller]] - Gestapo Leader
* [[Gregor Strasser]] -Killed by Hitler
* [[Otto Strasser]] -Went into exile to survive from Hitler
* [[Erich Koch]] - One of the only notable open Christians in Hitler's government.
==Notable Nazis who repented and became Christian after they were capured==
These men were not Christian during their times of atrocities, however, they did come to except Jesus as their savior after being captured.
* [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]] - Told Lutheran Chaplain "I'll see you again."
* [[Wilhelm Keitel]] - Was reading the Bible when Gerecke visited him in the cell. Keitel admits he was a bad Christian and repented.
* [[Fritz Sauckel]] - Described as most brutal slaver since Ancient Egypt, communed by Henry Gerecke
* [[Baldur Von Shirach]] - Leader of Hitler Youth, communed by Henry Gerecke
* [[Albert Speer]] - Minister of armaments, communed by Henry Gerecke
* [[Hans Fritzsche]] - Minor Nazi Propagandist, communed by Henry Gerecke
* [[Karl Donitz]] - Admiral of Nazi Germany, said that Church is where he belongs after spending time with Henry Gerecke
* [[Erich Raeder]] - Grand Admiral, communed by Henry Gerecke
* [[Ernst Kaltenbrunner]] - Top SS leader, returned to Catholic Church with help of Friar Sixtius O'connor
* [[Hans Frank]] - Top Nazi Governor, returned to Catholic Church with help of Friar Sixtius O'connor
* [[Rudolf Hoss]] - Not to be confused with Hiter's Deputy Fuehrer, Rudolf Hess, Hoess was one of the major perpetrators at Auschwitz. Converted to Cathlocism before execution<ref>http://archiwum.wadowice24.pl/kultura/historia/4416-kat-hoess-nawrocil-sie-w-wadowicach</ref>
* [[Oswald Pohl]] - Nazi Governor that reverted back to Catholic faith before execution. It should be noted that he terminated his membership while being a Nazi.
==Neo-Pagans==
* [[Rudolf Hess]] - Hess was keen on clairvoyance and the occult.<ref> Manvell & Fraenkel 1971, p. 94.</ref>
* [[Heinrich Himmler]] - Formerly Catholic, but became a Neo-Pagan
* [[Reinhard Heydrich]] - Formerly Catholic, joined the Pagan The gottgläubig movement.
* [[Carl Rover]] - Former Catholic, this Nazi Governor turned to the gottgläubig movement.
==Former Christians==
It is unclear what religion these men were, it is just clear that they terminated their Christian membership
* [[Alfred Jodl]] - Nazi General, refused all Spiritual Counselling.
* [[Adolf Eichmann]] - Dubbed the architect of the Holocaust, he terminated his church membership in 1937.<ref>Staff (18 May 1962). "Religion: Converting Eichmann". Time. Retrieved 11 March 2021.</ref>
* [[Adolf Hitler]] - While described as an atheist, Hitler himself did express distrust of atheists. He was raised catholic but trashes Christianity in Mein Kampf and describes Christianity as weak.
* [[Joseph Goebbels]] - Like Hitler, raised Catholic but rejected the faith later in life
==Atheists==
* [[Herman Goering]] - Head of Luftwaffe<ref>In a 1946 interview, Göring said, "I don't believe that I will go to either heaven or hell when I die. I don't believe in the Bible or in a lot of things which religious people think." Leon Goldensohn, The Nuremberg Interviews: An American Psychiatrist's Conversations with the Defendants and Witnesses, p. 132</ref>
* [[Julius Streicher]] - Head of anti Semitic propaganda [[Der Strumer]]<ref>In a 1946 interview, Streicher said, "Christ was a Jew and God, he is supposed to have made the universe. That's a little far-fetched because if God made the world, who made God?" Leon Goldensohn, The Nuremberg Interviews: An American Psychiatrist's Conversations with the Defendants and Witnesses, p. 256</ref>
* [[Alfred Rosenberg]] - Nazi Racial Pseuodscientist and major perpetrator of religious persecution, see his article for more
* [[Martin Bormann]] - Hitler’s personal secretary, and major perpetrator of religious persecution, see his article for more<ref>"Within the NSDAP (as in the German ''völkisch'' movement in general) there existed from the outset a group of old Hitler partisans who in contrast to the 'atheists' Alfred Rosenberg, Martin Bormann and others, believed in a union of National Socialism and Protestant Christianity." Martin Broszat, ''The Hitler State'', p. 223</ref>
* [[Odilo Globocnik]] - The Final Solution was the brainchild of Odilo and Heydrich. He ransacked cardinals after they denounced his treatment of Churches.