German Christians movement

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Nazi-aligned organization Protestant movement religious organization

The German Christians movement was a pro-Nazi Protestant group in Germany that sought to align church doctrine and practice with National Socialist ideology, including antisemitic and authoritarian principles.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
German Christian movement 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi-aligned organization ⓘ
Protestant movement ⓘ
religious organization ⓘ
activeIn 1930s Germany ⓘ
alignedWith German Evangelical Church (when Nazified) NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedAs heretical by many Protestant theologians ⓘ
country Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
goal align Protestant churches with National Socialist ideology ⓘ
eliminate Jewish influence from Christianity ⓘ
promote Nazi racial policies within the church ⓘ
historicalReputation collaborationist ⓘ
extremist Christian movement ⓘ
ideology Nazism ⓘ
antisemitism ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ
influencedBy German nationalism NERFINISHED ⓘ
National Socialist racial ideology NERFINISHED ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legacy example of church collaboration with totalitarian regime ⓘ
notableFeature advocated a de-Judaized Christianity ⓘ
attempted to fuse Christianity with Nazi racial doctrine ⓘ
supported Führerprinzip within church governance ⓘ
opposedBy Confessing Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dietrich Bonhoeffer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karl Barth NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedDoctrine traditional Protestant theology ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-Nazi ⓘ
positionOnChurchState favored strong state control over the church ⓘ
positionOnJesus portrayed Jesus as an Aryan figure ⓘ
positionOnJews antisemitic ⓘ
hostile ⓘ
positionOnOldTestament rejected or minimized the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
region German Reich NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
soughtControlOf German Protestant regional churches NERFINISHED ⓘ
sphereOfActivity church politics ⓘ
religious propaganda ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
supportedLeader Adolf Hitler NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedPolicy coordination of church structures with Nazi Party (Gleichschaltung) ⓘ
exclusion of Christians of Jewish descent from church offices ⓘ
supportedRegime Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
theologicalTendency racist theology ⓘ
völkisch theology ⓘ
timePeriod Nazi era ⓘ
typeOfAntisemitism Christian antisemitism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Confessing Church → opposed → German Christians movement ⓘ
Barmen Declaration → opposedTo → German Christians movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Christian movement
Christianity (nominal, in Nazi Germany context) → associatedWith → German Christians movement ⓘ
Hans Kerrl → movement → German Christians movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Christian movement