Church Opposition

• The event of support for the Nazi regime differed between groups and individuals. Although Hitler tried to supress opposition

  from the churches, there were still Catholic priests and Protestant ministers and pastors who preached against Nazi policies.
• Niemöller voted for them in the

  1924 and 1933 elections as he

  felt the Weimar Republic needed a

  strong leader.

  • He didn’t oppose Nazi restrictions

  on Jews.

  • He wanted to be let out of prison

  to fi ght on the side of the Nazis in

  the Second World War.

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• Against Nazis

  • He didn’t like Nazi interference in

  the Protestant Church.

  • He opposed the Nazi restrictions

  on Jews becoming Christians.

  • He set up the Confessional Church

  in 1934.
• Very against Nazis

  • Niemöller was arrested many times

  for speaking out against the Nazis

  and Hitler between 1934 and 1937.

  • He was sent to a concentration camp

  in 1938 where he stayed until 1945.