the concordat

• In July 1933, Hitler agreed with the pope in a

  Concordat that Catholics were free to worship

  and run their own schools in return for staying

  out of politics.
• However, Hitler broke his promise and:

  • priests opposing the Nazis were harassed

  and/or sent to concentration camps
• • Catholic schools had to remove Christian

  symbols and were later closed
• • Catholic youth organisations were banned.

  By 1937, the pope spoke out against Hitler in

  his statement known as ‘With Burning Anxiety’,

  which criticised Nazi policies.