Hanns Kerrl was a German Nazi politician. His most prominent position, from July 1935, was that of Reichsminister of Church Affairs. He was also President of the Prussian Landtag and head of the Zweck
Kerrl in 1938
Kirchenkampf is a German term which pertains to the situation of the Christian churches in Germany during the Nazi period. Sometimes used ambiguously, the term may refer to one or more of the followin
The Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler ruled Germany for the period of the Church Struggle.
Stormtroopers holding Deutsche Christen propaganda during the Church Council elections on 23 July 1933 at St. Mary's Church, Berlin
The Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, among the most aggressive anti-clerical Nazis, wrote that there was "an insoluble opposition between the Christian and a heroic-German world view".
Martin Bormann, Deputy Nazi Party leader (after Hitler) from April 1941, was the most hardcore Anti-Christian radical in the NSDAP, and saw Nazism and Christianity as incompatible. He had a particular loathing for the Semitic origins of Christianity.