Sources

  1. “The Jesuit – The Obscurantist without a Homeland.” Propaganda Pamphlet by Hubert Hermanns (1933)

  2. Excerpt from the Minutes of a Conference of Reich Ministers (July 14, 1933)

  3. Reich Concordat between the Holy See and the German Reich (July 20, 1933)

  4. Signing of the Reich Concordat (July 20, 1933)

  5. Election Propaganda on the Church Steps – the Church Elections in Berlin (July 1933)

  6. Ballot for the Church Elections in Berlin (July 23, 1933)

  7. Meeting of Catholic Youth Organizations in Berlin-Neukölln (August 20, 1933)

  8. Reich Conference of German Christians at the Sportpalast in Berlin (November 13, 1933)

  9. Protestant Girls’ Youth Group before its Dissolution (April 1, 1934)

  10. Church Wedding of an SS Member in Uniform (1934)

  11. Hitler Greets Reich Bishop Ludwig Müller and Abbot Albanus Schachleitner at the “Reich Party Congress for Unity and Strength” (September 1934)

  12. Reich Bishop Ludwig Müller after his Inauguration at the Berlin Cathedral (September 23, 1934)

  13. The Confessing Church: Excerpt from the Declaration of the Second Confessing Synod in Berlin-Dahlem (October 20, 1934)

  14. Flyer Issued by the Confessing Church against National Socialist Church Policy (c. 1934)

  15. Heinrich Himmler Views Ancient Germanic Rune Markings in a Palatinate Quarry (1935)

  16. A Crucifix and an Antisemitic Message at the Entrance to a Franconian Village (1935)

  17. Berlin Church Pulpit with Nazi Carvings (1933)

  18. Proceedings against the Bishop of Meissen, Peter Legge, for Foreign Currency Exchange Violations (1935)

  19. Martin Niemöller with Confirmation Candidates, shortly before his Arrest (Spring 1937)

  20. Attempts to Force Jehovah’s Witnesses to Renounce Their Faith (c. 1938)

  21. “With Deep Anxiety”: Papal Encyclical on the Situation of the Catholic Church in the German Reich (March 14, 1937)

  22. SS Report on a Catholic Sermon (December 30, 1936)

  23. Decree Concerning Individuals Who Formally Leave their Church (February 18, 1937)

  24. “Christ, the Mortal Enemy of Judaism!” (1937)

  25. What Do We German Christians Want? (c. 1938)

  26. Der Stürmer: The Devil Feeds Anti-NS Slogans to a Catholic Priest (May 1938)

  27. Shooting of a Polish Priest (1939)

  28. Excerpt from Bishop von Galen’s Sermon; Government Correspondence about Galen’s Sermon and the Charges against Him (August 1941)

  29. Letter from Bishop of Limburg to the Reich Minister of Justice (August 13, 1941)

  30. Martin Bormann’s Confidential Memo: National Socialism and Christianity are Irreconcilable (June 6, 1941)

  31. Catholic Mass in the “Priests’ Barracks” of Dachau (1942)

  32. Heinrich Himmler on Christianity and Religion (June 9, 1942)

  33. Interior Photo of the Neue Wache in Berlin (1942)

  34. Protestant Church Leaders Respond to the July 20, 1944, Assassination Attempt (July 30, 1944)

  35. Emergency Graves under Destroyed Train Tracks in Berlin (1945)