It would be more appropriate to state that the vast majority of nazis were Christians.
It’s just false. Most Germans were (and still are) protestant, and protestants were overrepresented in the NSDAP.
The Italian fascists were catholic, though.
Do you have a source for that? Germany generally has a protestant majority, so that would be a bit odd.
Also the Nazi leadership was quite at odds with the catholic church and Hitler even tried to create a unified protestant church.
protestant majority
Afaik, there are slightly more Catholics. This https://fowid.de/meldung/religionszugehoerigkeiten-2024 seems to support this.
Yeah, it seems to have flipped around the millennia.
It’s a numbers game with tight margins. Both the Lutherans and the Catholics are bleeding members and have been for a while. The difference is roughly a couple of percent. People without any religious affiliation are almost half the population.
No one really cares about the religion of nazis. The real controversy was the pope being a friend of the nazis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII_and_the_Holocaust
Good question. From a quick search, this doesn’t appear to be true, protestants were overrepresented in both the Nazi party and their electorate ; so that’d make it rightfully controversial.
Maybe you have a more reliable source than the ones quoted by wikipedia ? Or maybe the scope of your statement is different than the one dealt with in this article (like fascists as a whole and not just nazis)?
also, while to a significantly lesser degree than jews, catholics were frequently rounded up and stuffed in concentration camps.
Aha! You’re actually using the magical rectangle in your pocket for its intended purpose!
lot has been said. deutsche christen werent catholics. but they sound familiar, these days.
OK tell us the rest of this half story. What did you say at Easter dinner?
Why is this downvoted? It is posted in “no stupid questions” for a reason.
This is validation seeking, not a legitimate question.
Because it’s phrased the way the title is. Were it “Were most Nazis Catholic?” the fate would be different.
It’s not controversial. It’s just incorrect.
Yes, a few were Protestant.
