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  2. History of the Catholic Church in Germany - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church and Nazi Germany (2009). Mourret, Fernand. History Of The Catholic Church (8 vol, 1931) comprehensive history to 1878. country by country. online free; by French Catholic priest. Ross, Ronald J. The failure of Bismarck's Kulturkampf: Catholicism and state power in imperial Germany, 1871-1887 (Catholic University of Amer ...

  3. Catholic Church and Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

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    Into the early 1930s the German Centre Party, the German Catholic bishops, and the Catholic media had been mainly solid in their rejection of National Socialism. They denied Nazis the sacraments and church burials, and Catholic journalists excoriated National Socialism daily in Germany's 400 Catholic newspapers.

  4. Catholic Church in Germany - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church denounced Nazism in the years leading up to its rise to power in 1933–34. It believed its primary duty was to protect German Catholics and the Church. Popes Pius XI and Pius XII publicly denounced racism and the murder of innocents.

  5. Kulturkampf - Wikipedia

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    In the history of Germany, the Kulturkampf (Cultural Struggle) was the seven-year political conflict (1871–1878) between the Catholic Church in Germany led by Pope Pius IX and the Kingdom of Prussia led by chancellor Otto von Bismarck.

  6. Catholic Church and Nazi Germany during World War II

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    The leadership of the Catholic Church in Germany, however, was generally hesitant to speak out specifically on behalf of the Jews. [15] While racists were rare among the Catholic hierarchy in Germany, the bishops feared protests against the anti-Jewish policies of the regime would invite retaliation against Catholics. [16]

  7. Nazi persecution of the Catholic Church in Germany - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic trade unions formed the left wing of the Catholic community in Germany. The Nazis moved quickly to suppress both the "Free" unions (Socialist) and the "Christian unions" (allied with the Catholic Church). In 1933 all unions were liquidated. [56] Catholic union leaders arrested by the regime included Blessed Nikolaus Gross and Jakob ...

  8. Cologne Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, pronounced [ˌkœlnɐ ˈdoːm] ⓘ, officially Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus, English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia belonging to the Catholic Church. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne.

  9. Nazi euthanasia and the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    Catholic protests against the escalation of this policy into "euthanasia" began in the summer of 1940. Despite Nazi efforts to transfer hospitals to state control, large numbers of disabled people were still under the care of the Churches. Caritas was the chief organisation running such care services for the Catholic Church.