“I myself went to a Lutheran school in Berlin. We had Lutheran teachers, and 99 per cent of the boys were Lutheran. We celebrated every year “Luther Day”. Throughout my school life in Germany Luther was shown to us as a great man fighting for freedom, tolerance, independence—the man who exclaimed, “Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise, May God help me, Amen!” Luther, the honest, cheerful, decent German who fought a corrupted, immoral Rome. Luther, who proclaimed the advent of the modern world; Luther, honoured by Protestants everywhere—the hero of Germany and the Protestant world.
This view was maintained by all scholars, as I said, until the end of last century. Every Protestant saw in Martin Luther almost a demigod, and any views to the contrary were put forward by Catholics who were guided more by emotion and dislike...”
Kinder, Kurche, Kuchen are culturally Germanic Protestant.
Very Hitler.
“Kinder, Kurche, Kuchen are culturally Germanic Protestant.
Very Hitler.”
I have some insight into this cultural phenomenom because the maternal side of my family is French Catholic, but from Alsace and were under German rule from time to time.
The French side, while some of my maternal relatives spoke both French and German did not have the concept of kinder, kurche, kuchen. They were quite French Catholic in their outlook on life. Much happier people and more involved with the whole community.
Better cooks, too.
The Germanic side was terribly dark and depressed and obsessive.