So were the ordinary German people who voted Hitler into power and who supported him during all these atrocities in on the gag? Were the German people secretly pagagan all along, and just waved crosses and Christian slogans as a joke?
It would appear that way, wouldn't it? Especially when you consider the swastika as their broken cross...
Note: Hitler wasn't elected, he was appointed by President Hindenberg.
The Nazis did own a large chunk of the legislature, though.