Recently I read a book about the terrible circumstances faithful Lutherans had when the Nazis came after them and indoctrinated their children with the toxic Nazi philosophy. The book is named, “Day of No Return”, by Kressmann Taylor. It is well worth reading. I highly recommend it. Martin Niemoeller’s name is prominent in the story.
The Catholic Church didn't object to Hitler's Germany until 1938-39 at the earliest, as it viewed Bolshevism as a greater threat. As late as 1941, the Pope described Hitler's offensive against Russian Bolshevism as "high-minded gallantry in defense of the foundations of Christian culture."
But I digress - I'm interrupting a perfectly good Protestant-bashing thread.
And don't defend the communists, either.
"it viewed Bolshevism as a greater threat
And rightly so. Communism inspired a vast empire of evil that began long before Hitler hatched his mad schemes, and continued long after Hitler had been defeated, destroyed, and discredited. National Socialism's death toll, bad as it was, pales in comparison to that of Internationalist Communism. Indeed, Stalin had murdered millions in Ukraine before anybody outside of a certain beer-hall had ever even heard of Adolph Hitler. Meanwhile, National Socialism is rightly almost universally reviled ... yet Communism, its twin in demonic evil, remains quite popular in some parts of the world.
But don't let facts get in the way of a good anti-Catholic rant.
Wrong. Papal encyclical Mit brennender Sorge was read aloud from the pulpit across Germany and Austria in March 1937.
But I digress - I'm interrupting a perfectly good Protestant-bashing thread.
You are being overly sensitive and missing the point. Be it the atheist communists or neopagan Nazis, divisions within Judeo-Christian denominations were exploited by the Bolsheviks and Nazis to divide, conquor and destroy Judeo-Christianity.