The majority of the population thus accepted the persecution of the Jews with indifference, and the terrible implication that other groups might likewise be marked for similar treatment apparently passed them by unnoticed. Against the Nazis’ secret practice of euthanasia, which was gradually becoming known, and the public propaganda in favour of sexual promiscuity, regrettably few Churchmen raised voices; and, indeed, few seemed to understand that such practices presented a fundamental challenge to Christian thought and doctrine. According to a witness at the Nuremberg Trials, Hitler as early as 1935 had announced his intention: “If war comes, to take up...
