Need History Help: Concerning Hitler's Evil

[masterjedi747]

Someone I know over in another forum recently posted this message in part of his response:

For example, Hitler, being a good Austrian/German, believed in law and order; he believed in obedience and respect. He believed in the family unit and family values. He was a good Catholic and believed in Jesus and God and the Holy Spirit. He was a vegetarian and also believed in “environmental conservation”. He did not like guns and did not approve of violence (believe it or not). In short, he subscribed to many “good” views. If you had to assign percentage points for good and evil, Hitler would score high on good points.

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I find it quite disturbing to think that people might actually be learning stuff like this in school! So where should I start? I already know how to refute the Catholic-Hitler claim, but what about the rest of it? From what I remember learning in school, I don’t think a single one of these claims is true at all. But can anyone else here please provide me with some evidence/historical examples to help me out here? I’d really like to provide this perosn with the correct information.

 

[Ghosty]

Well, he was a vegetarian, but I don’t think he was a conservationist. He was DEFINATELY not Catholic, at least not when he became a Nazi; he was unapologetically Pagan.

I’ll see what I can dig up, but the most bizarre claims, such as him being Catholic and believing in the Holy Spirit, are false on the face.

 

[Steve_Andersen]

While he did adopt a pagan patina later on he praised Christianity in Mien Kamp (sp) many times
(Although the cynical might claim that he was merely trying to ingratiate himself with the general population)

and he did exploit the causal, respectable anti-Semitism that was common at the time

but what church he may have or may not have belonged to (or claimed to belong to) is moot since he obviously wasn’t listening too well to what they were teaching

While Hitler’s personal evil is his own it is sobering to recall that he was popularly elected in what was arguably one of the most cultured Christian nations of its time

 

[Gilbert_Keith]

Hitler was raised Catholic, but it didn’t take. This is the short answer.

Atheists will emphasize his early Catholic heritage as if he really lived it, but this is only because they don’t want to admit that he was anti-Christian by the time he came to power … and must have been atheist to boot since he admired so much the “God is dead” philosopher Nietzsche.

If this is not enough, reading the following:

(Text of Martin Niemoller’s remarks in the Congressional Record, October 14, 1968, page 31636):

“When Hitler attacked the Jews, I was not a Jew, therefore I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics, I was not a Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the unions and the industrialists, I was not a member of the unions and I was not concerned. Then Hitler attacked me and the Protestant Church – and there was nobody left to be concerned.”

Pastor Niemoller spent over eight years in a Nazi concentration camp.