In 1935, U.S. Ambassador To Germany William Dodd warned the State Department of the “virtually dictatorial powers over Protestant Church matters” the new Nazi Minister of Church Affairs possessed. Describing the ecclesiastical resistance to Adolf Hitler’s desperate grasp for the keys to . . . Continue reading →
National Socialists
The Struggle Of One Reformed Pastor Against The Nazis
At that time, tensions were also growing in society. The economic crisis following the Wall Street Crash of 1929 destabilized both Dutch and wider European society. While the economy in the Netherlands collapsed, in neighboring Germany the National Socialists assumed power and . . . Continue reading →