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Raphael Warnock: “Most of the church in Germany capitulated to Hitler. They…”

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Published | Video Starts at 44:52

You know, I'm a trained systematic theologian. I've studied that period. I wrote a thesis on King and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer was part of the very little Christian resistance that Hitler got. Most of the church in Germany capitulated to Hitler. They became Reich Christians. And so no two periods are the same. And I'm not conflating it in that sense, but there are lessons to be learned. (44:52–44:59)

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Asserts that most of the church in Germany supported Hitler during his regime.

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