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“My feeling as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter.”
Source: Mein Kampf, Vol. 1, Chapter 11 (1925), translated by Ralph Manheim, 1943.
“We tolerate no one in our ranks who attacks the ideas of Christianity. Our movement is Christian.”
Source: Speech in Passau, October 27, 1928, documented in Völkischer Beobachter, October 29, 1928.
“I believe today that I am acting in the sense of the Almighty Creator. By warding off the Jews, I am fighting for the Lord’s work.”
Source: Speech to the Reichstag, January 30, 1939, recorded in Max Domarus, The Complete Hitler: His Speeches and Proclamations, 1990.
“The national Government sees in both Christian denominations the most important factor for the maintenance of our society.”
Source: Speech before the Reichstag, March 23, 1933, published in Norman H. Baynes, The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, 1942.
“We must bring Christianity to the fore again, but the fighting Christianity.”
Source: Speech in Berlin, April 6, 1923, cited in John Toland, Adolf Hitler, 1976.
“The fact that the Vatican is concluding a treaty with the new Germany means the acknowledgement of the National Socialist state by the Catholic Church.”
Source: Letter to the Nazi Party, July 22, 1933, quoted in Ernst Christian Helmreich, The German Churches Under Hitler, 1979.
“It regards Christianity as the foundation of our national morality, and the family as the basis of national life.”
Source: Speech on February 24, 1933, documented in William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, 1960.
“The National Socialist State professes its allegiance to positive Christianity.”
Source: Speech in Stuttgart, February 15, 1933, documented in Norman H. Baynes, The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, 1942.
“I am convinced that I am acting as the agent of our Creator.”
Source: Speech at the Reichsparteitag, Nuremberg, September 6, 1938, recorded in Max Domarus, The Complete Hitler: His Speeches and Proclamations, 1990.
“The German people are not a people of the book, but a people of the Christian faith.”
Source: Speech in Munich, April 12, 1922, cited in John Toland, Adolf Hitler, 1976.
“We are a people of different faiths, but we are one. Which faith conquers the other is not the question; rather, the question is whether Christianity stands or falls.”
Source: Speech in Berlin, October 24, 1933, published in Völkischer Beobachter, October 26, 1933.
“The Christian religion is the only one that can claim to have God’s blessing in the struggle for existence.”
Source: Speech in Passau, November 2, 1928, documented in Ernst Boepple, Adolf Hitler’s Reden, 1933.
“Our movement is not against Christianity, but for Christianity.”
Source: Speech in Cologne, March 21, 1933, quoted in Richard Steigmann-Gall, The Holy Reich, 2003.
“The National Socialist movement will always let its conduct be determined by the commandments of Christianity.”
Source: Speech in Coburg, October 19, 1932, cited in William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, 1960.
“The National Socialist movement has not only recognized the value of the Christian faith but is also ready to do everything to protect it. The National Socialist state will not permit any attack on the Christian religion or its churches.”
Source: Speech in Munich, February 24, 1934, documented in Norman H. Baynes, The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, 1942.
“As long as I am the leader of the German people, I will regard it as my duty to preserve the Christian character of our nation and to protect the churches as the bearers of this Christianity.”
Source: Speech in Berlin, January 30, 1934, recorded in Max Domarus, The Complete Hitler: His Speeches and Proclamations, 1990.
“The National Socialist state, being a Christian state, will naturally give Christianity its due place in the life of the nation. It will ensure that the Christian churches can carry out their mission without hindrance.”
Source: Speech in Leipzig, March 16, 1935, cited in Richard Steigmann-Gall, The Holy Reich, 2003.
“Christianity is the basis of our morality, and we will not allow it to be undermined. The National Socialist movement stands firmly on the ground of a positive Christianity and will fight for its preservation.”
Source: Speech in Nuremberg, September 11, 1935, published in Völkischer Beobachter, September 13, 1935.
“In this hour, I pray to the Almighty that He may bless our work and our struggle, which is not directed against Christianity but seeks to renew it in the hearts of our people.”
Source: Speech in Hamburg, August 17, 1934, quoted in John Toland, Adolf Hitler, 1976.
“We stand for a positive Christianity, and we believe that the Christian churches must be supported in their work for the moral and spiritual welfare of the German people.”
Source: Speech in Dresden, June 25, 1937, documented in Ernst Christian Helmreich, The German Churches Under Hitler, 1979.
There's also the incident where he told his secretary to stop believing all the silly pagan nonsense and that he was christian.