Argumentative Essay: Who Was Hitler A Christian?

Hitler made government, law, and education appendages of National Socialism. After the death of Hindenburg in 1934, the chancellorship was united to the person of the Fuhrer. Hitler became the form of greeting, and a cult of Fuhrer worship was propagated. In 1938, with a carefully designed scandal, Hitler dismissed top Army Commanders, dividing their power between him and his faithful subordinates. As Hitler got ready for war, he replaced professional diplomats with Nazis. (High Beam Research, 2010). Many former disbelieves were converted by Hitler's diplomatic coups. He also played on the desire for peace and the fear of Communism with the bigger European states to achieve his expansionist goals. To stall retaliation, he claimed to be rectifying the Treaty of Versailles. Italy, in time became Germany's satellite. Hitler had Austrian chancellor Engelberg Dollfuss assassinated. (Answers Corporation, 2010).

And they burned holy books as well as forcing the Jewish people to sit through long sermons promising hell to anyone who died Jewish. But, the difference between the anti-Jewish behavior of the Church and the anti-Semitic behavior of the Nazi’s was that the Church wished to destroy Judaism by converting the Jewish people, Hitler wanted to destroy the Jews themselves (45-47). This was the first recorded anti-Jewish behavior. After the murder of Christ, all Christians and Catholics hated the Jewish people. But they had reason and every generation the Churches have decided of way after way of punishing the Jewish people. But Germany has had a long history of anti-Semitism.

Hitler borrowed a lot of the ideas from Charles Darwin when developing his own ideology. Like Darwin, Hitler believed that social good was influenced by major forms of politics and the fittest would ultimately survive. These animalistic views show why Hitler was so adamant about fighting against others. Like any species, Hitler believed that the Aryans needed to fight in order to stay alive and everyone was to mate with one another to become an overall stronger species. The Aryans were to be a stronger race because anyone who was of a different race or weaker in anyway would die off. Hitler’s goals that he speaks about in Mein Kampf stem from his survival of the fittest mentality. In his book, he talks about Lebensraum (living space)

Imagine not being old enough to vote, but being old enough to be separated from your family, forced to fight in the war, and forced to hate a race you aren’t old enough to even understand. That’s exactly what the children of Germany faced. The children of Germany were wrongly stripped of their childhood by being forced to fight in wars and take on adult roles; they should have been protected, instead, they became part of the victimization of the Jews and others.

There are several various causes of the Holocaust event, the most common being the adamant hatred of Jewish people in the immediate community. Anti-Semitic views had already been widespread in Europe, even before Hitler’s time. It was believed that the Jews were responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Hitler had tried his hand at becoming a professional artist in Austria, but was struggling heavily. When he would see the Jewish people around living and doing better in life, his hatred grew--presumably out of jealousy. Germany’s defeat in World War I only made it worse. He, and other German soldiers, had blamed Jewish people even further for their loss. In the war only about one hundred-thousand Jews went to war, and only twelve-thousand were lost.

Hitler then joined NSDAP where he started to gain his power by becoming their strongman due too being able to inspire people with his speeches. In his speeches he claimed “Jews were not only responsible for the unfair German defeat but were also blocking Germany’s recovery.” This kind of shows what he thought of

Adolf Hitler wanted the Jewish race to be destroyed forever. But he didn’t just stop at beliefs. Even if you were a Christian, Catholic, Atheist, etc., you were still in danger. You were still in danger because if you looked Jewish to him then you were swooped up and taken hostage in a concentration camp.

In the Church, the Nazis had a powerful rival for control of the hearts and minds of the German people. The Nazis have created a group called “German Christians” to promote the Nazi ideas within the church. "We want a vital national Church that will express all the spiritual forces of our people,"[ ] stated one German Christian document from 1933. In November 1933, Hitler attempted to exclude the ‘non Aryans’ from the church attendance and also implemented the removal of the Old Testament (dubbed by the

When he became chancellor of Germany, he ruled the by fear. He threatened to kill people who disagreed with him. Then he began to spread the lies of the Jewish people that he had grown to believe. Of course these people did not want to go against him and so they decided just to along with what he told them. These beliefs began to be engraved in these people’s minds and those who didn’t agree went along with it so they didn’t get killed.

   The world has been plagued with the specter of anti-Semitism for many centuries. This hatred manifested itself in the frenzy of Nazism and the deaths of six million Jews, the Holocaust as it has come to be known. If someone were to reveal an eight step plan for the removal of Jews from European society, one would readily associate such a plan with Adolf Hitler. One would not, however, think also of Martin Luther, though he himself wrote an essay in 1543 entitled "Concerning the Jews and their Lies" outlining such a plan. This is not to suggest that Luther was akin to Hitler in action or deed. This does suggest that Luther, the spark of the Protestant Reformation and father of German

Adolf Hitler’s goal was to create a master race. He saw the german people the best race in the world, and that they could cleanse other countries and he called his master race the Aryans. Since Hitler was baptized catholic, he believed that any other people outside the faith were condemned to hell but he took that idea way too far, and he viewed

Along with gaining support, Hitler also hoped to reduce the political power of the Catholic Church, as the Nazi worked to solidify their own power. With these goals in mind Hitler signed the Reichskonkordat agreement in July 1933, which became a strategic and political success for the Nazis because it banned the Catholic Church from participating in the Nazi politics. Disregarding the agreement with the Catholic Church, Hitler then began a campaign of threats against them through the Nazi propaganda.

“Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all.” (Hitler 137) Hitler was driven by his hunger for power, causing the death of millions of innocent people. No one could have known the dramatic effect this man would soon have on the world.

The Rise of Hitler During the 1920's and early 1930's Germany was trying to recover from World War. It had to pay reparations and try to rebuild the economy from bankruptcy. It was because of the weaknesses of the economy and the Weimar Government, together with the growing popularity of the Nazis that Hitler was able to become Chancellor.

Adolf Hitler, to some, was a great ruler, but to others he was a murderer. Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party and was the dictator of Germany. He ordered to have millions of Jews murdered or thrown in prisons.