Jimmy thank you, very nice. Thats very nice. Thank you. Welcome. I appreciate that. Im jimmy, im the host of the show. Thanks for watching. Thank you for joining us here in our studio in hollywood and from your homes around the world. I have to say, it makes me feel very good. You know, so much of every day now is a fight. Were arguing. Were criticizing. Were at each others throats. Theres so much unpleasantness. I thought it might be nice to start with some good news for a change, okay . [ cheers and applause ] o. J. Was cremated today. [ laughter ] too soon . Okay. And we have a new trial of the century to replace his. The people of new york versus donald trump. So far the people are winning. [ cheers and applause ] our friend, sleepy donzales, he doesnt seem to understand that a jury is going to rule on this. On his way out of court today, he brought a stack of printouts from websites that he feels make the case that there is no case. I spent all day on a trial that really is a very
Introduction
The vast majority of Germans belonged to a Christian church during the Nazi era. In 1933 there were 40 million Protestants, 20 million Catholics, and small numbers of people adhering to other Christian traditions. The German Evangelical Church (the largest Protestant church) and the Roman Catholic church were pillars of German society and played an important role in shaping people’s attitudes and actions vis-à-vis National Socialism, including anti-communism, nationalism, traditional loyalty to governing authorities (particularly among Protestants), and the convergence of Nazi antisemitism with widespread and deep-seated anti-Jewish prejudice.
Within the German Evangelical Church the pro-Nazi “German Christian” (
Deutsche Christen) movement emerged in the early 1930s. It attempted to fuse Christianity and National Socialism and promoted a “racially-pure” church by attacking Jewish influences on Christianity. This attempt to nazify the primary Protestant chu