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Hans Kerrl
Hanns Kerrl (11 December 1887 – 14 December 1941) was a German Nazi politician. His most prominent position, from July 1935, was that of Reichsminister of Church Affairs. He was also President of the Prussian Landtag (1932–1933) and head of the ''Zweckverband Reichsparteitag Nürnberg'' and in that capacity edited a number of Nuremberg rally yearbooks. Early life Kerrl was born into a Protestant family in Fallersleben; his father was a headmaster. He served in the German Army in the First World War as a Leutnant earning the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class. He joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in 1923 and soon afterwards went into regional politics. A member of the '' Sturmabteilung'', Kerrl would ultimately hold the rank of SA-''Obergruppenführer''. Early Nazi career Joining the Nazi Party in 1923, he founded and led an ''Ortsgruppe'' (Local Group) in Peine, a suburb of Hanover. In the fall of 1925, Kerrl became a member of the National Socialist Working Association, a short-liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reich Ministry For Church Affairs
The Reich Ministry for Church Affairs (''Reichsministerium für die Kirchliche Angelegenheiten'') also sometimes referred to as the Reich Ministry for Ecclesiastical Affairs, existed in Nazi Germany from 1935 until 1945 under the leadership of Hanns Kerrl and Hermann Muhs and attempted to unify the churches and align them with the goals of Nazism, National Socialism. Background As part of the Nazi approach to controlling all aspects of German society (''Gleichschaltung'') the regime's initial plan was to "coordinate" all 28 separate Protestant regional churches (''Landeskirchen'') into a single and unitary Reich Church (Reichskirche) under the leadership of a Reich Bishop. On 27 September 1933, the Nazis installed Ludwig Müller in this position. However, many of the German Protestant clergy supported the dissenting Confessing Church movement, formed in May 1934 under the leadership of theologian Martin Niemöller, which resisted state interference into Church affairs and affirmed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |