ABSTRACT
THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST REVOLUTION has won a victory in the domain of the Church that is as decisive externally as it is doubtful internally. In his Reichstag speech on March 23 Hitler pointed out to the Churches how the political and moral purification of public life by National Socialism would at the same time ensure the need of religious life. “The National Government,” he said, “regards the two Christian Confessions as important factors in the preservation of our nationality. It will respect the treaties made between them and the States. But it hopes and expects that its work for the moral and ethical renewal of the German nation will be equally respected by the Churches. The right of the Churches to cooperate in education will be assured and guaranteed.” Furthermore, he said that the Government attached the greatest possible value to a continuation and development of friendly relations with the Holy See.
