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Election propaganda on the Church steps for the state church election of 1933 between the German Christians and the "Gospel and Church" group led by Martin Niemöller. This photograph shows a representative of the German Christian movement (left) with…

Photo of Reich Bishop Ludwig Müller (left) at his inauguration alongside August Jäger, head of the Ministry of Church Affairs.

German Christian flags in celebration of Luther Day at the Berlin Castle in Lustgarten in Berlin (November 11, 1933)

Ballot for church elections in Berlin in July 1933 between the "Gospel and Church" group (marked on the ballot) and the German Christians group.

Photo of Martin Bormann and Adolf Hitler at Berghof Terrace (1942)

Photo of Pope Pius XII

Photo of the Reich Conference of German Christians in Berlin. Banner reads "The German Christian reads 'The Gospel in the Third Reich.'" It references the official German Christian newspaper that the Reich endorsed.

Members of the Council of the Protestant Churches of Germany, established 1945. Through this post-war alliance and the Stuttgart Declaration of guilt, these men created a united Protestant Christian identity in Germany.

Photo of the signing of the Reich Concordat (July 20, 1933)

Photo of Pope Pius XI