tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post4207388894333427032..comments2024-03-27T09:50:53.662-05:00Comments on Happy Catholic*: Well Said: A Forgotten Fact About the HolocaustJulie D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-56991862611758486182016-05-15T11:44:38.854-05:002016-05-15T11:44:38.854-05:00Well, that's not entirely true, I'm afraid...Well, that's not entirely true, I'm afraid. The strong nationalistic streak and the antisemitic Lutherian tradition within German Protestantism, combined with an arrogant sense of spiritual and educational superiority towards anybody else, made Protestants on the whole more willing to support Hitler's politics.<br /><br />However, not all European Catholics were above suspicion, either. Thus the depressing history of the so-called 'Ratlines'. I guess it is fair to say that being a devout Catholic (or, mind you, a Communist or, too a lesser degree, a Liberal) gave you a headstart in immunity against National Socialism.It helped tremendously, but, alas, it all too often was not enough to make it count.MFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14068703437353477352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-40906247721138811482016-05-12T22:59:49.750-05:002016-05-12T22:59:49.750-05:00Interesting. I'm glad the Pope Pius XXII is g...Interesting. I'm glad the Pope Pius XXII is getting redeemed. But I wouldn't blame Protestantism in any way for the Nazis, though I have to say I'm not schooled in the details. I would argue it was an atheistic element in Germany that led to the Nazis.Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.com