Hitler and the Popes

"I am now as before a Catholic and will always remain so" -- Adolf Hitler

NOTICE: The only Nazi ever excommunicated by the church of Rome, even after all the war crime tribunals was Joseph Gerbils. His crime? He married a Protestant,

Rome insists to this day they had no dealings with Hitler whatsoever. Yet how do they explain these old photos? How do they explain Hitler's praise for them in the following quotes? And how do they explain Hitler's global "terminology" becoming commonplace today?

“There has never been anything more grandiose on the earth than the hierarchical organization of the Catholic Church. I transferred much of this organization into my own party.” - Adolph Hitler - (The Nazi Persecution of the Churches" by J.S. Conway - Pgs. 25, 26 & 162)

"The Pope said to me...that Germany must become the sword of the Catholic Church.” - WILHELM II Emperor of Germany -

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Cartoon	Roman Catholic bishops saluting Hitler
Roman Catholic Priests giving the Hitler salute at a Catholic youth rally in the Berlin-Neukolln stadium in August 1933	Hitler greeting Roman Catholic Bishop
Hitler's Pope being saluted by Nazi soldier	Pope Pius XII meeting with German leaders
Gott Mit Uns (God With Us) EM German Army belt buckle (Stamped steel, 1937 pattern, made by "R S & S" for Richard Sieper & Sohne Ludenscheid). Photo from the German Militaria Catalog.	Cardinal Michael Faulhaber marches between rows of SA men at a Nazi rally in Munich.
Hitler Greets a Roman Catholic Cardinal	Hitler leaves the Marine Church in Wilhelmshaven.
Church & state! This Nazi coin, a 5 Mark, depicts the Potsdam Garrison Church upon it.	Church & state! Mementoes of German solders before the Catholic cross and Hitler's Brown Army attending a Roman Catholic Mass
Church & state! Roman Catholic Cardinal Egan on the steps of St. Patricks Cathedral in New York City along side a NYC Police officer dressed as a Nazi solider in full battle attire	A young Joseph Ratzinger. Is he saluting? Or blessing? A "Holy hands lifted to Heaven" blessing is always palms up, not down as this picture depicts.

Pope and Cardinlas meeting with Hiler	Hitler greets Roman Catholic Cardinal
Roman Catholic Bishops giving the Nazi salute in honor of Hitler	Hitler's Pope
Pope Pius XII greets Nazi soliders	Read caption
Page from the anti-Semitic German children's book, "Der Giftpilz" (The Poisonous Mushroom) The text reads, "When you see a cross, then think of the horrible murder by the Jews on Golgotha..."	Adolf Hitler (center) at the monument for the war dead in the small town of Franken. According to Ray Cowdery, Hitler rarely missed an opportunity to visit war memorials, even when a photographer was not present.
Hitler signs autograph for a Catholic fan (a nun)	Hitler greets Müller the "Bishop of the Reich" and Abbot Schachleitner
Again we see a "Church & State" depiction with Hitler and his army in front of the "Church of our Lady" in Nuremberg, Germany (circa 1928)	Hitler in "prayer"

Read caption	Ratzinger
The book cover of "Hitler's Pope"	Church & state! Hitler in front of "Church of our Lady" in Nuremberg, Sept. 1934. Photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann.
Church & state! Roman Catholic Cardinal Egan on the steps of St. Patricks Cathedral in New York City along side a NYC Police officer dressed as a Nazi solider in full battle attire	Although the German Iron cross usually appears symmetrical, this particular cross, by lengthening the vertical member, emphasizes Catholicism.