TY - JOUR
T1 - The German Christian Rally at Berlin’s Sportspalast, 28 February 1934
T2 - Reich Bishop Ludwig Müller, Dr. Christian Kinder respond to the Kirchenkampf
AU - Buesnel, Ryan
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - On February 28, 1934, about 20,000 members of the various German Christian movements and their supporters gathered at Berlin’s Sportspalast to hear speeches given by theologians and clergy who supported Hitler and the Nazi movement. The purpose of the gathering was threefold. Firstly, the meeting functioned as a propagandistic exercise in virtue-signaling. As a movement that went to considerable lengths to publicly demonstrate its endorsement of the Third Reich, German Christian gatherings such as this one were marked by their outward displays of Nazi ideology, ritual, and imagery.
AB - On February 28, 1934, about 20,000 members of the various German Christian movements and their supporters gathered at Berlin’s Sportspalast to hear speeches given by theologians and clergy who supported Hitler and the Nazi movement. The purpose of the gathering was threefold. Firstly, the meeting functioned as a propagandistic exercise in virtue-signaling. As a movement that went to considerable lengths to publicly demonstrate its endorsement of the Third Reich, German Christian gatherings such as this one were marked by their outward displays of Nazi ideology, ritual, and imagery.
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e7071438-4688-33be-bd44-d1b47ae4c399/
U2 - 10.1093/jcs/csaa103
DO - 10.1093/jcs/csaa103
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-969X
VL - 64
SP - 68
EP - 86
JO - Journal of Church and State
JF - Journal of Church and State
IS - 1
ER -