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SZ Photo - Protes­tant Church, 1933-1945

Protestantism during Nazism.. - This selection contains pictures from our partner agency Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo.

Procession of children to the church for their confirmation, 1936

01.01.1936 - On the occasion of their confirmation children proceed with their pastor to the Advent Church in Elbingstrasse. [XPAEXPORTID000003]
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Confirmation in the Lutheran Church

01.02.1937 - Blessing of 21 children who's families live and work on boats on the floating 'Skipper's-church' in the west harbor. The pastor says goodbye after the confirmation on the floating...
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Confirmation in the Lutheran Church, 1939

19.03.1939 - Confirmation in the Bekenntniskirche (Confessional Church) in Treptow on Blesserstrasse. The children receive the blessing from the pastor. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Swastika flag and church flag on the Lazarus Church in Berlin, 1933

01.03.1933 - Political and religious symbols hang simultaneously on the tower of the Lazarus Church in Berlin. The black-white-red colors of the conservative right-wing movement hang next to a...
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Swastika flags at the memorial service for Peter Voss, 1934

01.01.1934 - Swastika flags and SA men in front of the altar in the new Garrison Church in Hasenheide in Berlin during the memorial service for Peter Voss. Reverend Wenzel stands at the altar....
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Memorial service for Remembrance Day in New York, 1933

01.11.1933 - On Remembrance Day the minister receives a delegation of the veterans organization "Stahlhelm" the local chapter in New York for the memorial service for the fallen soldiers of the...
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Wedding of the 'Luise Brides' in the garrison church in Potsdam, 1936

19.07.1936 - The procession leaving the church: on the commemoration day of Queen Luise's death, the marriage of the 'Luise Brides' took place in the garrison church in Potsdam as it did every...
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Wedding of the 'Luise Brides' in the garrison church in Potsdam, 1934

19.07.1934 - The pastor and the married couples leaving the church. On the commemoration day of Queen Luise's death, the marriage of the 'Luise Brides' took place in the garrison church in Pots...
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Memorial service for a dead SA man in a Lutheran church, 1934

01.01.1934 - Memorial service for the deceased SA leader Peter Voss in the new garrison church in Hasenheide in Berlin. As a gesture towards the deceased, his SA colleagues stand honor guard in...
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Youth pastor with female confirmees in uniforms of the BDM, 1936

01.01.1936 - A youth pastor discusses on a confirmees set-up time of the Youth Office of the German evangelical Church with a group of confirmees articles in 'The Word', the youth magazine of t...
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Memorial service for SA-colonel Peter Voss, 1934

01.01.1934 - In the New evangelicals garrison church in Berlin-Neukoelln (Hasenheide), a memorial service is held in 1934for the SA-colonel Peter Voss who met with an accident. The male worship...
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Confirmation in Hitler Youth uniform, 1934

01.01.1934 - In the evangelical church of the former military school in Berlin-Lichterfelde, priest Stessle blesses students of the "Stabila". The boys wear at their confirmation the uniform of...
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establishment of the Protestant regional bishop in Bavaria Hans Meiser, 1933

11.06.1933 - Scene of the solemn inauguration of the new Protestant bishop in Bavaria, Hans Meiser. The church ceremony was held in the St. Lawrence Church in Nuremberg in the presence of the B...
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Bible study with confirmees in uniforms of the Hitler Youth

01.01.1933 - A youth pastor leads a Bible study at a confirmees set-up time of the Youth Organization of the German evangelical Church. The confirmees wear the uniform of the Hitler Youth, the...
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Lutheran mass wedding in the Third Reich, 1933

01.01.1933 - 47 couples, all members of the Nazi party, are married together at the Lazarus Church in Berlin East. [XPAEXPORTID000004]
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Female confirmands and minister in National Socialism

01.01.1933 - During a confirmation retreat, a minister wearing the Party badge with his confirmands, BDM girls in uniform, on an excursion. The photos shows them at the goal of their excursion:...
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Lutheran mass wedding in the Third Reich, 1933

01.01.1933 - 47 couples, all members of the Nazi party, are married together in the Lazarus Church in Berlin East. The photo shows the blessing in front of the altar decorated with swastika fla...
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Mass service for the 100th anniversary of existence of St Paul's Church in Berlin, 1935

01.01.1935 - Priest LÅddeke speaks during a church service on the anniversary of St. Paul's Church in the Badstra†e in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen. In the audience are also swastika flags. [XPAEXPORTI...
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St. Catherine's Church in Nuremberg, 1938

09.09.1938 - View of the St. Catherine's Church, also called the Meistersinger Church, in Nuremberg. In it, the so-called Imperial Regalia were exhibited after their transport to Germany. [XPAE...
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Inauguration of the Hindenburg Memorial Church in Hermsdorf, 1935

01.01.1935 - In Hermsdorf, a newly built church is consecrated. The community goes underneath swastika flags to the celebration. [XPAEXPORTID000004]
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Confirmation of the Hitler Youth in a church in Berlin, 1934

01.01.1934 - Boys are confirmed in the uniform of the Hitler Youth. [XPAEXPORTID000004]
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Celebration service for the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Dankes Church, 1934

07.01.1934 - View of the community during a service marking the 50th anniversary of the Dankes church which was built in gratitude for the failed assassination attempts on Kaiser Wilhelm I. Dur...
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Confirmees, 1936

01.01.1936 - Confirmees and pastor during a confirmees retreat in Georgenhof near Beesley. One of the confirmees wears a uniform of the Hitler Youth. [XPAEXPORTID000003]
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Protestant deaconesses in Poznan in occupied Poland, 1939

23.10.1939 - Deaconesses in the dining room in the Evangelical Deaconess Institute on Tannenberg Street in Poznan. On the wall is a swastika flag. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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German church singing day in Stuttgart, 1933

11.06.1933 - People's evening on the occasion of the 50th Evangelical church singing day from 10. to 12. June 1933 in Stuttgart, where also the 50th anniversary of the Protestant Church Choral...
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St. Catherine's Church in Nuremberg, 1938

09.09.1938 - View of the St. Catherine's Church, also called the Meistersinger Church, in Nuremberg. In it, the so-called Imperial Regalia were exhibited after their transport to Germany. [XPAE...
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Procession of children to the church for their confirmation, 1936
Swastika flag and church flag on the Lazarus Church in Berlin, 1933
Wedding of the 'Luise Brides' in the garrison church in Potsdam, 1936
Confirmation in the Lutheran Church
Swastika flags at the memorial service for Peter Voss, 1934
Wedding of the 'Luise Brides' in the garrison church in Potsdam, 1934
Confirmation in the Lutheran Church, 1939
Memorial service for Remembrance Day in New York, 1933
Memorial service for a dead SA man in a Lutheran church, 1934

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