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From "The National Socialist Stand on Christianity", by
Th. D. Schwartz

[Kapp putsch, 1920.03:]

Royalists succeeded in forcing the government to abandon Berlin for Stuttgart. ... The coup failed after a few days. Most of these royalists were substantial and religious people, and large numbers of them would later move...into the...camp of Adolf Hitler. These practicing Christians were a mostly unrecognized factor in Hitler's rise to power. Within the positive side of Hitler's character was loyalty to those who had joined him in early struggles, and he didn't forget this Christian support.

Within the party were two powerful forces. One, represented by men like Alfred Rosenberg (who later became Reichsminister for the Occupied Eastern Regions), wanted to see Germany become an atheistic state. The other, represented by men like Hanns Kerrl (who later became Reichsminister for Church Affairs), endorsed Christianity. But it was Kerrl, not Rosenberg, who was in the majority.