September 23

  • HITLER BACKS NAZI TO LEAD GERMAN LUTHERANS

    ByNorm Haskett Reading Time: 7 minutes

    Berlin, Germany • September 23, 1934 On this date in 1934 Ludwig Mueller, a crew-cut former naval chap­lain, was installed as the new Reich Bishop in a gaudy spec­ta­cle at the swas­tika-bedecked Berlin Cathe­dral. The year before, 1933, German chan­cellor Adolf Hitler had pro­posed, as part of an admin­is­tra­tive over­haul of the German Evan­geli­cal (Lutheran) Church,…

  • NAZI TO LEAD GERMAN LUTHERANS

    ByNorm Haskett Reading Time: 5 minutes

    Berlin, Germany · September 23, 1934 On this date in 1934 Ludwig Mueller, a crew-cut former naval chap­lain, was installed as the new Reich Bishop in a gaudy spec­ta­cle at the swas­tika-bedecked Berlin Cathe­dral. The year before, Ger­man chan­cellor Adolf Hitler had pro­posed, as part of an admin­is­tra­tive over­haul of the Ger­man Evan­geli­cal (Lutheran) Church,…