Historical context : preaching in the Third Reich Why read sermons from Nazi Germany? Evil calling upon god Hitler's positive Christianity Belief in Hitler How Nazis saw the world Was Jesus really a Jew? A faith for weaklings T4 The German Christian Movement Martin Luther Day 1933 Confessing Christ The Pastors' Emergency League Enter Karl Barth "Lord, where shall we go?" Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the "Jewish Question" The Nazi persecution of the Jewish people Bonhoeffer's preaching The Barmen Declaration Barmen as rhetorical guide Hearing the sermons Nazi speech Christian rhetoric of silence Preaching as provocation Selected sermons of resistance in the Third Reich Gideon / Dietrich Bonhoeffer A sermon about Jesus as a Jew / Karl Barth Christ crossing the stormy lake and Jesus' Glory / Paul Schneider A sermon about the relevance of Christianity in Nazi Germany / Martin Niemöller A sermon about giving thanks in the Third Reich / Paul Schneider O land, land, land : hear the word of the lord! / Julius von Jan A sermon about Kristallnacht / Helmut Gollwitzer A sermon about faith as war begins / Helmut Gollwitzer A sermon for a victim of Aktion T4 / Gerhard Ebeling A sermon about the Parable of the Great Banquet / Rudolf Bultmann A sermon about Aktion T4 / Clemens August von Galen The way of true faith / Wilhelm Busch A sermon about the loyalty oath to Adolf Hitler
