Faith-Based Initiatives

"Since January 30, 1933, the official institutions within the National Socialist State have transferred the following tax earnings to the two Churches: 
130 million Reichsmarks for the fiscal year 1933; 170 million Reichsmarks for the fiscal year 1934; 250 million Reichsmarks for the fiscal year 1935; 320 million Reichsmarks for the fiscal year 1936; 400 million Reichsmarks for the fiscal year 1937; 500 million Reichsmarks for the fiscal year 1938. 
In addition to this, the Church receives approximately 85 million Reichs-marks annually in the form of Lander subsidies, and approximately another seven million Reichsmarks in the form of subsidies by the local communities and associations. Next to the State, the Church constitutes the greatest proprietor of land. It possesses holdings in real estate and forestry in excess of ten billion Reichsmarks. From these, it derives annual earnings of about 300 million. Moreover, the Church benefits from countless gifts, bequests, and, above all, from donations collected. Further, the National Socialist State accords the Church concessions in a variety of realms: donations and inheritance are tax- exempt for instance. To make an understatement, therefore, it is with insolent impertinence that foreign politicians accuse the Third Reich of hostility to religion."

-- Adolf Hitler; from speech to the Reichstag (January 30, 1939)

Personal Reponsibility

"Nothing can make me change my own belief. I am convinced that the unworthiest among us is he who cannot master his ill fortune."
 
-- Adolf Hitler; from speech to Nuremberg Labor Front (Sept. 12, 1936)