The official position propagated by Himmler. I'm usually not a fan of wiki, but it gives an accurate picture of what he wanted for the SS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology_of_the_SS
Two other anecdotal evidences. Franz Stangl, commander of Treblinka, Catholic. Rudolf Höss, areligious. The organisation certainly wasn't christian. For references see Eugen Kogon's "Der SS Staat", the SS state or Hitlers politische Soldaten by Bernd Wegner. Only two out of many.
Also, I've read quite a few books on the denazification process and the results are considered less than reliable by European historians. People tried to look good. So the answers given in these questionnaires are what the people questioned thought the Allies wanted to hear. A more interesting look at the Nazi elites is Gustave Gilberts Nuremberg Diaries, where he writes about the interviews he had with the inmates there.
Quote:Himmler used the Jesuits as the model for the SS, since he found they had the core elements of absolute obedience and the cult of the organisation.[12][11] Hitler is said to have called Himmler "my Ignatius of Loyola".[12] As an order, the SS needed a coherent doctrine that would set it apart.[13] Himmler attempted to construct such an ideology, and deduced a "pseudo-Germanic tradition" from history.[13] Himmler dismissed the image of Christ as a Jew and rejected Christianity's basic doctrine and its institutions.[14] In a 1936 memorandum, he set forth a list of approved holidays based on pagan and political precedents meant to wean SS members from their reliance on Christian festivities.[15] However, these attempts were not entirely successful. Historian Heinz Höhne observes that the "neo-pagan customs" Himmler introduced into the SS "remained primarily a paper exercise".[15] Most of Himmler's attempts to link "old Teutonic" traditions into the spiritual life of the SS and society at large were criticised by the Church as a form of "new heathenism."[16] Although the SS never endorsed Christian beliefs, the traditional rituals and practices of the Christian faith were generally tolerated and respected.[17]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology_of_the_SS
Two other anecdotal evidences. Franz Stangl, commander of Treblinka, Catholic. Rudolf Höss, areligious. The organisation certainly wasn't christian. For references see Eugen Kogon's "Der SS Staat", the SS state or Hitlers politische Soldaten by Bernd Wegner. Only two out of many.
Also, I've read quite a few books on the denazification process and the results are considered less than reliable by European historians. People tried to look good. So the answers given in these questionnaires are what the people questioned thought the Allies wanted to hear. A more interesting look at the Nazi elites is Gustave Gilberts Nuremberg Diaries, where he writes about the interviews he had with the inmates there.