Was Hitler a Christian?

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When you add up all his spiritual talk and use of the word God and providence all the time, it comes a cross as his own brand of deism. A mix of Catholic/deist/Occult, and he most certainly did use religion to set up the uber nationalistic "God's master race" idea to get Germans to follow.

We will never know for certain. Deism of some kind, following the paper trail and the evidence, seems to be the most probable position. But it's not a hard fact. As I said in another thread, he brought Bormann to heels, when he wanted to abolish the churches. But only because he thought it politically unwise in times of war. On the other hand he admired the catholic church for being a force and for it's ability to control the masses.

The best lead are his private conversation, recorded by the aforementioned Henri Picker. He always played to some mysticism, but he also laughed about Himmler, whom he considered a nutter for his germanic occultism. Hitler's regime certainly wasn't an atheist one. His followers came in all shades and colors when it comes to religion. Atheists, mysthicists and christians.

That's why the matter is far too complicated to just say, Hitler was this or that.