Paul Althaus

Paul Althaus was a theologian and Nazi supporter. He was the son of a pastor and theologian. During World War I, he was a pastor in Poland, after the war he was a Professor of Systematic Theology at Rostock and in 1925 he was named Professor of Systematic Theology at Erlangen. For over thirty years Althaus served as president of the Luther Society. He also supported the Nazis' Aryan Paragraph which discriminated against Jews and he signed the Ansbacher Ratschlag of 1934, which is a declaration of support for Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime.

Quotes

 * "Our Protestant churches have greeted the turning point of 1933 as a gift and miracle of God.", Paul Althaus in Die deutsche Stunde der Kirche on October 1933.


 * "... We Christians know ourselves are bound by God's will to the promotion of National Socialism, so that all members and ranks of the Volk will be ready for service and sacrifice to one another.", Paul Althaus in 1935.