Walter Grundmann

Walter Grundmann was an antisemitic Nazi, theologian, and leading German Christian in Saxony. After Grundmann completed theological examinations at the University of Leipzig, he was appointed by the Church of Saxony as vicar of a church in a village in Oberlichtenau on October 1932, and he later became a professor of New Testament at the University of Jena. Set up under Grundmann was the Institute for the Study and Elimination of Jewish Influence on German Church Life.

Publications
Walter Grundmann authored the following publications on theology:
 * Das Evangelium nach Matthäus: 1: Theologischer Handkommentar zum Neuen Testament (English: The Gospel According to Matthew: 1: Theological Hand Commentary on the New Testament)
 * Das Evangelium nach Markus: 2: Theologischer Handkommentar zum Neuen Testament (English: The Gospel According to Mark: 2: Theological Hand Commentary on the New Testament)
 * Das Evangelium nach Lukas: 3: Theologischer Handkommentar zum Neuen Testament (English: The Gospel According to Luke: 3: Theological Hand Commentary on the New Testament)
 * Die Entjudung des religiösen Lebens als Aufgabe deutscher Theologie und Kirche (English: The Dejudification of religious Life as a Task of German Theology and Church)

Quotes

 * “... One fact will remain fixed at all times: a healthy Volk must and will reject Judaism in every form.”, Walter Grundmann, The Religious Face of Judaism, 1941.


 * “Jesus of Nazareth in the Galilee proves in his message and behavior a spirit that is in opposition to Judaism in every way. The struggle between him and the Jew became so bitter than it led to his deadly crucifixion. Thus Jesus cannot have been a Jew. Until this very day the Jews persecute Jesus and all who follow him with unreconcilable hatred. By contrast, Aryans in particular found in Jesus Christ the answer to their ultimate and deepest questions. So he became the savior of the Germans.”, Walter Grundmann, “Der Heiland der Deutschen,” in Deutsche mit Gott: Ein deutsches Glaubensbuch (Germans with God: A German Catechism), 1941.


 * “Jewish influence on all areas of German life, including religious-church life, must be exposed and broken, ...”, Walter Grundmann.