Werner Elert

Werner Elert studied theology, became ordained a parish pastor in Seefeld bei Kolberg, and was a professor of systematic theology at the University of Erlangen. He was also a chaplain during World War I. Elert signed the Ansbacher Ratschlag of 1934, which is a declaration of support for Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime. He also supported the Nazis' Aryan Paragraph which discriminated against Jews.