Walter Buch

Walter Buch was a Nazi and Christian, with a pious Christian upbringing. He was also antisemitic and was a member of the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund, which was an antisemitic organization in the Weimar Republic and before the takeover of Germany by the Nazis.

Quotes

 * “The Jew is not a human being. ... the Jew was able to creep into the German people, to bring on disaster”, Walter Buch, Deutsche Justiz, October 21, 1938.


 * “When Point 24 of our program says the party stands for a positive Christianity, here above all is the cornerstone of our thinking. Christ preached struggle as did no other. His life was struggle for his beliefs, for which he went to his death. From everyone he demanded a decision between yes and no.”, Walter Buch. Point 24 refers to a section of the Nazi party platform.


 * “The idea of eternal life, of which the Jew knows nothing, is just as characteristic of our Germanic forefathers as it was of Christ.”, Walter Buch.


 * “When Luther turned his attention to the Jews, after he completed his translation of the Bible, he left behind “on the Jews and their Lies” for posterity.”, Walter Buch.


 * “Just as Christianity only prevailed through the fanatical belief of its followers, so too shall it be with the spiritual movement of National Socialism.”, Walter Buch.


 * “Many people confess their amazement that Hitler preaches ideas which they have always held.... From the Middle Ages we can look to the same example in Martin Luther. What stirred in the soul and spirit of the German people of that time, finally found expression in his person, in his words and deeds.”, Walter Buch.