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 declaration of support for Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime. He also supported the Nazis' Aryan Paragraph which discriminated against Jews.