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Baptists ‘humbled’ by failure to oppose Nazis

by David Roach, posted Thursday, September 18, 2014 (2 days ago)

NASHVILLE (BP) — The 80th anniversary of a courageous stand by Christians in Germany who opposed Adolf Hitler also marks a sad chapter in Baptist history that festered four decades before Baptists voiced repentance.

Symbolizing German Baptists’ complacent relationship with the Nazis, the backdrop of the speakers’ platform at the 1934 Baptist World Congress in Berlin included a large swastika flag (right) alongside a cross and portraits of famous Baptists.

Photo from the American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.

In contrast to Christians who resisted Nazi evils, German Baptists “were just happy to be left alone, you might say,” historian Albert Wardin told Baptist Press. “And they were just happy to have the regime allow them…

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