Third Reich

Berlin exhibit highlights how the Nazis exploited Martin Luther’s legacy

By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 19, 2017
BERLIN (RNS) — Most visitors to events in Germany marking this year’s 500th anniversary of the Reformation probably didn’t expect to find an exhibition setting out just how extensively the Nazis used Luther to justify their anti-Semitism and nationalism.

German Protestants agree to help rebuild notorious Potsdam church

By Tom Heneghan — April 18, 2016
(RNS) There’s a whiff of nostalgia around the restoration, with critics claiming that the aim is to restore some of the glory of the Prussian kingdom that dominated Imperial Germany.
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