𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒 — 𝐖𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑

𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐒 — 𝐖𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑

Two separate clips from Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, one being a 1944 speech on natural law and order in relation to God—the other on negation of Christian influence into the ideological convictions of the SS men in 1943.

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝟏 (𝐌𝐚𝐲, 𝟓, 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟒):
"Whether it is the life of the stars, or the life of trees, or the life of animals or bacteria. Whether it is the history of Prussia or the prehistory of Germania. Whether it is art that is fighting in its field, or whether it is the history of foreign peoples such as Roman history, or whether it is the formation of crystals. There is something to be shown everywhere. The magnitude of this event that God has brought about can be shown. It can be shown — and here I can say something: we have never tolerated an atheist among us. We are not Christians, that is over. But there has never been anyone among us who did not believe in God."

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝟐 (𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟒, 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟑):
"In a respect that can otherwise become very dangerous, because a very strong influence can be exerted on people here, in terms of denomination. You know yourself that even well-meaning people have always or very often advised us: "Don't be so radical. It doesn't matter at all if he goes to church. It doesn't matter if his wife is a completely devout Catholic." No, gentlemen, it does matter. If he wants to be so devout, then he is absolutely free to go to the rest of the German people. I have nothing against that. But I would like to have among us — or I would like to have among my ϟϟ — I would like to have only men who are not affected by any commandment from a pope, from a bishop, from a cardinal, from any other priest who earns his bread quite cheerfully and quite richly in the service of this profession, I would like to have no one who is affected by such a commandment. Rather, the people we have must know only one commandment. That is the order of the Führer, those are the laws of our blood, and that is the commandment of the Reich. We must know nothing else. Thank God we have been so consistent, and the longer the war lasts, the more consistent we want to be.