 You can't do business with Hitler. We are now at war. There are but two alternatives, total victory or total defeat. There can be no such thing as a military stalemate that would result in the survival of Hitlerism. That is the opinion of a man who knows. Douglas Miller for 15 years commercial attaché to the American Embassy in Berlin. Presenting a radio series entitled You can't do business with Hitler. Episode nine, Reante Christ. Douglas Miller speaking. Since 1933, when Hitler first came to power, he has carried on an unceasing campaign to destroy all faith. The Jewish, the Protestant, the Catholics. We all know what happened to the Jews in Germany. They were a small minority and defenseless. Hitler's attack on Protestants and Catholics has not been so open. Nevertheless, step by step, Hitler has hammered at these Christian faiths until today. He feels that the time has come to replace these faiths with a new pagan church. Incredible? Fantastic? No. Let's consider the cold facts. Listen to the words of Adolf Hitler as reported in chapter four of Herman Rauch's big book, The Voice of Destruction. I can guarantee that the swastika will take the place of the cross. Instead of worshiping the blood of the saviour, we shall worship the pure blood of the German people. I shall come to terms with the church temporarily. Why not? That will not prevent me from later tearing up Christianity roots and branch and annihilating it in Germany. I shall come to terms with the church temporarily, Hitler told Herman Rauchnig. Hitler was referring to the Catholic church for in 1933 he negotiated an agreement with the Vatican in which Catholics in Germany were promised freedom of worship. Later, however, in 1935, he attempted to discredit the Catholic clergy by means of the now notorious immorality trials. Father Gregory, Father Gregory, please, Father Gregory. I'm a test-best. Well, I told him, but they wouldn't listen. Stormtroopers father. Well, I shall see them in a minute. You shall see us right now. You will see us outside. Be quiet. You better not involve yourself in this. My son, is your business so urgent? I am a test-best. My business is official business. Official business? From the police? Yeah. You are Father Gregory? I am. Then you are under arrest. Arrest? You must be mistaken in some way. No mistake. Come along. You can't take him. What crime has he committed? Patient heart. This is surely some error that shall be rectified. I shall go with them. What have I assured you? What is the charge? The charge? Criminal immorality. More than 16,000 members of various Catholic religious orders were dragged into court on these trumped-up charges. So, read the Lucerne Waterlands for December 14, 1937. At the same time, the Nazi-controlled German test opened up a terrific, mud-flinging barrage of abuse and vilification. Listen to Paul Gebel, German Minister of Propaganda. A vast number of Catholic clerics have been tried for various crimes. It is not a matter of regrettable individual lapses. What about general corruption of morals such as the history of civilization as the Catholic ever thought? No other class of society has consigned to indulge in guilt on a scale resembling that achieved by the Catholic clergy in all its ranks. This is from Paul Gebel's official spokesman of Adolf Hitler. Unbelievable? Do you Catholic want proof? See a book entitled Persecution of a Catholic Church in the Third Reich, written by a German Catholic and translated from the Germans. I repeat that, Persecution of a Catholic Church in the Third Reich earned a paid 305. Paid 305. The fact that every single Catholic called into court was innocent made absolutely no difference to the Nazis. The immorality trial was merely a mere campaign. Hitler's next step was the destruction of the church schools. The most ironical Nazi device was the so-called Kevin's election. For example, in Bavaria. We're going to have a vote. Vote? Why? About the schools. We're going to vote whether to send our children to the church schools or to the Nazi schools. Is there something wrong with the church schools? I've heard no complaints. Have you? No. Still our gaffer, Leiter. Tell me, we are the vote. No, we will do it. The elections were mockery. The Nazi party brought to bear every kind of pressure to win the people to the state-controlled schools. You are a rider. You're a hand-rider. You have a son. You're Martin. Where does he go to school? St. Paul's Seminary for Boys. You will vote to send your son to the state schools? No, no, no. No answer. Another question. You are unemployed. You expect the winter fun to help your group? Well, I find what it is. I will tell the Gauleiter that you expect help from the winter parties. How did you say you would vote? I... I will vote... Speak up! I will vote for the state schools. Thank you. In the final analysis, it made no difference how the people voted. The Nazis counted the votes. In other districts, not the Gauleiters or local party leaders went into the Paloquia schools to gather evidence. A Gauleiter would satisfy the Paloquia teachers. For example, this was typical. Since you are the priest in Charles, I want to tell you that there are many things here. I find the post is the best interest of the state. Opposed to the interest of the state? Never mind. Go ahead with the rest. What's next? The catechism. What catechism? This one is called Truth of the Catechism from a book edited by the bishop's confluence at Fulda. All right. Wolfgang. Yes, Father? You will recite? Yes, Father. Question 17. What was the greatest honor of the Jewish people? The greatest honor of the Jewish people was the... Enough! What? The catechism. Well, this is nearly a part... I don't care what. That's awesome. Okay. Wolfgang, with some perfect poor, who alone has the ultimate right over our bodies and our health. God alone has the ultimate right over our bodies and our health. Stop! You will be repulsed. Repulsed, but I am willing. Thank you. You will stop. Yes, sir. You are a member of the history of youth? No, sir. I will see your parents. Every true German boy must belong. Yes, sir. You will learn that the fewer and only the fewer has the right over our bodies and our health. Say that. All right, Father? Never mind him. Do as I say. The fewer has the ultimate right over our bodies and our health. The fewer has the ultimate right over our bodies and our health. The fewer has the ultimate right over our bodies and our health. Thus has Hitler step by step attempted to destroy the Catholic schools. Hear the words of Adolf Hitler himself as reported by Hermann Rosnig on page 53 of the Voice of Disruption. As long as youth follows me, I don't mind if the old people live through the Confession. But the young ones will be different. I guarantee that. And here is final evidence that Hitler has dishonored his agreement with the Vatican. On May 6, 1936, his Holiness Pope Pius XI received an audience a group of Germans representing various Catholic orders. These are the words of the Holy Father on that occasion. Almost daily, we receive reports which show how loyal Catholics in Germany are persecuted and hindered from the exercise of their faith. In the name of so-called positive Christianity, efforts are being made to de-Christianize Germany and lead her back to barbarous paganism. I have given you the facts about Nazi persecution of Catholics in the Third Reich. What has happened to the Protestant? Consider the case of Pastor Marta Niemoller. On June the 19th, 1937, Niemoller, as hundreds of other courageous Protestant pastors had done, dared to preach a sermon in which he condemned Nazi attempts to turn Germany into a pagan state. Dear Robert von Schiff, tonight it is our worship we cannot help remembering those who, for the gospel's sake, have hampered in their freedom. Oh, Robert, these people have been damaged from their wars. Condemn to be silent and slown to prism because they claim that the church has the right to denounce attacks against the Christian faith, or to denounce the fear with Christian words. Pastor Niemoller spoke those words on June of 1937. It was his last sermon. He was charged with making subversive statements and thrown into prison. He spent seven months in prison and then in February of 1938, good trial. He was found guilty and fined 500 marks. The leniency of the sentence amounted to a virtual acquittal. Obviously, because of Niemoller's popularity, the Nazis were afraid to deal with him too harshly. The trial was held directly across the consulate in Berlin. I was in the consulate at the time and witnessed the great demonstration accorded Niemoller by a cheering crowd as he left the courtroom. In the midst of the demonstration, an automobile full of Gestapo agents pulled up before the courthouses. Pastor Niemoller, you called me? I'm overlooking Brewer's. I have orders from Gestapo to see if he takes it. I am in the danger. But you are. This crowd is very petty. They are my friends. I'm in no danger. The crowd is petty. I have orders to take you into protective custody. I got the right. I owe the court nothing. I paid my fine. I am a free man. Protective custody. Pastor Niemoller, please. Come along, please. What if I don't? I'm meant to be a machine gun. If you incite a rat, it might be very bloody. Machine guns? All right. I'll go over here soon. Come on. Brewer was put in the concentration camp at Faxenhausen. He has been there ever since. Thus Protestant as well as Catholics and Jews are denied freedom of worship in Germany. Hitler has coldly, scientifically, carefully set out to destroy the old churches. On the ruins of the old, he will build his new paganism. Listen to the words of Adolf Hitler. The Germans shall not be knowledge and do it crime-creed with its effeminate pity ethic. We shall wash off the Christian veneer and bring out the religion peculiar to our race. We shall replace the cross with the swastika. You can't do business with Hitler. You have been listening to episode nine in a series entitled You Can't Do Business with Hitler. If you want a copy of this script, send the postcard to the radio section of the Office for Emergency Management in Washington. I'll repeat the radio section of the Office for Emergency Management in Washington. Listen for the TEMPS program in this series, which is entitled The Pagan Guard. This TEMPS program, written and directed by Frank Shelford, was brought to you by the radio section of the Office for Emergency Management in Washington. Thank you.