By its decision to carry out the political and moral cleansing of our
public life, the Government is creating and securing the conditions for a
really deep and inner religious life. The advantages for the individual
which may be derived from compromises with atheistic organizations do
not compare in any way with the consequences which are visible in the
destruction of our common religious and ethical values. The national
Government sees in both Christian denominations the most important
factor for the maintenance of our society. ...

- Adolf Hitler, speech before the Reichstag, March 23, 1933, just before the Enabling Act is passed.