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Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller (14 January 1892 – 6 March 1984) was a German theologian and Lutheran pastor. He is best known for his opposition to the Nazi regime during the late 1930s and for his widely quoted 1946 poem "First they came ...".
Apr 11, 2023 · Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) was a prominent Lutheran pastor in Germany. In the 1920s and early 1930s, he sympathized with many Nazi ideas and supported radically right-wing political movements. But after Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, Niemöller became an outspoken critic of Hitler’s interference in the Protestant Church.
Protestant pastor Martin Niemöller emerged as an opponent of Adolf Hitler and was imprisoned in camps for 7 years. Learn about the complexities surrounding his beliefs.
Martin Niemöller was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian born in Lippstadt, Germany, in 1892. Niemöller was an anti-Communist and supported Adolf Hitler 's rise to power. But when, after Hitler rose to power and insisted on the supremacy of the state over religion, Niemöller became disillusioned.
Martin Niemöller (born January 14, 1892, Lippstadt, Germany—died March 6, 1984, Wiesbaden, West Germany) was a prominent German anti-Nazi theologian and pastor, founder of the Confessing Church and a president of the World Council of Churches.
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Emil Gustav Friedrich Martin Niemöller war ein deutscher evangelischer Theologe. Er war führender Vertreter der Bekennenden Kirche sowie Kirchenpräsident der Evangelischen Kirche in Hessen und Nassau und Präsident im Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen. Während Niemöller anfänglich dem Nationalsozialismus positiv gegenüberstand, entwickelte ...
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Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) war ein bekannter evangelischer Pfarrer in Deutschland. In den 1920er und 1930er Jahren sympathisierte er zunächst mit vielen Ansichten der Nationalsozialisten und unterstützte rechtsradikale politische Bewegungen.
