Ludwig Müller

Ludwig Müller (June 23 1883 in Gütersloh - July 31 1945 in Berlin) was a German who headed the German Christians (Deutsche Christen) and later became leader of the Protestant Reich Church. He had been associated with Nazism since the 1920s. He supported a revisionist "Christ the Aryan" and purifying Christianity of what he deemed "Jewish corruption." His election to leader of the Reich Church angered many Protestant congregations who deemed his selection to be politically motivated and innately anti-Christian. Hitler's interest in the group had waned by 1937; so Müller tried to revive his support by allowing the Gestapo to monitor churches and the Christian youth groups to consolidate with the Hitler Youth. He remained committed to Nazism to the end as he committed suicide after the Nazi defeat.

External links

* [http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/church_in_nazi_germany.htm History site]
* [http://hist.academic.claremontmckenna.edu/jpetropoulos/church/keithpage/protesta.htm Protestant Churches in the Third Reich]