- Hermann Muhs
Hermann Muhs (16 May 1894 - 13 April 1962) was a
Secretary of State and minister responsible for churches question ("Minister für Kirchenfragen") inNazi Germany .Life
After
World War I Muhs studied law inGöttingen and graduated in 1922. He opened a lawyer office and became a member of theNSDAP in 1929. From 1930 he was a member of the Prussian State Parliament and after 1933 he became the district president ofHildesheim .In 1935 Muhs was the Secretary of State in the "Reichsministerium für Kirchenfragen". His synchronization efforts and theological incompetence caused many disputes with the churches.
Against the orders of
Heinrich Himmler who wanted to draw distance between theSchutzstaffel and the Church, Muhs participated in the funeral of ArchbishopKarl Joseph Schulte in an SS uniform in 1941. Muhs, who had the rank of an SS-Oberführer, was expelled from the SS. Nevertheless, after the death ofHans Kerrl he was still the "Minister für Kirchenfragen" till 1945.
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