Nazis edited New Testament texts in other ways to align with their ideology. For instance, Jesus’s world-changing Sermon on the Mount was purged of deep compassion for the weak and made militaristic.20 Finally, and most stunningly of all, the Nazis replaced Jesus with Hitler himself. Joseph Goebbels, minister for public enlightenment and propaganda, said of Hitler: “We are witnessing the greatest miracle in history. A genius is building a new world!”21 The Nazi version of the Ten Commandments proclaimed, “Honor your Führer and Master.” Hitler Youth were taught prayers resembling the Lord’s
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