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- Hanns Kerrl (11 December 1887 - 12 December 1941) was a German Nazi politician. His most prominent position, from July 1935, was that of Reichsminister of Church Affairs. He was also President of the Prussian Landtag (1932-1934) and head of the Zweckverband Reichsparteitag Nürnberg and in that capacity edited a number of Nuremberg rally yearbooks. Kerrl was born into a Protestant family in Fallersleben; his father was a headmaster. Hanns Kerrl joined the NSDAP in 1923 and soon afterwards went into regional politics. On 17 June 1934 he became Reichsminister without Portfolio. In the following year, on 16 July 1935, he was appointed Reichsminister für die kirchlichen Angelegenheiten (Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs), to head a newly created ministry. On the one hand, Kerrl was supposed to mediate between those Nazi leaders who hated religion and the churches themselves and stress the religious aspect of the Nazi ideology. On the other hand, in tune with the policy of Gleichschaltung, it was Kerrl's job to subjugate the churches—subject the various denominations and their leaders and subordinate them to the greater goals decided by the Führer. Indeed, Kerrl had been appointed after Ludwig Müller had been unsuccessful in getting the Protestants to unite in one "Reich Church. " Kerrl was considered one of the milder Nazis. Nonetheless, in a speech before several compliant church leaders in 1935, he revealed the regime's growing hostility to the church when he declared, "Positive Christianity is National Socialism. " He also pressured most of the Protestant pastors to swear an oath of loyalty to Hitler. Gregory Munro states that "Kerrl was the only Minister with an explicit commitment to reach a synthesis between Nazism and Christianity. Much to the ire of leading Nazis, Kerrl maintained that Christianity provided an essential foundation for Nazi ideology and that the two forces had to be reconciled. In the short term, at least, it appears that Hitler hoped to recover the initiative in the Church Struggle by returning to the official NSDAP policy of neutrality. The available documents suggest that Hitler temporized between two approaches to the question of the Churches. On the one hand, the predominant radical elements in the Party wanted to reduce clerical influence in German society as quickly as possible—and by force if necessary. On the other hand, Hitler clearly had much to gain from any possible peaceful settlement whereby the Churches would give at least implicit recognition to the supremacy of Nazi ideology in the public realm and restrict themselves solely to their internal affairs. "In 1935 Kerrl scored some initial successes in reconciling the differing parties in the Church Struggle. However, by the second half of 1936, his position was clearly undermined by NSDAP hostility, and by the refusal of the churches to work with a government body which they regarded as a captive or stooge of the Nazi Party. Hitler gradually adopted a more uncompromising and intolerant stance, probably under the growing influence of ideologues such as Bormann, Rosenberg and Himmler, who were loathe to entertain any idea of the new Germany having a Christian foundation even in a token form. " Increasingly marginalized by Hitler, who did not even grant him a personal conversation, Kerrl became desperate and embittered. A completely powerless minister, he died in office on 12 December 1941. Hitler did not appoint a successor.
- Hanns Kerrl war ein nationalsozialistischer Politiker. Er übte unter anderem die Ämter des Preußischen Landtagspräsidenten und Reichsministers für kirchliche Angelegenheiten (Reichskirchenminister) aus, in letzterem war er verantwortlich für die Gleichschaltung der Kirchen im Deutschen Reich. Seit 1935 auch Leiter der Reichsstelle für Raumordnung, wurde er spöttisch der Minister für Raum und Ewigkeit genannt.
- Hanns Kerrl, membre du gouvernement nazi où il était « ministre du Reich pour les questions religieuses ». En 1933, le désir de contrôle total du parti nazi exigeait l'élimination de toute autre influence. Le régime a notamment combattu l'influence de l'Église en instaurant le ministère des Affaires ecclésiastiques sous le contrôle de Hanns Kerrl.
- Hans Kerrl was Rijksminister van Kerkelijke aangelegenheden tijdens het Nazi-bewind. Kerrl kreeg in de Eerste Wereldoorlog als luitenant het IJzeren Kruis 1e en 2e klasse. Na de oorlog werd Kerrl ambtenaar bij Justitie. Hij sloot zich in 1923 bij de NSDAP aan. Van 1928 tot 1933 had hij zitting in de Pruissische Landtag en in november 1933 werd hij lid van de Rijksdag namens Zuid-Hannover-Braunschweig. Hij was ook in 1933 kortstondig minister van Justitie in het Pruisische kabinet en kondigde tijdens zijn ministerschap een beroepsverbod voor Joodse notarissen en openbare aanklagers af. In 1934 werd hij Rijksminister zonder portefeuille. Kerrl werd SA-Obergruppenführer en sympatiseerde met Duitse christenen die het Nationaal-socialisme aanhingen. Op 16 juli 1935 werd hij minister van Kerkelijke aangelegenheden. Zijn hoofdtaak werd de gelijkschakeling binnen de kerkelijke invloedssfeer; hij kreeg hierbij veel weerstand van talrijke evangelische voorgangers en universiteitstheologen. Bovendien bemoeiden Himmler en Bormann met hun openlijke haat tegen de kerk zich steeds meer met de verantwoordelijkheden van Kerrl.
- Hanns Kerrl var en tysk nazistisk politiker. Hans mest fremtredende verv fikk han i juni 1935, da han ble riksminister for kirkesaker. Han var også preussisk landdagspresident 1932–1933.
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- Hanns Kerrl (11 December 1887 - 12 December 1941) was a German Nazi politician. His most prominent position, from July 1935, was that of Reichsminister of Church Affairs. He was also President of the Prussian Landtag (1932-1934) and head of the Zweckverband Reichsparteitag Nürnberg and in that capacity edited a number of Nuremberg rally yearbooks. Kerrl was born into a Protestant family in Fallersleben; his father was a headmaster.
- Hanns Kerrl war ein nationalsozialistischer Politiker. Er übte unter anderem die Ämter des Preußischen Landtagspräsidenten und Reichsministers für kirchliche Angelegenheiten (Reichskirchenminister) aus, in letzterem war er verantwortlich für die Gleichschaltung der Kirchen im Deutschen Reich. Seit 1935 auch Leiter der Reichsstelle für Raumordnung, wurde er spöttisch der Minister für Raum und Ewigkeit genannt.
- Hanns Kerrl, membre du gouvernement nazi où il était « ministre du Reich pour les questions religieuses ». En 1933, le désir de contrôle total du parti nazi exigeait l'élimination de toute autre influence. Le régime a notamment combattu l'influence de l'Église en instaurant le ministère des Affaires ecclésiastiques sous le contrôle de Hanns Kerrl.
- Hans Kerrl was Rijksminister van Kerkelijke aangelegenheden tijdens het Nazi-bewind. Kerrl kreeg in de Eerste Wereldoorlog als luitenant het IJzeren Kruis 1e en 2e klasse. Na de oorlog werd Kerrl ambtenaar bij Justitie. Hij sloot zich in 1923 bij de NSDAP aan. Van 1928 tot 1933 had hij zitting in de Pruissische Landtag en in november 1933 werd hij lid van de Rijksdag namens Zuid-Hannover-Braunschweig.
- Hanns Kerrl var en tysk nazistisk politiker. Hans mest fremtredende verv fikk han i juni 1935, da han ble riksminister for kirkesaker. Han var også preussisk landdagspresident 1932–1933.
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