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Hanns Kerrl
Reichsminister of Church Affairs
In office 16 July 1935 – 14 December 1941
Leader
Adolf Hitler
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Hermann Muhs
Reichsminister without Portfolio
In office 17 June 1934 – 16 July 1935
Chief of the Reich Office for Spatial planning
In office June 1935 – 14 December 1941
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Hermann Muhs
Prussian Minister of Justice
In office 23 March 1932 – 17 June 1934
Preceded by
Heinrich Hölscher [de]
Succeeded by
Franz Gürtner
First Deputy President of the Reichstag
In office 12 December 1933 – 14 December 1941
Preceded by
Thomas Esser
Succeeded by
Office abolished
President of the Landtag of Prussia
In office 24 May 1932 – 14 October 1934
Vice President
Wolfgang von Kries Josef Baum Hoff Heinrich Haake
Preceded by
Ernst Wittmaack
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Personal details
Born
(1887-12-11)11 December 1887 Fallersleben
Died
14 December 1941(1941-12-14) (aged 54)
Resting place
Waldfriedhof Dahlem
Political party
Nazi Party
Cabinet
Hitler Cabinet
Military service
Allegiance
German Empire
Branch/service
Imperial German Army
Rank
Leutnant
Battles/wars
World War I
Awards
Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class
Hanns Kerrl (11 December 1887 – 14 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 (1932–1933) and head of the Zweckverband Reichsparteitag Nürnberg and in that capacity edited a number of Nuremberg rally yearbooks.
HannsKerrl (11 December 1887 – 14 December 1941) was a German Nazi politician. His most prominent position, from July 1935, was that of Reichsminister...
Cabinet as Reich Minister of Science, Education and Culture. June 1934: HannsKerrl enters the Cabinet as a Reich Minister without Portfolio. June 1934:...
named the Permanent Deputy to the Reichsminister for Church Affairs, HannsKerrl. This was followed on 19 April 1937 by his appointment as Staatssekretär...
existed in Nazi Germany from 1935 until 1945 under the leadership of HannsKerrl and Hermann Muhs and attempted to unify the churches and align them with...
Look up Hanns or hanns in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hanns is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Hanns Blaschke (1896–1971), Austrian...
1933, Hitler appointed his friend HannsKerrl as minister for church affairs in 1935. The relatively-moderate Kerrl confirmed Nazi hostility to Christianity...
harmony with the views and the exigencies of the State of today. In 1937, HannsKerrl, Hitler's Minister for Church Affairs, explained "positive Christianity"...
Fallersleben (1798–1874), poet, writer of the German national anthem. HannsKerrl (1887–1941), politician (NSDAP), Reich Ministry for Church Affairs Rolf-Dieter...
seats, the KPD and NSDAP had a negative majority. The National Socialist HannsKerrl became president of the Prussian Parliament. The government then resigned...
31 May 1934, it called itself the Confessing Church. On 16 July 1935, HannsKerrl was appointed Reichsminister for Church Affairs, a newly created department...
Frank went to Vienna, accompanied by the Prussian Minister of Justice HannsKerrl and his Ministerial Director Roland Freisler, to promote Nazi propaganda...
that the Nazi movement was not anti-Christian. That said, in 1937, Hans Kerrl, the Reich Minister for Church Affairs, explained that "Positive Christianity"...
and created a new Reich Ministry – aptly named Church Affairs – under HannsKerrl, one of Hitler's lawyer friends. The Kirchenkampf ("church struggle")...
of their pastors were arrested. Müller resigned and Hitler appointed HannsKerrl as Minister for Church Affairs to continue efforts to control Protestantism...
headed by HannsKerrl, was hardly recognized by ideologists such as Alfred Rosenberg or by other political decision-makers. A relative moderate, Kerrl accused...
War II. Convicted of war crimes and hanged by the Nuremberg Tribunal. HannsKerrl – Reich Minister of Church Affairs and First Deputy President of the...
"upon which Luther built." German Christians (movement) Gleichschaltung HannsKerrl, Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs Positive Christianity (the approved...
Reichsstatthalter Wilhelm Loeper in Dessau as well as Reichsminister HannsKerrl for approval, thereby being degraded to provincial politician and thrust...
to July 1937, which made him quit his collaboration. On 16 July 1935 HannsKerrl was appointed Reich's minister for ecclesiastical affairs, a newly created...
Berlin, in July 1933 by decision by the acting Prussian Justice Minister HannsKerrl. He appointed Richard Hoffmann, until May 1933 a lawyer in Magdeburg...
Building which senior members of the party spoke at, including Hans Frank, HannsKerrl, Roland Freisler, and Julius Streicher. Lawyers in Munich were invited...
Act of 1933 enacted, allowing Hitler to rule by decree. 31 March 1933 HannsKerrl and Hans Frank issue legislation in the states of Prussia and Bavaria...