THE ARCHBISHOP WHO HELD A REQUIEM MASS FOR ADOLF HITLER

 

Adolf Cardinal Bertram

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Upon learning of Hitler’s death, Cardinal Bertram in the first days of May 1945 ordered that in all the churches of his archdiocese a special requiem, namely “a solemn requiem mass be held in commemoration of the Fuhrer…” so that his and Hitler’s flock could pray to the Almighty, in accord with Requim’s liturgy, that the Almighty’s son, Hitler be admitted to paradise.

- Daniel Jonah Goldhagen in "Hitler's Willing Executioners", 1997, p. 454 and "A Moral Reckoning", 2002, p. 266

Adolf Cardinal Bertram (14 March 1859 – 6 July 1945) was archbishop of Breslau and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.