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leadership, and that the German people would have to return to the old pagan
religion. According to Rosenberg, when the Nazis came to power they would
have to replace all the Christian symbols in churches with swastikas, copies of
Mein Kampf, and swords symbolizing German invincibility. Hitler was
influenced by these views of Rosenberg, although he refrained from
implementing the so-called German religion because he was afraid of what
society's reaction might be. 31
However, important neo-pagan practices were experimented with
during the Nazi era. Not long after Hitler came to power, Christian holidays
and festivals were replaced by pagan ones. "Mother Earth" or "Father Sky"
were called on at wedding ceremonies. In 1935, Christian prayers in schools
were stopped, and then all lessons concerning Christianity were banned.
As made clear in the book The Pink Swastika, which discusses the Nazis'
pagan ideologies (and homosexual tendencies), "the revival of Hellenic
paganism became a fundamental aspect of the Nazi identity." 32

PROPAGANDA
BY MEANS OF
ART
The Nazis also
employed art to re-
awaken paganism.
Ancient Greek
forms, statues and
symbols suddenly
also became a part
of German culture.
Portrayals of
powerful men and
women, intended to
represent the Aryan
race, were made to
resemble ancient
Greek statues.