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Hitler was attempting to merge the German Protestant and Catholic churches into a single state church. The figure of Christ may have been taken from a photograph of a painting by Danish artist Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), whose ecclesiastical art was popular in the nineteenth century. The Nazi inelegantly transforming the cross into a swastika is Rudolf Diels (1900-1957), founding chief of the Gestapo (contracted from Geheime Staatspolizei), which was the Secret State Police.

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World War II
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