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Kurt asked:

What is a gottglaubiger and how did the Nazis use this term? For example, Adolf Eichmann at his
hanging claimed to be a gottglaubiger. Can you recommend any resources?

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From my (sparse) knowledge of German, "gottglaubiger" means only, "believer in God." So I suppose
that Eichmann like many who are "atheists in foxholes" was proclaiming that he believed in God. I am
not aware that the Nazis used this term in any special way, but I would be interested in being
enlightened on this point if someone knows better.

Kenneth Stern