What was the purpose of the 'Confessing Church' (Bekennende Kirche) during the Nazi era?
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Correct answer: To oppose the German Christians who wanted to nazify the Protestant church
The Confessing Church, associated with figures like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, emerged as a movement within German Protestantism that resisted the regime's attempts to control church doctrine. It stood against the state-supported 'German Christians' who integrated Nazi racial ideology into Christianity.
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