Nazi Conspiracy & Aggression "IV. GENERAL CONDITIONS AND RESULTS OF THE PERSECUTION
11. The general situation of the clergy in the
Archdiocese of Poznan in the beginning of April 1940 is
summarized in the following words of Cardinal Hlond's
second report:
5 priests shot
27 priests confined in harsh concentration camps at
Stutthof and in other camps
190 priests in prison or in concentration camps at
Bruczkow, Chludowo, Goruszki, Kazimierz, Biskupi, Lad,
Lubin and Puszczykowo,
35 priests expelled into the Government General,
11 priests seriously ill in consequence of ill-
treatment,
122 parishes entirely left without priests.'
12. In the diocese of Chefmno,. where about 650 priests
were installed before the war only 30 were allowed to
stay, the 97% of them were imprisoned, executed or put
into concentration camps.
13. By January 141 about 7000 priests were killed, 3000
were in prison or concentration camps." (3279-PS)
The Allocution of Pope Pius XII on 2 June 1945 described
National Socialism as "the arrogant apostasy from Jesus
Christ, the denial of His doctrine and of His work of
redemption, the cult of violence, the idolatry of race and
blood, the overthrow of human liberty and dignity." It
summarized the attacks of "National Socialism" on the
Catholic Church in these terms:
"The struggle against the Church did, in fact, become
even more bitter: there was the dissolution of Catholic
organizations; the gradual suppression of the
flourishing Catholic schools,-both public and private;
the enforced weaning of youth from family and Church;
the pressure brought to bear on the conscience of
citizens, and especially of civil servants; the
systematic defamation, by means of a clever, closely
organized propaganda, of the Church, the clergy, the
faithful, the Church's institutions, teaching and
history; the closing, dissolution, confiscation of
religious houses and other ecclesiastical institutions;
the complete suppression of the Catholic press and
publishing houses." (3268-PS)
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