Religion and Theology

According to the Jewish theology, the God referred to Jews as his chosen people. Despite this fact they frequently became a target for persecution by the societies, in which they lived. The Jews and their teachings were always perceived as foreign, either as a monotheistic abnormality in the pre-Christian era or as a suspiciously successful minority in the modern era, especially in the predominantly Christian west. Although violent anti-Semitism has disappeared, most observers believe that anti-Semitism exists in less virulent forms.
Brief history
Since its beginning, the Catholic Church has spread the anti-Jewish teachings, because the Christian theology teachings consider the Jewish to be infidels, who killed Jesus and refused to embrace the true gospel. The church doctrines also stated that for one to be considered saved, they should show hatred to the Jews. Judaism was also viewed as an outdated religion that had been created by the church and the Bible (Groppe paragraph 2).
The term anti-Semitism refers to the prejudice or hatred against the Jewish. The holocaust, which was the government funded persecution and killing of the European Jews by Nazi Germany and its supporters between 1933 and 1945, is the major example of anti-Semitism in history. The term also implies hatred of various liberal, cosmopolitan and international political patterns of the 18th and 19th centuries, which are frequently associated with the Jews. In the 19th century, a xenophobic movement was formed by the German scholars, philosophers, and artists, who perceived the Jewish spirit to be alien to Germanhood. Theorist of the racial anthropology availed false scientific support for the idea. The Nazi party, which was formed by Adolf Hitler, also provided political support to the theories of racism. The Nazi party gained massive support because of spreading anti Jewish propaganda (Donald paragraph 4).

Political battle between Nazis and catholic party
The Catholic Church was very skeptical about Nazis even before the rise of Hitler to power. Hitler formed the Nazi party and due to his outrage against foreign rule and need for strong leadership, the Catholic party saw danger in his speeches and wanted to deport him back to his place of origin in Austria, but they feared the consequences associated with such an action. The Catholic party requested the Socialists to support them, but they turned down their offer citing an excuse that deportation would abuse the liberty of expression. Hitlers main strategy to ascend to power was through the election, and because of this he stopped offending the Christian teachings. Since the catholic bishops had known Hitlers, Nazis, and the Communists strategies, they were condemned from the pulpits (Donald paragraph 5).
The Nazi party enjoyed massive support in the city of Munich and some small towns in Bavaria, which was attributed to the fact that these areas were inhabited by Protestants. Later they won the elections to the National Student Council, which meant that they had massive support from the protestant universities, unlike catholic institutions. Since other political parties failed to show their commitments in the parliament fearing being pronounced popular, Hitler was seen as the only leader capable of forming a stable government which could save the country from the problems it was facing like inflation, serious unemployment, and social crimes (Groppe paragraph 4).
The hatred between the Catholic Church and the Nazis persisted and in 1931, the German bishops sent away all active Nazi party members from the church, and Hitler was among them. The Communists were also sent away from the church and the penalty was meant to involve them into an argument. Because of this action taken by the church against the Nazis and the communists, the president fired the catholic bishop, who was serving in the government as the chancellor and appointed another catholic, Papen, who was viewed as an independent person, who could help in finding a solution to the stalemate. Although the Nationalists showed interest in governing together with the Nazis, the coalition was seen to lack majority. Papen and the president encouraged the Catholic party not to vote so that the coalition could govern the country. The Catholic party defied the request and in return Papen joined the coalition. The Catholic party members felt cheated and reacted by expelling Papen from the party (Donald paragraph 4).
In 1933, new elections were held and the parties had prepared themselves for a political battle. The orthodox Jews preferred the Catholic party with the liberal and less religious voting for the socialist, liberals and conservatives. Because of the anti-Semitism, any party, which supported the Jews, was seen as a loser, therefore liberals and conservatives supported anti-Semitism. To show cooperation, the catholic party appointed a Jewish candidate and this made many Jews vote for the Catholic party. Because of this political orientation, Hitler won the election, which he did not gain many votes in catholic constituencies (Groppe paragraph 6).
After ascending to power, he requested a concordant with the church so that he could control the rights of the church in Germany. The concordant was signed with 40 states. The request was not considered unusual, since the government had promised the freedom of religion, which would also mean publishing and running schools. The church felt that this was a good deal, since there was no demand made in return. During the signing of the concordant there was joy from various groups who had been dictated in the past and they recognized Hitlers government as the legitimate one (Donald paragraph 4).
The major cause of the Catholic Churchs current life and its witness was its failure to exercise one of its core values moral responsibility during the time of anti-Semitism. Supporters of Catholic Church argue that the Nazi regime was a terrorist and a dictator, which was unstoppable, when it wanted to destroy its enemies. The initial intimidation by the Nazi officials to the catholic leaders that whoever opposed them would be taken off to the concentration camp resulted into a lot of fear and deterred most people from opposing the regime in any way. The support by the citizens made the regime to become more oppressive than ever before. The church was placed under thorough scrutiny with the clergy being scrutinized and the agents of the Gestapo and informers taking every note of the weekly summons (Donald paragraph 5).
The overgrown German custom of social control could easily be applied to any church member, who was observed not to support the Nazi regime and its political plan. The church members, who decided to maintain their individual and church traditions got frustrated and frequently paid the price for not being loyal to the regime. Because of all these cases of oppression, the reactions, which the Catholic Church showed, were mixed. The priests resisted by preaching crucial summons and the Catholics in the rural areas resisted Nazi activities (Groppe paragraph 7)
The lack of resistance to the Nazi regime and the subsequent decline in the moral integrity among the catholic leaders has been attributed to some historical facts. There is evidence that in the early days of the year1933, after Hitler had been selected as the chancellor, a massive number of Catholics were carried away by their expectations of an increasing strength of anti-communist policy and also by their optimism that there will be national renewal and revival promised by the people, who were spreading the Nazi propagandas. The excitement of the early speeches of the Nazi rule did not extend far because of the start of the First World War (Donald paragraph 4).  In the year 1935, the opposition which the clergy showed to the Nazi regime was divided since around 30 of the Catholics feared intimidation associated with defying the Nazi rule. The conclusion of the concordant by the Vatican in the year1933 compromised the position of the Catholics on hotly debated issues like sterilization and euthanasia. The church only supported Jews who had changed to catholic. The Catholic Church only supported the church but not the Jews who were being prosecuted by the Nazi regime, except the pronouncement of Pius the twelfth (Groppe paragraph 9)
The 15th anniversary of Hitlers rule, which took place in January 30th 1983, also raised eyebrows concerning the churchs stand on National Socialism. The accusations, which have been made against the church, concern the churchs knowledge on how to get a long with power by struggling for power and also to protect its territory and save its clerical appearance. The outward features of the church contributed to its criticism. Quite often the church looked shy when people expected rage towards Hitler. The Catholics become dissatisfied by the catholic leadership since the much expected show of outrage from the pope and the Episcopal did not occur (Donald paragraph. 7).

Vaticans criticism to the Nazis
    Although the church failed to oppose the Nazis by their names, their intentions came out clearly. This was illustrated by the speech of the German ambassador to the Vatican during the war. He said that the Vatican was expressing the outrage towards Nazis rule in general terms. The Nazis also knew the feelings of the church and this was confirmed when they said that the believers have an impression that the church rejects the institutions of the autonomist state. The church also spoke out directly rejecting the Nazis through arranged series of articles that strongly condemned the Nazis Dietrich (Donald paragraph 9). The articles were done by pope Pius the twelfth. In these articles the Vatican stated precisely that being a member of Hitlers party is against the catholic doctrines. In 1935, Cardinal Pacelli told the pilgrims including Germans that the Catholic Church would never agree with the Nazis as long as they still maintain their racial attitude.