What was the relationship between the Nazis and the Church in Germany?

by l_noah

I came across this post https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/e82vnm/no_nazis_were_not_pagans_or_atheists_fox_news_is/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share that I assume is in relation to Fox News trying to undermine atheists by likening them to the Nazis.

However, I feel like the statements of the post misrepresent the quite complicated relationship between the two as well.

So I was wondering if someone could elaborate a bit on this relationship. What was Hitler's position on Christianity and its teachings and how did the Churches in Germany react to the rise of Nazism?

Kugelfang52

I have answered that question to some degree here and in the answer to which it links.

I cover the relationship and reaction of the churches and Lutheran theology to the rise of Nazism.