How Did The Nazis Respond To A Violation Of Freedom?

Nazism effected freedoms in the 20th century, the Catholic Church responded to these violations of freedom through foreign aid, encyclicals, and concordats. The Catholic Church defines freedom in catechism 1723 as the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions on one's own responsibility. By free will one shapes one's own life. Human freedom is a force for growth and maturity in truth and goodness; it attains its perfection when directed toward God, our beatitude.” The Nazis breached Catholics freedom by claiming jurisdiction over all collective and social activity, interfering with Catholic schooling, youth groups, workers' clubs and cultural societies. The catholic church
This state was a autocratic totalitarian regime this gave extensive state power and all decisions were made by a powerful leader (fuhrer). No other political parties or organisations were tolerated, their freedom was restricted. Other groups who wield political influence, such as unions and churches, were restricted or abolished. For example the Nazis violated the terms of the ReichKoncorat and closed down Catholic youth organisations replacting them with the Hitler youth. The government had the authority to control the press and unions; restrict civil liberties and freedoms; manage education and employ propaganda. Civil liberties, individual rights and freedoms were largely irrelevant and subordinate to the interests of the state. Another key policy of Nazism was expansionism. Hitler dreamed of unifying the German-speaking Aryan peoples of Europe, into a greater German state the volskmeinshaft. Annihilating other races and their freedom to live in the process. Hitler’s policies allowed the Nazis to restrict freedoms and violate religious organizations causing Germans to not have the right of
199). God gave humans the power to be free though, “Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." (John Paul11) The use of people’s freedom must be measured. It is said that Catholics are free to exercise their will, but will be judged according to their actions in the Last Judgment.
1 Corinthians 8:9 writes be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak. The Compendium of the Catholic Church also writes the choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to "the slavery of sin." (CCC 1731-1733)/. The Nazis abused their freedoms and the Catholic Church responded to this with approach of neutrality however, they also offered support in foreign aid encyclicals and a concordat to protect Catholic freedom in