Bekenntniskirche

The Bekenntniskirche was composed of traditional Protestants. This organization broke with the Protestant Evangelical Church because it refused to accept the primacy of the Nazi state over the church, racial superiority, and the Aryan Paragraph. In 1943, the Bekenntniskirche issued the Barman Declaration, accusing the Nazi government of idolatry. While attacking racial concepts, it did not protest formally against anti-Semitic policies.