Friedrich Heer, Roman Catholic professor of history at Vienna University, acknowledged that they did: “In the cold facts of German history, the Cross and the swastika came ever closer together, until the swastika proclaimed the message of victory from the towers of German cathedrals, swastika flags appeared round altars and Catholic and Protestant theologians, pastors, churchmen and statesmen welcomed the alliance with Hitler.”
UFriedrich Heer, unjingalwazi wezembali ongumRoma Katolika kwiYunivesithi yaseVienna, wavuma ukuba zenjenjalo esithi: “Kwiinyaniso ezingenakuphikiswa zembali yaseJamani, uMnqamlezo neswastika zaba yintlaka nexolo, de iswastika yalengalenga kwiinqaba zezindlu zecawa zabefundisi baseJamani ibhengeza uloyiso, izibingelelo zazijikelezwe ziiflegi zeswastika yaye abezakwalizwi bamaKatolika namaProtestanti, abefundisi, abantu becawa neenkokeli zobupolitika zakwamkela ngezandla ezishushu ukumanyana noHitler.”jw2019 jw2019