A group of Nazi educators demanded today that the Bible be banned in Germany as “dangerous” literature in a statement to the newspapers.
Meanwhile, it was announced at a conference of Nazi Evangelic churchmen in Bremen that the Bible is being “revised” and a new translation being made.
The parley discussed at length the question whether Jesus Christ was a Jew, reaching a decision that he must have been of “Aryan” origin since Galilee in Palestine was not a purely Jewish district.
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