"In August 1941, Rosenberg's Office of Ideological Information appraised the book [Gott Und Volk]. The reviewer noted the following passage as particularly relevant: "We respect this Jesus of Nazareth. But we do not love him. As our leader [Fuhrer] we reject him." The reviewer disagreed with another passage, "How should we educate our children? As if they had never heard of Christianity," adding that one can fight an enemy only by knowing him. The book was nonetheless certified "acceptable" for the party's [NSDAP] educational work. Soon free copies were made available to soldiers of the Wehrmacht. A flood of complaints written by non-party members soon surfaced, one of them complaining that Roosevelt's comments about Nazism being anti-Christian looked to be coming true. By December I94I, Goebbels had the book banned. [For tactical reasons] In June I942, an official from the Propaganda Ministry informed Rosenberg's office that the book could be reissued only if large sections were rewritten and the manuscript sent over to his offices for inspection. The Office of Ideological Information complained that this was an infringement on their territory."
— The Holy Reich, p.242-243
— The Holy Reich, p.242-243