Social change - Churches
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How many protestants and catholics were there?
15 million Protestants.
1 million Catholics.
What did the SED want with religion?
They wanted it to wither away.
What happened to the church initially?
Church land was not taken and churches were left to run their own internal affairs.
What was introduced in 1956?
Law for Democratisation of German Schools removed religious instruction from curriculum.
What impact did campaigns have?
Made it difficult for members of Protestant Church youth groups to remain at school.
What was imposed on the young in 1954?
The Youth Dedication Service.
What did the Youth Dedication Service involve?
A commitment to the atheist state.
What did churches do at first?
They threatened those who joined services with eternal damnation, but, by the end of the 1950s, they had been forced to give way and accept it did not contradict Christian teachings.
What were the church eventually forced into?
A working agreement with the state.