When the Nazis took power in 1933, 95.2% of Germans were Christian, with 62.7% being Protestant and 32.5% being Catholic.[1] Many historians maintain that Hitler's goal in the Kirchenkampf entailed not only ideological struggle, but ultimately the eradication of the churches.[2][3][4] Other historians maintain no such plan existed.[5] The Salvation Army, Christian Saints, Bruderhof,[6] and the Seventh-day Adventist Church all disappeared from Germany during the Nazi era.[7]