US President Donald J. Trump has asserted on numerous occasions his desire to return to the sovereignty of God: “We will always be one nation under God!” Such a statement raises many eyebrows on our side of the Atlantic, even among Christians.

Debate erupted immediately after the publication of Darwin’s book “On the Origin of species” (1859). His theory would be disastrous for ethics. The critics were proven right: Darwin planted a seed that would eventually lead to Hitler’s Holocaust.

Both physically and mentally disabled people were doomed to die when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. In his eyes, they were just ‘empty human shells’. “He had them killed. But to give it the appearance of normality, it was called euthanasia, gentle death.”

“An Gottes Segen, ist alles gelegen” (Everything depends on God's blessing). When walking through one of the best-preserved medieval towns of Germany, you come across this saying. Or: “Wer auf Gott vertrawt, der hat woll gebowt” (Who trusts in God, acts wisely). Where do these religious texts come from?

Years before National Socialism swept through Germany, its main figure, Adolf Hitler, had already shown his intentions and ideas in his rather infamous book Mein Kampf (My Struggle). This year, it is a hundred years ago that the work saw the light of day.