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They did not came for the church. Both catholic and protestant churches overwhelmingly at least shut up if not supported nazi Germany. Some priests were persecuted but mostly because they were either personally politically opposed or, more frequently, they belonged to some undesirable cathegory.
Lots of nazis escaped at the end of the war through the Vatican and various churches iirc
Yeah, they came to church, not for