In his book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William L. Shirer wrote: It is difficult to understand the behavior of most German Protestants in the first Nazi years unless one is aware of two things: their history and the influence of Martin Luther.
在他的作品《第三帝国的崛起与堕落》中，William L. Shirer写道： 人们很难理解大多数德国新教徒在纳粹第一年中行为，除非他们知道这两件事：他们的历史和马丁·路德的影响。