Quite correct. The major problem is that they had advanced so far in their lack of faith through Christ that they degenerated into further dementia of attacking any faith through Christ.
My sense is the Nazis were semiotically coopting Christ. Hitler struck messianic poses. He larded his speeches with divine providence messages. He lacerated Jews with allusions of satanic imagery and allusions. If you looked at Nazi propaganda they stopped just short of putting horns and tails on Jews.