I heard the same exact story from my B-I-L’s father who was 9 when Hitler came to power. He recalls that same ‘brainwashing’ and then goes on to discuss how the pastors in the Lutheran church preached Nazism and not the bible. It was preached that the suffering under the Weimar leadership was due to the Jews and the Europeans.
He was mandated to serve in the Hitler Youth as it was compulsory for all children - and what is frightening is seeing the fear in his face when he takes note of what is going on right now in America.
His exclamation is, “It’s happening all over again - but now, there is nowhere to flee to!”. He can not believe how ignorant Americans are of what happened just 70 years ago - and how much of it is being repeated nearly verbatim right in front of us.
Most troubling is the repeat of the efforts to diminish the Catholic Church and remove it as a morally superior counter to the state. The left is today following the blueprint to the letter. Simply research the so-called Morality Trials conducted by the Nazis. We are seeing the deliberate efforts of the government and their media cheerleaders to cause the population to mentally associate Catholic priests with pedophiles and the Church as officially tolerating and even encouraging it. It was particularly effective among the anti-Catholic Protestants and atheists who wanted so desperately to believe it.
Peace be with you.