"[The führer] hates Christianity, because it has crippled all that is noble in humanity. According to Schopenhauer, Christianity and syphilis have made humanity unhappy and unfree. What a difference between the benevolent, smiling Zeus and the pain-wracked, crucified Christ. What a difference between a gloomy cathedral and a light, airy ancient temple. The Führer cannot relate to the Gothic mind. He hates gloom and brooding mysticism. He wants clarity, light, beauty. And these are the ideals of life in our time."
𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐆𝐨𝐞𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐬
Diary entry on 8 April 1941.