Everyman

Render Unto Caesar Christian Witnesses in Nazi Germany (1984x16)

Air date: Dec 16, 1984

When Adolf Hitler came to power he seemed to millions of Germans the answer to prayer. And from the first he played on these longings, presenting Nazism as a religion, with himself as Messiah. But the religion of Nazism had to compete with another, older faith - Christianity. Fifty years ago this week the Nazis took their first legal step against Christianity, passing the so-called Conspiracy Law, which was used to suppress Christian activities. In this film, made by a young German director, Everyman examines the response of contemporary Christian writers and poets to the dilemma posed by organised evil - how far should one submit to Caesar, how far to God?