While the German 7th Day Adventist church collaborated with the Nazis, the General Conference of the church remained silent, giving them "tacit"support.
"In a calculated effort to ingratiate itself with the Nazi regime, leaders of the official church in Germany, with “tacit” approval from the General Conference (GC) in Washington, would betray fellow Adventists to Hitler’s henchmen. The ostensible reason for this betrayal was to prevent the regime from banning the church as they had done to many small denominations at the time. And having started on this cooperating arrangement with Hitler, it was only a matter of time before the church would accommodate him further, by making official publications align with the government."
- Matthew Quartey. "THE IMMORALITY OF SILENCE: ADVENTIST LEADERSHIP IN TIMES OF CONFLICT"Spectrum Magazine. Published 21 Nov 2019. Retrieved 07/21/2020 from: https://spectrummagazine.org/views/2019/immorality-silence-adventist-leadership-times-conflict
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