English Translation

B/Religious matters. Members are also prohibited from being a member in any church since October, l936/. This ban is said to be extended to the main factors of the NSDAP party and perhaps later to the administrative office of the Reich at all. The famous lady told me the case of a girl who was the bride of a member of the Ss and who, when she learned that their marriage must not be blessed, and that children must not even be baptized, she changed her mind despite great love for this reason, and, of course, she cancelled the engagement under the pressure of the family. Ribbentrop as a. member of SS stepped out with the whole ro-dina of the church. When Mrs Ribbentrop, who has her residence in Dahlen, i.e. in the church district of the famous parish priest Niemöller, reported that she intended to return to the church, she was told that Niemöller had taken up grounds for this, and when Pi R. replied that these were political reasons, he rejected Niemäl-ler returning to the circus. Elz.R. former Minister of Transport was to be honoured evil this year on the occasion of Hitler's birthday - the team by the Order of the Party /Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der Partei/.Do- asked Hitler whether he could accept this honour even if he remained a believing Catholic, Chancellor H. replied that he had to know for himself.