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This leader sought to unify his country's churches by espousing a non-denominational movement called Positive Christianity. (20[3]0[1])This leader, whose policies were condemned in the Christmas address, is likely the "mad prophet" (0[1])described in a work written "with burning anxiety." (20[1])At Barmen, (20[1])a declaration (20[1])rejecting this leader's influence was issued by the Confessing Church. A 1999 (20[1])book pejoratively labeled (*) Pius XII (0[1])as this leader's (10[2])Pope. (10[7]0[1])A (10[1])pastor wrote (10[1])about the rise (0[1])of this leader in his poem "First they came…" (10[1])Following (10[1])the 20 July (10[2])plot, (10[3])this leader hanged theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, (10[1])an opponent of his euthanasia program. (10[1])For 10 points, name this dictator who incarcerated priests at Dachau (10[1])during the Holocaust. (10[1])■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: Adolf Hitler (The second line refers to Pius XI's encyclical Mit brennender Sorge. "First they came…" is by Martin Niemöller.)
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