Turmoil in Carinthia

“I am grateful to Hitler”: Nazi investigations in the church

One Carinthian was in for an unpleasant surprise when answering the question about the amount of church tax.(Bild: P. Huber)

When a Carinthian discussed the amount of the advance payment with a church contribution office, an employee made a highly questionable statement in writing - which is now also being investigated by the public prosecutor's office! It is nothing less than a suspicion of National Socialist reactivation.

A few weeks ago, Mr. W. complained about the amount of his prescribed church contribution and, like presumably many contributors, asked for a reduction in view of the rising costs for the family.

An apparently patient and friendly employee of a contribution office wrote back and forth for a while and even granted a large discount - until it still came to a scandal when Mr. W. mentioned the historical legacy of the church tax regulation.