to satisfy their own ambitions, the nazi intelligence services, the main directorate of reich security and the abwehr entered into confrontation. some supported bormann and his position to develop religious life in the occupied territories. the abwehr was on rosenberg's side, who advocated the use of religion as a tool to implement economic political plans. rosenberg himself lived in russia, received an education, he knew what it was. we will not interfere with the revival of the orthodox church, but we... with clear and even harsh demands of the occupiers, these demands were not aimed at the development of the church, not at preserving the faith, they still set the distant goals of destruction, and christianity did not fit into the doctrine nazism the contradictions that existed in german religious policy in the occupied territories, is well reflected by one of the regulations, this is... operational order number 10, which was adopted by the rsha, the main department of imperial security, in the summer of forty-one , it literally said that it was prohibited to provide any assistance -