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Knowing Hitler's religion is hard because we AREN'T that sure.
Some people believe he was Roman Catholic because he believed in the perfect human, which can kinda lead back to the whole first humans theory.
However, it would make MORE sense for him to be Roman Catholic then Atheist.
Your teacher might be the person who believes that Atheists have no morals, therefor, do not feel when ding something " sinful ".

If you went strictly by quotations, you would find that Hitler was a Catholic. However, nobody knows if he actually believed the things he said; there are even people who argue that he himself wasn't actually particularly antisemitic. Whether he was personally religious or not, the vast majority of Germans at the time were Roman Catholic. He frequently used this to his advantage. We DO know that he appealed to religion in many of his speeches, and obviously the Holocaust was largely based on religious thinking. Himmler, the man who actually oversaw the Holocaust, was certainly a devout Catholic. Also, chaplains had a strong presence in the German military, reflecting the religious culture that was Nazi Germany.

In their defense, the Catholic Church strongly condemned the Holocaust and even offered protection/aid to Jews during WW2. I've never understood why people use Hitler as an example of a "bad atheist". I mean, if you were going to use that argument, why not use Stalin? He killed WAY more people than Hitler did, and he definitely was an atheist.

Of course, the argument is logically flawed, and in the words of someone whose name I've forgotten,"Without religion, bad people would still do bad things and good people would still do good things. But for good people to do bad things, that takes religion." We actually saw that in Nazi Germany, I think. I refuse to believe that everyone in the Nazi party was just inherently evil.

Reason why that is so offensive.
She goes by such a common belief that doesn't make sense and is degrading.
You don't need a religion to know what you do is wrong.
Take Africa for instance.
The people are hurting children in the belief that some are witches or wizards.
To belief this, you must have some kind of religious belief which is most likely in this case.
Morality is not always based on religion

Did it ever occur to you that maybe, even though she studied it in college, that she never actually specifically touched upon Hitler's religion in her studies? Hitler as an atheist has been considered "common knowledge" (even though it's false) for many, many years. Maybe she really doesn't know about the debate or realize the religious motivations of many Nazis. I mean, how old is your teacher? How long ago did she study this stuff? I think it's only been fairly recently that people have been willing to even consider that the Holocaust could have been religiously motivated.

I would suggest that you talk to your teacher about it. Ask her if she knows about the debate on Hitler's religion and ask her to correct herself next class. Then you'll really know whether or not she's lying or just ignorant. It'll help if you have some sources to give her, too. Alternatively, if you have to write a report about the Holocaust, you have your topic set!

2 things
1st, i already did kind of call her on it, and it looks like she knew that there was some debate
and 2nd, the unit is over, so i cant do a report on it

yeah