German partition made Catholics a larger share of West Germany’s population

Evidence

27. One of the less noticed consequences of partition in 1945 was that two-thirds of Germany’s Protestants vanished into the German Democratic Republic. German Catholics suddenly became a much more sizable minority. — Mark Blyth, Austerity, 904

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Even after entering social Whiteness, Catholics still faced suspicion about national loyalties. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 459

Broader Connections

• Even after entering social Whiteness, Catholics still faced suspicion about national loyalties. #expands (0.85) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 459