Hitler bell (Hitler-Glocke, Führer-Glocke, Nazi-Glocke) are bells decorated with Nazi ornamentations or texts. The Protestant Church in Germany had 22 such bells in 2020.
Germany Essingen, Ostalbkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz Faßberg, District of Celle, Niedersachsen; Michaelkirche, Faßberg Hakenfelde, Berlin-Spandau; Wichernkirche, Berlin-Hakenfelde Herxheim am Berg, District Bad Dürkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz; after a fire in August 1934, the church was sent three replacement bells, one of which was dedicated to Hitler. It bears a swastika and the inscription "ALL FOR THE FATHERLAND - ADOLF HITLER" ("ALLES FUER'S VATERLAND - ADOLF HITLER"). The local council voted to keep it as memorial. The bell was originally non-clerical, an alarm bell (Polizeiglocke). Mehlingen, District of Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz Rilchingen-Hanweiler, Kleinblittersdorf, District of Saarbrücken, Saarland Schweringen, District Nienburg/Weser, Niedersachsen; Kreuz-Kirche, Schweringen, a swastika was removed in 2018
Winzeln, Pirmasens, Rheinland-Pfalz Gossa, Muldestausee Anhalt-Bitterfeld Saxony-Anhalt Lößnitz, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, carillon of 23 bells
Austria Vienna, Sieveringer Pfarrkirche, 1938 Schloss Wolfpassing, Scheibbs District
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