The notion that the Nazis (or the Communists for that matter) did what they did "in the name of atheism," or that their alleged atheism was somehow the overwhelming impetus for the committing of atrocities, is historically illiterate. Both regimes were themselves totalitarian dogmas, and both regimes used religion.

Remember what was written on the belt buckle of every Nazi officer--Gott mit uns. ("God with us.") Hardly an atheist slogan.