Were the Nazis "real" Christians?

Well, I know this question sounds a bit provoking, but I want to collect reasons to refute that Christians can be Nazis as well. I recently had a debate with someone who noted that the German population was overwhelmingly Christian at the time, concluding that the Nazi ideology could likely be seen to be Christian or at least compatible with Christianity. While that statistic might be true on paper, the question here is whether the conclusion that Christians could also be Nazis can actually be made? => *Were the Nazis "real" Christians?* If the answer is no, does that mean that the statistics used in the Wiki article paint an inaccurate picture of what a Christian is? How so? One of the most intuitive arguments will probably be that Christians at the time that also were part of the Nazi ideology, were not "true" Christians. A possible counter to that is the No Scotsman Fallacy . *Can, and if so, how can the No Scotsman Fallacy be refuted in this case?* Since there is already a related question regarding the catholic perspective I am interested in the protestant perspective. Although I don't mind other or more general viewpoints. **Edit** Since the definition of "real Christian" has been expected: For the scope of this Question, a real Christian is someone who: - practices the teachings of the Bible to the best of his ability - does not practice Christianity out of mere tradition, habit, or cultural peer pressure. - Does not apply syncretism to his belief (Considering the discussion in the comments, I probably need to add, that culture and traditions that are generally viewed as Christian but have a pagan origin are not counted, as most people have forgotten that origin and still celebrate something like Christmas as a Christian tradition. Syncretism in this case is focused on beliefs and direct consequences in action from that foreign belief. E.g. the need to go into battle to get into Valhalla because Norse Gods exist, while also compassionately helping a person that was robbed and hurt, because that is how God said you should show love towards your neighbor. So for all intents and purposes, let's say "obvious syncretism" that mixes beliefs that are either almost or directly antithetical to each other.) ***In the scope*** of ***this question*** this is **not** a Christian: - A person that has *faith* (because that is difficult if not impossible to find out) - A person that is saved (because only God ultimately knows that for each specific individual) - A person who rewrites the Bible to fit his belief - A person who kills Christians for the reason that they are Christian - A person that **only** has a Church Membership Just to make sure: The question is about whether we can call people that officially were Christian during the nazi era really Christian, given the atrocities committed by the Germans at the time. Since those people are now mostly dead, it is difficult/impossible to verify if a person had faith, meaning a relationship with God including receiving the Holy Spirit, etc. Therefore we have to make our conclusions from the actions taken by those people because those are recorded and recordable.