The Nazis, like the Pope, were unalterably opposed to Communism. German bishops were at first opposed to the Nazis in the 1933 election. This changed by the end of March after Cardinal Michael Von Fauhaber of Munich met with the Pope. Pius expressed support for the regime soon after Hitler's rise to power, "I have changed my mind about Hitler, it is for the first time that such a government voice has been raised to denounce bolshevism in such categorical terms, joining with the voice of the pope."