German Latter-Day Saints in Wolrd War II

Under the Gun

This volume is filled with gripping and fascinating stories of members of the LDS Church in West Germany and Austria during World War II. Today we are mostly unfamiliar with the conditions the German Saints faced during World War II. They did not have ready access to the many conveniences American Saints took for granted—including their local Church leaders, clean places to meet, cars, and temples. In fact, German Saints could only experience the temple by crossing the Atlantic Ocean and most of the North American continent. Germany was one of the war fronts where homes were destroyed and friends and families were killed. Unlike American soldiers returning to their homes, nearly half of the German Saints had no home to which to return. Hundreds of them served in the German military while thousands more stayed home and endeavored to keep their families and the Church alive. Their stories of joy and suffering are presented in this book against the background of the successes and collapse of the Third Reich. Readers will be touched at the faith and dedication shown by these Saints—young and old, military and civilian.

 

In Harm's Way

This volume contains compelling and riveting stories of 7,500 members of the LDS Church in East Germany. These saints found themselves in a precarious situation when World War II broke out in September 1939.

 

They were compelled to live under the tyranny of Nazi Germany and thus to participate in offensive and defensive military actions.

 

The story of how they lived-and died-under those conditions has never been told. This volume brings together the accounts of hundreds of Church members who survived the war, preserved in hundreds of personal interviews, journals, letters, and photographs.

 

Their stories of joy and suffering are presented in this book against the background of the rise and collapse of the Third Reich.

 

Pass The Word:

We would hope that everybody who is acquainted with our book about the East German Mission (In Harm's Way) and the West German Mission (Under the Gun) and enjoyed the reading them will tell their friends. Because the publisher (Religious Studies Center of BYU) is a nonprofit entity, they have a very restricted advertisement budget. Only word-of-mouth will make this book known to potential readers.

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