East German Mission 
In 1939, the East German mission consisted of 13 districts, 72 branches and 12 informal groups,
with 7,608 members. The mission home was located at Händelallee 6 in Berlin, just a block north of the huge central park called the Tiergarten.
The mission president was Alfred C. Rees, who was succeeded by Thomas E. McKay on 15 August 1939. On 25 August, Pres. McKay was instructed to have all of his American missionaries leave Germany. Herbert Klopfer became the interim leader of the East German Mission, but he was reported missing in action on the Russian Front in the fall of 1944. His counselors, Richard Ranglack and Paul Langheinrich, directed the mission efforts until Walter Stover arrived from Utah after the war.
The mission home was destroyed in an air raid during the night of 19-20 November 1943.
For the next few years, the mission office was temporarily housed in the apartment building
in which the Langheinrich family lived at Rathenowerstrasse 52.
Districts and Branches in the East German Mission
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