{"product_id":"9781629735856","title":"Under the Gun: West German and Austrian Saints in World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs World War II raged across Europe, thousands of German Latter-day Saints found themselves embroiled in the conflict. Hundreds served in the German military as their loved ones at home struggled to keep their families and the Church alive. Many were evicted from their homes and never allowed to return. The collective stories of how they lived - and died - under those conditions have 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 the collapse of the Third Reich. Readers will be amazed at the faith and dedication demonstrated by these Saints, young and old, military and civilian. Here are just a few of the many accounts included in this volume:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChurch members became very, very close. Everybody helped each other. It was a great time of togetherness. Also, after losing it all, those who had formerly been deemed wealthy were just like all the rest. Now we were all equal. No one had any more than anyone else. War is a great equalizer.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLydia Ruf Wright, Stuttgart Branch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a broken heart, I knelt before the wreckage of my home and prayed to my Father in Heaven to help me recover the body of my wife from the ruins intact. I wanted to find and identify her among the sixteen persons killed in that building. A great effort was made and my purpose achieved. Along with many others, she was buried in a mass grave at the Freiburg cemetery. From that time on, I have endeavored to preach the gospel with greater energy.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKarl Becker, Freiburg Branch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy father has been outside watching things. Then he came into the basement and said, \"We all have to get out right now! The house is on fire!\" We had felt something hit the house, but in all of the commotion, we didn't know what it was. So we ran out into the street and saw that our house was on fire. There was no fire department to help. Then my father and some neighbor men went back in to save some stuff. They brought our piano out too. The house burned to the ground, but we had our piano out in the street. I played the piano, and then my sister played the song \"Freut Euch des Lebens\" (Let's All Be Happy).\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLiesellotte Pruess Schmidt, St. Georg Branch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cli\u003eGedenkbuch (Memorial Book)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMajor Events of World War II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWest German Mission\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBielefeld District\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBielefeld Branch\u003cbr\u003eHerford Branch\u003cbr\u003eMinden Branch\u003cbr\u003eMunchehagen Branch\u003cbr\u003eStadthagen Branch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBremen District\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBremen Branch\u003cbr\u003eWesermunde-Lehe Branch\u003cbr\u003eWilhelmshaven Branch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrankfurt District\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBad Homburg Branch\u003cbr\u003eDarmstadt Branch\u003cbr\u003eFrankfurt Branch\u003cbr\u003eMainz Branch\u003cbr\u003eMichelstadt Branch\u003cbr\u003eOffenbach Branch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHamburg District\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAltona Branch\u003cbr\u003eBarmbek Branch\u003cbr\u003eGluckstadt Branch\u003cbr\u003eLubeck Branch\u003cbr\u003eSt. Georg ranch\u003cbr\u003eStade Branch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHanover District\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBraunschweig Branch\u003cbr\u003eCelle Branch\u003cbr\u003eGottingen Branch\u003cbr\u003eGoslar Group\u003cbr\u003eHanover Branch\u003cbr\u003eKassel Branch\u003cbr\u003eUelzen Branch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKarlsruhe District\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDurlach Branch\u003cbr\u003eKarlsruhe Branch\u003cbr\u003eMannheim Branch\u003cbr\u003ePforzheim Branch\u003cbr\u003eSaarbrucken Branch\u003cbr\u003eWorms Branch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMunich District\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAugsburg Branch\u003cbr\u003eFrankenburg Branch\u003cbr\u003eHaag am Hausruck Branch\u003cbr\u003eMunich Branch\u003cbr\u003eSalzburg Branch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNuremberg District\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCoburg Branch\u003cbr\u003eFurth Branch\u003cbr\u003eNuremberg Branch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRuhr District\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBenrath Branch\u003cbr\u003eBochum Branch\u003cbr\u003eBuer Branch\u003cbr\u003eCologne Branch\u003cbr\u003eDortmund Branch\u003cbr\u003eDusseldorf Branch\u003cbr\u003eEssen Branch\u003cbr\u003eHerne Brance\u003cbr\u003eOberhausen Branch\u003cbr\u003eWuppertal Branch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSchleswig-Holstein District\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFlensburg Branch\u003cbr\u003eFriedrichstadt Branch\u003cbr\u003eKiel Branch\u003cbr\u003eRendsburg Branch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStrasbourg District\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuhl Branch\u003cbr\u003eFreiburg Branch\u003cbr\u003eStrasbourg Branch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStuttgart District\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEsslingen Branch\u003cbr\u003eFeuerbach Branch\u003cbr\u003eGoppingen Branch\u003cbr\u003eHeilbronn Branch\u003cbr\u003eReutlingen Branch\u003cbr\u003eStuttgart Branch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVienna District\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLinz Branch\u003cbr\u003eVienna Branch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWeimar District\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErfurt Branch\u003cbr\u003eGera Branch\u003cbr\u003eGotha Branch\u003cbr\u003eNordhausen Branch\u003cbr\u003eWeimar Branch\u003c\/li\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Personal Names\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Deseret Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131013480688,"sku":"9781629735856","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781629735856_p0.jpg?v=1763870926","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781629735856","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}