Moroni and the Swastika: Mormons in Nazi Germany

by David Conley Nelson

Book Overview

While Adolf Hitler's National Socialist government was persecuting Jews and Jehovah's Witnesses and driving forty-two small German religious sects underground, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continued to practice unhindered. How some fourteen thousand Mormons not only survived but thrived in Nazi Germany is a story little known, rarely told, and occasionally rewritten within the confines of the Church's history--for good reason, as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806165758
• ISBN13: 9780806165752
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 434 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Must read for anyone interested in Mormon history.

I am a Mormon. I have seen first hand how total dedication to this church can lead some people to commit cruel acts while others follow their conscience. I cried when I read it. It rings true and is thoroughly documented.