Moroni and the Swastika: Mormons in Nazi Germany Contributor(s): Nelson, David Conley (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806165758 ISBN-13: 9780806165752 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2020 |
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BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (mormon) - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Modern - 20th Century |
Dewey: 289.343 |
Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.39 lbs) 434 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Mormonism/Lds - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Germany |
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Publisher Description: 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 we see in David Conley Nelson's Moroni and the Swastika. A page-turning historical narrative, this book is the first full account of how Mormons avoided Nazi persecution through skilled collaboration with Hitler's regime, and then eschewed postwar shame by constructing an alternative history of wartime suffering and resistance. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nelson, David Conley: - David Conley Nelson holds a Ph.D. in history from Texas A&M University. He served six years as an officer in the United States Marine Corps and is now an independent researcher and commercial airline captain. He is the author of Moroni and the Swastika: Mormons in Nazi Germany. |
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