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Mission at Nuremberg: An Allied Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis
Tim Townsend
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Paperback. The compelling story of the army chaplain who was sent to save the souls of the Nazis incarcerated at Nuremberg, raising questions of faith, guilt, morality, vengeance, forgiveness, redemption and the essence of humanity. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; JPHL; JWXK; LAZ; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Lutheran minister Henry Gerecke was fifty when he enlisted as an army chaplain during the Second World War. At the war's end, when other soldiers were coming home, Gerecke was recruited for the most difficult engagement of his life: ministering to the twenty-one Nazi leaders awaiting trial at Nuremburg. Based on scrupulous research and first-hand accounts, including interviews with still-living participants, Mission at Nuremberg takes us inside the Nuremburg Palace of Justice, into the cells of the accused and the courtroom where they faced their crimes. As the drama leading to the court's final judgments unfolds, Townsend brings to ... Read more
Lutheran minister Henry Gerecke was fifty when he enlisted as an army chaplain during the Second World War. At the war's end, when other soldiers were coming home, Gerecke was recruited for the most difficult engagement of his life: ministering to the twenty-one Nazi leaders awaiting trial at Nuremburg. Based on scrupulous research and first-hand accounts, including interviews with still-living participants, Mission at Nuremberg takes us inside the Nuremburg Palace of Justice, into the cells of the accused and the courtroom where they faced their crimes. As the drama leading to the court's final judgments unfolds, Townsend brings to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780281074822
SKU
V9780281074822
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About Tim Townsend
Tim Townsend is a senior writer and editor at the Pew Research Center's Religion and Public Life Project in Washington, D.C. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and Rolling Stone, among other publications. In 2005, 2011, and 2013, he was named Religion Reporter of the Year by America's Religion Newswriters Association.
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