Helmuth verses Hitler – An LDS Youth in Nazi Germany

Wow! The things that escape the culture! I am dumbfounded. What a hero, this boy.

Wallace,

Thanks so much for posting this. I only recently became aware of this young man. It is truly an amazing story. I was born after WWII in Berlin Germany. My dad was a soldier in the Germany Army and was also an American prisoner of war in France for a year. He joined the lds church in his late twenties as a single man as did my mom as a single woman. My bed time stories were about their experiences in WWII Germany. My dad had a very strong testimony of the church and genealogy program and all the stories were very faith promoting. My dad was in the German junior Olympics as a young man in shot put and hammer throwing. The German government took note of what a strong young man he was and asked him to become a body guard for Hitler. This was a great honor and the job would have many perks. My dad did not know how evil Hitler was at this time, but when they asked him to sign a paper saying that his only God would be Hitler, he quickly learned what maniac Hitler was. He would not sign the paper and said his only God is Jesus Christ. Thank Goodness he never accepted this job or our family could have never come to America. My mother suffered terribly during the war with my three older brothers in Berling. Two women named Patricia Reece and Karola Reece wrote a book called “We Were Not Alone” How an lds family survived WWII Berlin. All of chapter 7 is about my mom and 3 brothers and how these sisters saved my families life. The horrors of war are so terrible but we have an obligation to fight against unrighteous laws and regims.