"If there are a group of people in modern history who are thought of as irredeemable, it's the Nazis. Truth be told, the orchestrators of the genocide of the Jewish people and the murders of millions of others certainly didn't 'deserve' any kind of mercy. Yet at the end of World War II, two American Army chaplains – Rev. Henry Gerecke, a Lutheran minister, and Father Sixtus O'Connor, a Catholic priest – made an unprecedented attempt to save the souls of the Nazi leaders held at Nuremberg prison. Their little-known story has now been documented by award-winning journalist Tim Townsend in the book 'Mission at Nuremberg: An American Army Chaplain and the Trial of the Nazis.'"
Tony Rossi, host/producer of Christopher Closeup (the radio show and podcast of The Christophers), recently interviewed author Tim Townsend, who discussed these two clergymen and the Nazis on trial at Nuremburg.
To access this interview, please visit:
Christopher Closeup: Why a Lutheran Pastor and a Catholic Priest Tried to Save the Souls of Nazis (4 DEC 14)
Christopher Closeup Podcast: Tim Townsend
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