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Moroni and the Swastika: Mormons in Nazi Germany Moroni and the Swastika: Mormons in Nazi Germany by David Conley Nelson
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“the Deseret News, ran prominent pictures of the speakers at the rostrum with the Nazi flag in the background. The message was abundantly clear: At a time when the same newspaper was publishing wire service articles describing the plight of Jews in Hitler’s regime, the church-controlled general circulation newspaper had no reservations about associating Mormonism’s spiritual message with Nazism’s stark symbolism.”
David Conley Nelson, Moroni and the Swastika: Mormons in Nazi Germany
“Mormons may have recognized the Jews as God’s chosen people of the Old Testament, but that commission had expired. Mormons considered themselves to be God’s new chosen people.”
David Conley Nelson, Moroni and the Swastika: Mormons in Nazi Germany
“Roy Welker allowed his version of the Hitler Myth, augmented with a brimming tablespoon of Goebbels’s propaganda, to narcotize his view of Nazi Germany.”
David Conley Nelson, Moroni and the Swastika: Mormons in Nazi Germany