Henry Burkhardt and LDS Realpolitik in communist East Germany / Raymond Kuehne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuehne, Raymond M., author.

Standardized Title:

Henry Burkhardt. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Burkhardt, Henry, 1930-.

Burkhardt, Henry.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Germany (East)--History.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Latter Day Saints--Germany (East)--Biography.

Latter Day Saints.

History.

Germany (East)--Church history.

Germany (East).

Church history.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 208 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2011]

Summary:

Documentary biography of Henry Burkhard, a missionary and later official representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the communist government of the German Democratic Republic. Presents Burkhardt's life story as a case study of church-state relations in the GDR.

Contents:

Childhood and youth in Chemnitz

The young missionary in East Germany

New challenges as a mission counselor

Marriage and finances without employment

The Church behind the Berlin Wall

President of the Dresden Mission

The evolving church-state relationship

A temple in East Germany

The Monson-Honecker summit meeting

The fall of the communist government

Continued service after communism

His leadership style and character

Surveillance by the secret police

Whether to escape or remain in East Germany

Assistance to Czechoslovakia and Poland.

Notes:

"First published as Henry Burkhardt, Ein Leben für die Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage in der DDR by Raymond Kuehne, Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2010."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781607811497

1607811499

OCLC:

727511690