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Anti-Nazi movement Germany Biography Catholic Church History 20th century Christian martyrs Christian martyrs Germany Biography Christian martyrs History 20th century Christianity Germany History 20th century Germany Politics and government 1933-1945 Jägerstätter, Franz 1907-1943 Religions HistorySummary: Based on real events, this is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fani and children that keep his spirit alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: "Spanning two thousand years, The Everlasting follows four characters whose struggles resonate across the centuries: an early Christian child martyr; a medieval monk on crypt duty in a church; a Medici princess of Moorish descent; and a contemporary field biologist conducting an illicit affair. Outsiders to a city layered and dense with history, this quartet separated by time grapple with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: Triumph Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.052 MURTompert, Ann.
Summary: Retells some of the legends associated with Saint Valentine, a third-century Christian priest who was executed during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 270.092 TOMRounding, Virginia
Summary: Offers an account of the religious persecutions in England under Henry VIII and his daughter, Mary, with a focus on the lives of Baron Richard Rich, who played a role in the persecutions, and John Deane, who managed to avoid them throughout the period.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 270 ROUSummary: Through their own words and their stories Ultimate Price highlights the witness of seven men and women compelled by their Christian faith to resist the idolatrous Nazi regime. --from publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbis Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 ULTRoyal, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crossroad Pub. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282.09 ROYSummary: Part one of this program presents the life of Jesus against the backdrop of first-century Judea, inhabited by the Jews and occupied by the forces of the Roman Empire. Was Jesus the long-awaited Messiah? After the Resurrection, Saul of Tarsus, later Paul, became a champion of a budding new religion based on Jesus' teachings: Christianity. Part two traces the spread of the faith and its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007