Thousand Shall Fall: The Electrifying Story of a Soldier and His Family Who Dared to Practice Their Faith in Hitler's Germany

by Maylan Schurch (With), Susi Hasel Mundy

Overview

Franz hasel, a 40-year-old pacifist, was drafted and assigned to Pioneer Company 699, Hitler's elite troops who built bridges at the front lines. His religious scruples did not endear him to his superiors. Sarcastically dubbed "carrot eater" and "Bible reader," he finally gained the respect of his unit. Just before he was sent deep into Russia--where all but seven of his 1,200-man unit would die--he secretly discarded his gun, fearing that, as the company sharpshooter, he might be tempted to kill. In Russia he faced a new problem: how to warn the local Jews before the SS got to them.

Meanwhile, back at home, Franz's wife, Helene, and their four children were fighting their own battles. Pressured to join the Nazi Party, she announced, "I belong to the party of Jesus Christ."

"Tomorrow night your children will be taken from you unless you join the party," Herr Doering screamed. And she had another secret. One day the gestapo knocked on her door. "Are you hiding a Jew?" they demanded. Their chances of survival? Dim. Their only ally? God.

In a few short years they lived several lifetimes of danger. As thousands around them fell victim to the horrors of war, they were borne up on angels' wings--sometimes quite literally. This is the true, soul-soaring story of one desperate family who chose to be faithful whatever the cost, and found refuge in the shadow of the Almighty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780828015615
Publisher:	Review & Herald Publishing Association
Publication date:	06/28/2001
Pages:	172
Sales rank:	280,182
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

	To the Reader	9
Chapter 1	The Draft	11
Chapter 2	In Boot Camp	17
Chapter 3	Political Pressures at Home	24
Chapter 4	In France and Poland	33
Chapter 5	In the Black Forest	41
Chapter 6	Into the Ukraine	49
Chapter 7	The Brown House	57
Chapter 8	Winter Battle	66
Chapter 9	Susi's Birth	75
Chapter 10	Saved by an Angel	84
Chapter 11	In Eschenrod	93
Chapter 12	In the Caucasus	101
Chapter 13	Life in Frankfurt	106
Chapter 14	Bible Studies	116
Chapter 15	The Americans Arrive	122
Chapter 16	Retreat	134
Chapter 17	Return Home	142
Chapter 18	Winter Rescue	151
Chapter 19	Packages From America	159
Chapter 20	Aftermath	166
	Epilogue	171