American Evangelical Missionaries in France, 1945-1975

<p>This book narrates the experiences of the American evangelical missionaries who chose to work in a post-Christian European society, France, rather than a non-Christian culture.</p>

Koop, Allen V.

Religion & Spirituality

University Press of America

This book narrates the experiences of the American evangelical missionaries who chose to work in a post-Christian European society, France, rather than a non-Christian culture.

Stark Decency is a window into the events of two vastly different worlds: German combat veterans captured in North Africa and Normandy, and the small New Hampshire logging town which found itself hosting the prison camp. Each side was forced to confront its prejudices and fears, and examine the merits and flaws of its ideology. Then, an astonishing thing happened: in their rural isolation, sharing harsh weather conditions and the pinch of wartime rationing, friendships began to develop. Prisoners and their guards sometimes even worked together to meet the daily pulpwood quotas, and little handmade gifts to the local villagers cemented friendships that continue to this day.

Stark Decency: German Prisoners of War in a New England Village

History

Americas

Univ Pr of New England

<p>Stark Decency is a window into the events of two vastly different worlds: German combat veterans captured in North Africa and Normandy, and the small New Hampshire logging town which found itself hosting the prison camp. Each side was forced to confront its prejudices and fears, and examine the merits and flaws of its ideology. Then, an astonishing thing happened: in their rural isolation, sharing harsh weather conditions and the pinch of wartime rationing, friendships began to develop. Prisoners and their guards sometimes even worked together to meet the daily pulpwood quotas, and little handmade gifts to the local villagers cemented friendships that continue to this day.</p>

Dartmouth College Press

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American Evangelical Missionaries in France, 1945-1975

American Evangelical Missionaries in France, 1945-1975

Stark Decency: German Prisoners of War in a New England Village

Stark Decency: German Prisoners of War in a New England Village