The story of Pastor Paul Schneider's resistance to state intrusion into his church, and his persecution in Nazi Germany. An important example for american churches today, as the power of the state looms large and intrudes into everything secular and sacred.

Paul Schneider: The Witness of Buchenwald

Wentorf, Rudolf

Religion & Spirituality

Amer Eagle Pubns Inc

Paul Schneider: Witness of Buchenwald

Paul Schneider (1897-1939) was a German Reformed pastor, father of six, and part of the Bekennende Kirche during World War II. Schneider's unequivocal opposition to the quickly ascending Nazi regime led to his imprisonment, torture and eventual execution at the hands of the Gestapo on July 18, 1939. Until now, Pastor Schneider's story has remained less accessible to English-speaking audiences. This authoritative biography of Paul Schneider by Rudolf Wentorf appears here for the first time in an unabridged English translation by Daniel Bloesch.

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Regent College Publishing

"Paul Schneider realized that salvation lay not in the false choices of right or left, but in obedience to the gospel of Jesus Christ." - Franklin Sanders, from the Translator's Introduction 
Pastor Schneider's kind shepherding endeared him to every congregation he served. But as he walked quietly in his own calling, he watched his dear Germany march in goose-step into the arms of a godless new regime. When the Nazis came to teach the Bride of Christ how she ought to behave in this modern Germany, they stubbed their toes on this pastor in the Rhineland. Schneider would not heil their "naked paganism which cannot agree with the Christian faith." He diligently made himself a thorn in Hitler's side and rallied the true Church as long as he had breath to call out Scripture. 
Too few stories of faithfulness like his arise from the Nazi years in Germany. In 1967, Rudolf Wentorf preserved his story in German, using testimonies from Schneider's friends, family, and personal diary. In 1993, Franklin Sanders brought that testimony to English-speaking Christians. Nogginnose Press presents this new edition to ensure that future generations gratefully remember Paul Schneider's bold witness-and final sacrifice. 
They silenced his tongue, but not his witness. And Paul Schneider has much to say to us today.

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Nogginnose Press

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