Mormon Gestapo Archive

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This archive (R 58/5686) is classified by the German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv) as unrestricted and freely available. Direct digital access is available via the Bundesarchiv Invenio site.

Selected records from the archive that have been translated into English.

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	Date	Summary
	Oct 4, 1933	A 1933 memorandum indicates the Church in Darmstadt will continued to be observed by the secret police.
	Sep 8, 1933	Oliver H. Budge writes to the Gestapo explaining the Church and its mission in Germany.
	Sep 11, 1937	Report from the Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS on the Mormons voices suspicions of "Jewish influence."
	Jun 28, 1935	Roy E. Babbel writes to the Gestapo explaining the mission's policy with the government.
	Sep 8, 1933	Gestapo memorandum describes surveillance of the Church in Germany.
	Jun 5, 1936	Paul Herbert Schieck's arrest report states he was arrested for not giving the Nazi salute.
	May 5, 1938	Report on the Mormons for Alfred Rosenberg, head of Nazi surveillance organization.
	Dec 16, 1933	Gestapo report indicating LDS publications that were confiscated for "anti-state tendencies."
	Aug 18, 1937	The Gestapo reports on Heber J. Grant's preaching in Germany.
	Jan 31, 1936	The police in Düsseldorf consider banning missionary activity in the area.
	May 22, 1936	Gestapo memo states that Church leaders were warned how any involvement in anti-state propaganda would result in severe state action against the Church.
	Jul 4, 1935	SD reports on surveillance of a Church meeting in Berlin.
	Jun 23, 1936	Former Latter-day Saint Nazi Robert Förster criticizes the Church.
	Sep 8, 1936	Gestapo report on a church conference in Bremen.
	May 15, 1936	Roy A. Welker writes to the Gestapo explaining the Church and its mission in Germany.
	Oct 11, 1933	A 1933 memorandum states that the Church in Berlin will continue to be watched by the police.
	Aug 23, 1935	Letter written by a Nazi mayor Justin Herre criticizing the "Mormon Church".
	Jun 13, 1935	Mission president Roy A. Welker cites Articles of Faith 12 for missionaries to answer what the Church thinks of worldly government.
	May 5, 1936	Nazi authorities warn that any anti-state propaganda would be met with harsh police consequences.
	Feb 11, 1936	Police report spying on activities of the Mormons in Erfurt.
	Jul 4, 1936	Memorandum on the Banning of James E. Talmage’s Articles of Faith.
	Jan 19, 1937	The police in Schwerin, Germany, recommend banning the Church on ideological grounds.
	Apr 7, 1937	Nazi memorandum on a proposed ban of the Church.
	Sep 17, 1935	SD report indicates the Nazis were spying on Baptist and Mormon church activities.
	May 6, 1936	Roy A. Welker writes a mission letter instructing missionaries not to discuss politics.
	Sep 8, 1937	The Nazis propose a general ban on Mormon missionaries in Germany.
	Jan 8, 1934	A 1934 memorandum indicates the Church is being observed in Karlsruhe.