My grandma's cousin, Ferryle McOmber from Idaho, was one of the missionaries. This is an AMAZING story. Can't wait to see the film.

Went to see this movie today. Excellent true story.

I’ve have seen it twice now and I will see it again tomorrow night

This is a fantastic story!!!! I encourage every Latter-day Saint to watch it. Extremely high production values -- filmed in Hungary and Utah -- period perfect clothing and uniforms -- and great acting -- excellent music... I walked out of the theater choked up with tears at the faith and faithfulness...

@ElaineSamuela

2 ай бұрын

I'm not an LDS, I'm Jewish, and I loved this movie. Faith-based and powerful.

I'm Jewish and I loved this movie.

I hope it will be released soon on streaming services for those us outside of the inter mountain west.

I had an uncle who was in Belgium when the war started. He was sent to Canada to finish his mission. After his mission he joined the army. Where did the US Army send this man who spoke French and knew his way around France and Belgium? They first sent him to Alaska, then the South Pacific, ending in the Philippines

@Tripartite1937

3 ай бұрын

French would have been useful in Alaska, since we fought alongside Canadian units there to fight the Japanese. There were also plenty of islands in the South Pacific where French would have been required (Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Fortuna). I’m sure your uncle was where he was needed.

KSL News, This is great! I liked it and subscribed!

@sharonallison8991

Ай бұрын

Can stream?

I just got back from watching it and my response was "WOW!"

Looking forward to seeing this movie

Wher can I watch this if I’m currently living in the UK?

Now I’m interested.

This was fabulous! Must see!

My Uncle Ferrell McOmber was one of those missionaries!

What this reminds me of, the saying, and he will turn the hearts of the farther to the children and children hearts to the farthers.

This story gave me goosebumps…as a Jew I understand. Definitely in my top list to see

I think it was 29. I just watched it.

They sure are trying hard to not look like a cult. They will block this post.

@emiliohuerta2658

Ай бұрын

yeah, I have being reading that they syphatized with the Nazis, even had a 17 yr lld church member beheaded for protesting against the church. The church expelled the Jewish people as well.

GOD BLESS

I found it to be highly embellished which failed to mention several relevant points of history. It’s mostly fictional elements with “true stories” sprinkled in.

@mytahiti1004

Ай бұрын

What were the relevant points not mentioned? I saw the movie I really enjoyed watching the movie. First movie I have watched since Mission Impossible III, and the last Indiana Jones movies.

@jaybravo2199

Ай бұрын

@@mytahiti1004 the biggest point which actually puts the church in a positive light was that the evacuation routes were put into place a year prior with safe houses and points of contact in place. Another relevant point ignored was that the invasion wasn’t a surprise.

@mytahiti1004

Ай бұрын

@@jaybravo2199 Thanks maybe I will try to find the book. 📕 Sometimes I see a movie first and the read the book e.g. Unbroken, The Other Side of Heaven are two that happened with. Thanks for letting me know that is interesting. The older I get the more I learn there is much unknown, untaught history most people I talk to are completely unaware of such as the Nanking Massacre, or the Venona Project which was declassified in 1985 still not taught in US History.

When Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland, it did not start the war for the United States, so why did the missionaries need to leave Germany? Germany wasn’t at war with the US. Seems like a silly story. It would be different if he gave this instruction on December 4th 1941. But in the end of August 1939 there was no threat to Mormon missionaries.

@CSor27

2 ай бұрын

The Germans were purging anything that wasn’t akin to the “Pure Aryan Race”. The missionaries probably would have been killed

@janefelix3821

2 ай бұрын

@@CSor27 They were US citizens and thus could not be touched. They could have left anytime by simply booking passage on a Trans-Atlantic ship and showing their US Passports.

@withindistruction54

Ай бұрын

Makes sense. Seems like LDS have similar views they see people of different skin color not as equals. Plus teach racist views to there kind.

@ebbyjones3939

22 күн бұрын

Now I'm not a history buff, but I do understand enough about World War II to know what was going on. The Weimer Republic was losing and the Nazis Regime was rising up in power. There is no doubt in my mind that because Hitler was rising to power so quickly and removing religious books and places of worship that did not fit in with the Nazis beliefs. If those missionaries had stayed they would have disagreed with the Nazis and what they were teaching. They would have been arrested, beaten, or worse. Just because war had not reached America yet didn't mean that it wasn't becoming a very dangerous situation in Germany itself. People traveling in to Germany were also trying to travel out of Germany because they did not believe or support what they were saying and it was getting difficult to live there. The closer it got to War the harder and more difficult it became for people to travel out. Getting them out of Germany for their safety was a priority because if they stayed there when War arrived they would be killed or arrested or even have the high probability of being sent to a camp due to being labeled as a socialist, communist, or an enemy to the Nazis party. No one was safe in Germany.

This seems like a cherry-pick of history. LDS still had over 10,000 members within Germany after these missionaries left, most of whom were native Germans and collaborated with Hitler intensely. LDS was also never banned during the war, because the local bishops supported German war effort. It’s kinda crazy that an American church group in many ways collaborated and was sanctioned by the regime.

@RS54321

Ай бұрын

Not so crazy when you look into the beliefs of the LDS cult.

Great 👍 but shouldn't the missionaries have stayed and help people 😊

@totheendful

3 ай бұрын

😂

@JohanWXC

3 ай бұрын

Maybe they could've had jolly old chat with Hitler about the Book of Mormon while they were at it.

@ruthmartin9424

3 ай бұрын

The President of the Church told them to get out. I just saw the little clip where the Elder said "I trust President Grant more than the Uniited States military.". I know the event I'm excited to see the fim. It should be in your local theatres soon.

@terrym5786

3 ай бұрын

They would have been jailed.

@normamitchell6179

2 ай бұрын

Exactly how could they have helped the German people while Hitler was in power? Everyone had to raise their arm to "Heil Hitler" or be shot or imprisoned. Religious gatherings were not allowed. These were young Americans. Most served in the armed forces during the war.

Are they going to show how the church supported Hitler before they didn't? How they've baptized Hitler after he died, more than once?

@troymitchell1747

3 ай бұрын

I don’t know if what you say is true. But know this, this is the only Church on the face of the Earth that has the keys to baptize and make covenants for everybody on this planet that ever was that is now an ever will be. This does not free them up if they died in their sins. They still have to face judgment day. But that’s between them and God not between you and the church. Isn’t that amazing though Jesus Christ and God cared so much for us that they made a plan that if in our own free agency we accept the fullness of the gospel, we can go on and live with him?

@zjco9344

3 ай бұрын

@troymitchell1747 the keys received by Lyman Wight, in 1831, at a conference, or the keys later retrofitted into the history, given by John the Baptist? You can find that in Joseph Smith papers.

@rboddington

3 ай бұрын

@@troymitchell1747 I can confirm the church has done the temple work for Adolf Hitler and sealed him to his wife Eva Braun. It's on Family Search.

@FilmsSilent

3 ай бұрын

@@zjco9344 so what if it was retrofitted later? Line upon line precept upon precept. Just because hitler was baptized for the dead doesn’t mean he was able to accept it immediately or not pay for his sins.

@zjco9344

3 ай бұрын

@FilmsSilent the problem with the appearance of John the Baptist and Peter, James and John, to Joseph Smith, in 1829, being retrofitted later in the mid 1830's, suggests it never happened. There are no records, no knowledge and no teaching of it, before the mid 1830's of it happening. David Whitmer never heard of the restoration of the priesthood until the mid 1830's and said he didn't think that it happened. Richard Bushman, active church historian and author of, 'Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling' acknowledges this in this book and admits the late appearance of the priesthood restoration, in the mid 1830's suggests it could have been fabricated. From there, it all falls apart.

Looks like a good movie, but *WHY did the LDS president WAIT until 3 DAYS before* the outbreak of war to pull those missionaries?! War was APPARENT for some time!

@AdamThygerson-lm1gt

3 ай бұрын

God works in mysterious ways.

@terrym5786

3 ай бұрын

Imminent war was not apparent. The American consulate didn't know. They waited because the missionaries were often serving as the branch presidents and the wards and branches would be left without trained leadership for years until the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints re-established contact after the war with Ezra Taft Benson's famous trip.

@jaybravo2199

2 ай бұрын

He didn’t. The fact of the matter is the church was anticipating and prepared for a war at least a year prior because the whole world knew a war was imminent. I’m no fan of the church, but this film which was intended to make the church look miraculous, actually made it look incompetent and ignorant of real world events.

@AdamThygerson-lm1gt

2 ай бұрын

@@jaybravo2199 I beg to differ, the world may have anticipated another world war but it was supposed to start a week before it Germany actually invaded Poland. There is not a reason Schweinhund Hitler would have delayed the invasion but that of the lord was not going to let it start until all the missionary's were out, the war started literally a couple hours later and the last missionary got through right before they closed the border into Denmark. Make of it what you will but that is way too much of coincidence to be a coincidence.

@jaybravo2199

2 ай бұрын

@@AdamThygerson-lm1gt we can all speculate, but the New York Times was anticipating an invasion weeks prior.

I saw it. I wish that I liked it more. Is there any accepted understanding of what the Nazis would have done to a Mormon missionary that was actively wanting/trying to leave the country? When looking at all the relentless human suffering of WW2, missionaries getting out of Germany seems like a "meh" story. It also begs the question of why god didn't help the 60+ million innocents slaughtered during WW2 but was able to help those 18 missionaries. It's a feel-good story and it will make you feel good provided you don't think of the other 60+ million people that died.

@RS54321

Ай бұрын

None of us are 'innocent.' You have a very myopic and ignorant view of God and how He works. I wonder, are you an atheist?

Not much has changed, in 2024 the church still has missionaries serving in countries that the US State Dept says Americans should not travel to, Mexico being the top of that list! How did 17 US missionaries get taken hostage in Haiti? Why on earth were there missionaries in Haiti to begin with? Even President Nelson was beaten up when he was in the mission home in Mozambique, why on earth did the church have missionaries in Mozambique? One of the most dangerous nations on earth. The list goes on and on. I am not sure the church is at all prioritizing missionary safety over it's zeal and drive to get more converts.

@Mr.Ambrose_Dyer_Armitage_Esq.

3 ай бұрын

Sounds like the Haitians need more missionary help than most.

@rboddington

3 ай бұрын

@@Mr.Ambrose_Dyer_Armitage_Esq. Would you be ok sending your son there right now?

@Mr.Ambrose_Dyer_Armitage_Esq.

3 ай бұрын

@@rboddington Sure, Haiti needs mercenaries to restore order and impose peace.

@aubreypassey6086

2 ай бұрын

You go where the lord sends you dangerous or not

@rboddington

2 ай бұрын

@@aubreypassey6086 Oh really? Interesting. So if your child is sent to Saudi Arabia or North Korea, you're fine with that?

Not

Latter-day Lost Saints who claim Holy God is simply a gloried man and that men can become gods too..... Not much of a story here.

It's a cult

@AdamThygerson-lm1gt

3 ай бұрын

Your right, what you just said is cultish, the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints church is the true church of Jesus Christ restored on this earth and it seems like there is literally a cult of people who think the one true church is a cult.

@jaybravo2199

2 ай бұрын

@@AdamThygerson-lm1gt Cute... not accurate... but cute.