Day of No Return [Hardcover]

Kressmann Taylor (Author), Kathrine Kressmann Taylor (Author)

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Publication Date: November 2003

In the mid-1930s, a brave young theological student refused to preach Nazi doctrine and was denied ordination in the German Lutheran church. He struggled to resist the Nazi takeover of the church, but, with his life in danger, was ordered out of the coun

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Catherine and Douglast Taylor were married at The Peabody in memphis, Tennessee, where they met Clearwater and abigai Duck, who told them their story. Downtown Ducks, and agreed to pose for several of Catherine's Watercolor illustrations. Later collarbo --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 308 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corporation (November 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1413411827
• ISBN-13: 978-1413411829
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,300,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You Won't Want To Put This Book Down, November 3, 2006

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This review is from: Day of No Return: (Until That Day) (Paperback)

During the Nazi reign of terror in Europe, Holland gave us the ten Boom's, Norway had its brave resistance fighters, Austria had the Von Trop family and Denmark smuggled its Jewish people to nuetral Sweden. Being 7/8ths German it always bothered me that the German people and especially the German clergy could be such "wimps" in the face of such brutality.

While there were undoubtedly some spineless Germans, this book details the life's of some brave German Lutheran pastors and their stand against Hitler's doctrine. One of them refused to preach Nazi doctrine and was denied ordination into the German Lutheran Church. When his struggle to resist Nazi doctrine got him ordered leave the country by his bishop, he fled to America.

His father was killed for his refusal to preach Nazi doctrine and practice racial discrmination. The way this prominent German pastor opposed Nazi ideas was to avoid mention of Nazi doctine, but instead preach the Word of God, whose message of love glaringly shows Nazi racial hatred for what it is. God's Word also refeshed the soul weary from living in the midst of such blatant wickedness as was found in Hitler's Germany. When numerous people left the Nazi supported state churches and begin attending the Bible preaching churches, the Bible preaching pastors were either killed or sent to concentration camps. What a joy to discover that not all Germans were wimps. Once you begin reading it, you won't want to put this well written book down.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still with me, December 22, 2009

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JBH (Sammamish, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Day of No Return: (Until That Day) (Paperback)

I read this book a few years ago and it still stands out in my mind as a memorable and important story. Based on a true events and real people, it was originally published in 1942, with some changes to protect the identity of those involved in the story. As with the previous reviewer, I had always wondered how the German people could have allowed Hitler's rise to power, and how the church in Germany reacted. The beginning of this book clearly showed the conditions in Germany which set the stage for Hitler's rise. Once I got past the opening scenes, I found it very hard to put the book down. It is a gripping story, well-told, and even more important because we must never forget the lessons of history.