by Tim Townsend
Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles), 262
Diet of Augsburg (1530), 21
Dillinger, John, 298
DiMaggio, Dominic “Dom,” 4
Diocletian, 50–51
divine, relationship between war and the, 52, 60
Dodd, Thomas, 230, 231, 241
Doenitz, Karl, 165–68
Gerecke and, 165, 167
in German Imperial Navy, 165–66, 168
Grossmith and, 176
as Hitler’s successor, 85, 149
Nuremberg trial, 101, 166
Nuremberg trial verdict, 243, 245
Dorff, Elliott, 280–81
Douglas, Elsie, 183
Douglas, Stephen, 62
Dreesen, Hans, 130
Duke University, 61
Dunnottar Castle, MS, 86
Dürer, Albrecht, 109, 112
Eagle Main (Allied staging area), 86
Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia), 120
Eck, Heinz, 166
Edict of Milan, 50
education requirements, for chaplains, 60
Edwards, Jonathan, 56
Eggers, Carl, 103, 137, 140–41, 143, 259, 290
Eichmann, Adolf, 155, 193, 214
Eighth Virginia Regiment, 53
Eighteenth Amendment, 14
Eisenhower, Dwight, 85, 86, 100, 136, 151–52, 161–62
El Dorado Oil Field, 28–29, 30
Eleventh Armored Division, 200–209
Eliot, George, 29
Ellwanger, Walter, 32, 34, 37
Emmaus Evangelical Lutheran Church (St. Louis), 16, 17
Epenstein, Hermann von, 144
Erasmus, 183
Eucharist, 262–63
eucharistia, 262
Eugene of Savoy, Prince, 146
evangelism (evangelists), 24–25, 39–40, 55, 80
Evans, Richard J., 213
evil, defined, 219–21
extermination camps, 192–93, 211–12
Famous-Barr Co. (St. Louis), 31
Feddersen, A. P., 17
Fiéschorn Castle, 149
Fifty-Fifth Fighter Squadron, 91
firing squad, execution by, 246–47
First Reich, 105–6, 111
First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Regiment, 55
Fischer, Peter, 108
Flossenburg concentration camp, 204
food rations, 116
forced labor, 172–74, 197, 198–99
forgiveness, 278–87
in Judaism, 278–81
Simon Wiesenthal and Karl, 281–86
For God and Country (movie), 67
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, 61
Fort Jackson, South Carolina, 7, 64–68
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, 97–98
Fourth Council of the Lateran, 262–63
489th Automatic Weapons Battalion, 91
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, 106
Frank, Brigitte, 233
Frank, Hans, 190–93
background of, 191
death by hanging, 274–75
in Nazi Party, 191–93, 228–30
at Nuremberg prison, 190, 193, 233, 237–39
Nuremberg trial, 101, 228–30
Frank, Niklas, 237–39
Frank, Norman, 238–39, 278
Frankel, Jacob, 54
Franklin, Benjamin, 53
Frauenkirche (Nuremberg), 111, 113
Frick, Margarete, 190
Frick, Wilhelm, 239, 244, 259, 277
Friedland, Captain, 84
Frischauer, Willi, 144
Fritzsche, Hans, 176–77
anti-Semitism of, 178–79
background of, 177–78
“brand of Cain,” 247–48
Keitel and, 232
in Nazi Party, 178–79
at Nuremberg prison, 184, 189–90, 223–25, 238
Christmas service, 186–88
Gerecke and, 8, 176–77, 179, 181–82, 186–87, 189–90, 223–25
letter to Alma Gerecke, 223–25, 343–44n
Nuremberg trial, 7–8, 133, 177, 223, 227, 232
Nuremberg trial verdict, 242–43, 244
Führerbunker (Berlin bunker), 133, 147–48
Funk, Luise, 190
Funk, Walter, 133, 245
G-3 Combat Lessons Branch, 98
Gage, Thomas, 52
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 98
gallows, at Nuremberg prison
assembly of, 257–58
breaking down, 277
Frank’s execution, 274–75
Jodl’s execution, 275
Kaltenbrunner’s execution, 273–74
Keitel’s execution, 1–4, 9–10, 12, 272–73, 276
Ribbentrop’s execution, 9, 10, 271–72, 273
Rosenberg’s execution, 273–74
Sauckel’s execution, 275
Streicher’s execution, 274–75
Gamzu ya’avor, 63–64
Garbo, Greta, 146
Gateway Arch (St. Louis), 32
Geist, Thomas “Tommy,” 66, 69, 70, 77, 84, 91, 93–95, 113
Gemelli, Agostino, 138–39
General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains, 58, 60
General Order 126, 55
Geneva Conventions, 117, 123, 136
genocides, 154–55, 192, 218–19
geopolitik, 141
Georgetown University, 157
Gerecke, Alma Bender, 13–20
army paychecks sent to, 72–73
death of Henry, 305–8
family life, 14–20, 43–44
Henry’s fifteen-day leave and, 67
Henry’s desire to join Chaplain Corps and, 5–6, 7, 46
marriage to Henry, 13–14
meeting Henry, 31
money as point of contention with Henry, 43–44
Nuremberg defendants’ letter to, 223–25, 292, 343–44n
Gerecke, Carlton “Corky,” 5, 16, 17, 18, 43, 44–45, 73, 92
Gerecke, Caroline “Lena” Kelpe, 24, 26, 31
Gerecke, Caroline Luecke, 23
Gerecke, David, 294
Gerecke, Fred Conrad “Fritz,” 24
Gerecke, Heinrich Friedrich “Henry”
Andrus’s request for, 96–97, 103–5, 117
assignment to Nuremberg prison, 7–8, 113, 117
attitude toward the military, 66
birth of, 15, 24
call to the ministry, 23–26
Chaplain Corps, volunteering for, 5–7, 45–50
at Christ Lutheran Church, 17–20, 41, 42–43
at Concordia, 14, 15, 16, 31, 292
Dachau visit of, 8, 94–95
death of, 305–8
debriefing after Nuremberg assignment, 291
dress style of, 18–19
early life of, 24–26
at Emmaus, 16, 17
enlistment in the army, 31
evangelization of, 39–42, 80
forgiveness, idea of, 287, 288
at Good Shepherd Church, 32–33, 34, 37, 40–41
Hank in Frankfurt hospital and, 290–91, 293–94
Hank’s visits to father, 77–79, 91–92
at Harvard University’s Chaplains School, 6–7, 48–50, 61, 65
ministerial training of, 14, 16–17
missionary work of, 20, 31–45, 299–305
at Mögeldorf church, 11–12, 117, 159–60, 184, 190–91, 235
Ninety-Eighth General Hospital assignment, 62–72, 74–86
at Nuremberg prison, 140–41, 143, 164–65, 252–53, 258–59, 275–76
arrival, 137–38, 140
chapel services, 158–59, 169–70, 181–82
Christmas service, 186–90
defendants’ letter to wife, 223–25, 343–44n
Doenitz and, 165, 167
executions and, 270–77
family and family visits to defendants, 159, 190, 233–38
Fritzsche and, 8, 176–77, 179, 181–82, 186–87, 2
23–25
Goering and, 4, 143–44, 152–53, 255, 259–61, 264–69, 274, 275–76, 278, 291, 348n
Hess and, 140–41, 143, 152–53
inquiries from German clergy, 226
Keitel and, 4, 9–12, 234, 253–54, 272–73, 276
Raeder and, 167, 168
Ribbentrop and, 9, 10, 168, 169, 235, 253–54, 271–72
Rosenberg and, 166–67, 259, 273–74
Sauckel and, 170–71, 174–75, 188, 253–54, 275
Schacht and, 169–70
Schirach and, 11–12, 176, 179, 181–82, 223–25
Speer and, 175, 176, 181–82
Nuremberg trial and, 157, 158, 159, 164–65, 243
ordination of, 17
postwar life of, 293–94, 297–305
postwar speaking engagements of, 292–93, 294, 298
promotion to captain, 75
promotion to major, 290
radio broadcasting of, 17, 42, 46
at St. John’s Academy, 26–30
in St. Louis, 5–6, 13–47, 291–92
war souvenirs, 291
at Zion Lutheran Church, 20–21
Gerecke, Henry “Hank,” 87
in the Aleutian Islands, 5, 31, 44
birth of, 16
early life of, 16–20, 43
enlistment in the army, 44–45
in Frankfurt hospital, 290–91, 293–94
marriage and family with Millie, 73, 293–94
Paris leave, 104
VE Day, 85
visits to father, 77–79, 91–92
Gerecke, Herman, 15, 19, 23–24, 25–26, 31
Gerecke, Leonora “Nora,” 15, 24, 31
Gerecke, Louis, 23
Gerecke, Mildred “Millie,” 73, 293–94
Gerecke, Roy David, 5, 17, 20, 45
Gerecke, William, Jr., 23–24
Gerecke, William “Wilhelm,” 22–23
Gerecke Memorial Cross (Chester, Illinois), 309–12
German Earth and Stone Works, 198–99
German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 27–28, 45
German Imperial Navy, 165–66, 167–68
German Labor Front, 121
German POWs, 81, 85, 88–89, 118, 119, 121, 202, 208, 209
Gestapo, 129, 130, 179, 193
Gibson, Ella E., 54–55
Gilbert, Gustave, 123, 137, 186, 189, 216–17, 219, 245
Ginsberg, Rabbi, 84
Goebbels, Joseph, 133, 170, 178
Goering, Carin, 145
Goering, Edda, 145–48, 235, 236, 238, 254–55, 277–78
Goering, Emmy Sonnemann, 145–48, 150
prison visits with husband, 190, 235–36, 238–39, 254–55
suicide of husband, 268–69, 277–78
Goering, Franny, 144
Goering, Heinrich, 144
Goering, Hermann
background of, 144–45
capture of, 149–51
at Mondorf camp, 151–52
in Nazi Party, 145–51
at Nuremberg prison, 102, 259–61
Christmas service, 187, 189–90
family visits, 190, 235–36, 238–39, 254–55
Gerecke and, 4, 143–44, 152–53, 255, 259–61, 264–69, 274, 275–76, 278, 291, 348n
Holy Communion and, 260–61, 264–65, 267–68
suicide notes of, 266–67, 268–69
suicide of, 3, 4, 265–67, 269–70, 275
Nuremberg trial, 101, 133, 155, 222–23, 226–27
Nuremberg trial verdict, 241–42, 243–44, 246
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 233
Goldensohn, Leon, 123, 215, 216–18
Gone with the Wind (movie), 146
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (St. Louis), 32–33, 34, 37, 40–41
Gordon, Eileen, 297–98, 299, 301
Gordonville, Missouri, 20–23
Gottgläubig, 166–67, 265
Grand Hotel (Nuremberg), 160–61, 162, 226
Great Commission, 39–40
Great Depression, 20, 33–34, 36, 43–44
Greek-Macedonian Empire, 106
Grosse, Oliver, 45
Grossmith, Frederick, The Cross and the Swastika, 176
Gusen concentration camp, 196, 198, 200, 205, 208–9
“GZY” rings, 63–64
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, 49
Hager, William, 22
Hague Convention, 125–26
Hannibal, 268
Harris Teachers College (St. Louis), 16
Hartheim Euthanasia Centre, 200
Harvard University’s Chaplains School, 6–7, 48–50, 61, 65
Hauptmarkt (Nuremberg), 111, 113
Haushofer, Karl, 141, 142, 227
Heim, Aribert, 199–200
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, 108
Hermann Goering Works, 145
Hermitage, England, 63, 68–72, 74–86
Hermitage, USS, 201
Herzberger, F. W., 31–32, 306
Hess, Bede, 296
Hess, Rudolf, 140–43
background of, 141
in Nazi Party, 141–42
at Nuremberg prison, 152–53, 234, 277
Gerecke and, 140–41, 143, 152–53
Nuremberg trial, 140, 142, 155, 227–28
Nuremberg trial verdict, 244
Hess, Wolf, 234
Heydrich, Reinhard, 147, 196, 197
Himmler, Heinrich
Goering and, 222, 223, 242
Hoess and, 216–17
Kaltenbrunner and, 193, 194–95, 211
Keitel and, 231
Hines, Hugh, 297
Hitler, Adolf, 111–13, 247
Doenitz and, 165
Frank and, 191, 228
Goering and, 145, 146, 147–49, 222–23
Hess and, 141–42
Keitel and, 10, 231
Raeder and, 167–68
Ribbentrop and, 168–69, 228
Sauckel and, 171–74
Schirach and, 180–81
Speer and, 175–76
Hitler Youth, 176, 180–81, 282
Hodge, Orville Enoch, 302–4, 308
Hoess, Rudolf, 211–20
Höllriegel, Alois, 199
Holls, Henry “Woods,” 18, 32–33, 37
Holocaust, 218–19
Holy Communion, 11, 164, 261–64
Goering and, 260–61, 264–65, 267–68
Keitel and, 253–54
Ribbentrop and, 169, 253–54
Sauckel and, 174, 253–54
Hoover, Herbert, 31
Hurst, Cecil, 124–25
Imrie, Matthew, 295
Inside the Third Reich (Speer), 233
Inter-Allied Commission on the Punishment of War Crimes, 124
international criminal law, 125–26
International Military Tribunal, 7, 154–58, 225–33
adjournment, 233, 240
basic structure, 134–35
Christmas break, 183–84
Doenitz at, 101, 166, 243, 245
final statements, 226–33
Frank at, 101, 228–30
Fritzsche at, 7–8, 133, 177, 223, 227, 232, 242–43, 244
Gerecke’s prayer, 157
Goering at, 101, 133, 155, 222–23, 226–27, 241–44, 246
Hess at, 140, 142, 155, 227–28, 244
Jackson’s opening statement, 156–57
Jodl at, 133, 155–56, 246
Kaltenbrunner at, 194–95, 198, 199, 209–11, 217–18
Keitel at, 3–4, 133, 230–32, 244, 245–47
opening of, 154–57
Raeder at, 243, 245, 246
Ribbentrop at, 101, 227, 228, 242, 244
Sauckel at, 155–56, 230
Schacht at, 133, 242–43
Schirach at, 223, 245
selection of site, 115
Speer at, 223, 244–45
Streicher at, 101, 157
U.S. case, 157–58
verdicts, 240–45
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bsp; war crimes planning, 125–36
International Treaty for the Renunciation of War, 126, 129
In the Face of the Gallows (Frank), 233
Isaiah, 221, 279, 297, 312
Isar River, 289
Jackson, Robert, 129–35, 156–57, 183, 241
Jahwist (Yahwist), 248–49
Janowska concentration camp, 281
Jefferson Barracks, 37, 66
Jewish quarter (Nuremberg), 108, 109, 110–11
Jewish Welfare Committee, 293
Jews, scapegoating of the, 109–12
Jodl, Alfred, 85, 148
death by hanging, 275
at Nuremberg prison, 223, 254
Nuremberg trial, 133, 155–56
Nuremberg trial verdict, 246
John, Gospel of, 262–63
Johnson, Harold, 266
Joshua, 52
“Judas window,” 120
Justice at Nuremberg (Conot), 288
Kaltenbrunner, Ernst, 170, 193–94
background of, 193
death by hanging, 273–74
in Nazi Party, 193–95, 197, 210–11
Nuremberg trial, 194–95, 197, 198, 199, 209–11, 217–18
Karl IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 110–11
Keitel, Karl-Heinz, 247
Keitel, Lisa, 246
Keitel, Wilhelm
background of, 10–11
capture of, 3
at Mondorf camp, 100
at Nuremberg prison, 234
appeals form of execution, 245–47
death by hanging, 1–4, 9–10, 12, 272–73, 276
Gerecke and, 4, 9–12, 234, 253–54, 272–73, 276
Nuremberg trial, 3–4, 133, 230–32
Nuremberg trial verdict, 244, 245–47
Keller, George, 22
Kelley, Douglas, 123, 209
Kellogg, Frank B., 126, 129
Kellogg-Briand Pact, 126, 129
Kenites, 249
Kennedy, Robert P., 220
Kesselring, Albert, 153
Kettlekamp, Doctor, 40
KFUO-AM, 17, 42
Khmer Rouge, 218
King, Archibald, 127
King Philip’s War, 52
Klotten, Gerhard, 130
Knight, Death and the Devil (Dürer), 112
Knights Templar, 98
Koch Hospital (St. Louis), 33, 37, 40
Krakow Cathedral, 191
Kretzmann, Paul, 45, 81, 305
Kretzschmar, Richard, 15–17, 42
Kristallnacht (1938), 123
Kropp, Robert, 151
Laconia, 165–66
Laconia Order, 165
LaCrouts, Nathalie, 84
Ladies’ Aid Society, 43–44
Lancaster, Burt, 42
Landsberg Prison, 256
Lateran Council, 262–63
Lathrem, Raymond T., 67
Lathrem, Virginia Byrnside, 67
Laurel, The, 138
Lawrence, Geoffrey, 154–56, 183, 227–28, 231, 233, 234, 241, 243
lebensraum, 141, 142
Lemkin, Raphael, 154
Lemp, William, 14