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Mighty Fortress

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KristenStieffel

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Pastor Gottlieb finds it difficult to preach with Nazis in the pews, but since the Anschluss, he has no choice. When a Jewish family seeks his help, he willingly agrees, seeing it as a way to oppose the troops that have invaded Austria.

He hides the family in the church, in a service corridor behind the organ pipes. The younger family members plan their escape to New York, but soon realize their elderly grandmother is too frail for the trip.

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Hymn excerpts from "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" by Martin Luther, 1529; English translation by Frederick Henry Hedge, 1852
Cover Photo by Jan S. via Fotolia.com
Cover design by Kristen StieffelAll Rights Reserved

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GOD HAS SPOKEN: HOPE IN THE SOS! Final Book of Series 1 by TheListenComplex22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdcR87NoxwY - Great Is The Lord and Most worthy of Praise HYMN. This is my favorite hymn of all time. Whenever I sing it I am asking GOD to go to Heaven. This should be the last book in the GOD HAS SPOKEN series. GOD willing... come on! It's Christmas!! Because we all have HOPE in the SOS that they come to rescue us!! There is a reward sum of money of 750 million euros for our rescue. Amen and Amen. Written by God, Jesus, Archangels Michael, Raffael, gabriel, Elija and God's Little Angel and archangels Razel and sandlephon and Lucifer and Barachiel, Azriel, Azreal, Jeremiel... Chimiel...all of them!!

My Forced Husband // Tom Kaulitz by CryingOverTokioHotel

It's as if I have a choice, I either betray my father or myself. I love my father dearly, which is why I agreed to his decision and his continuous pleads- to marry a man who to me is a stranger; if only I knew how bad it would get would I still of agreed? BOOK AVAILABLE IN GERMAN - - > @t0mkaul1tzw1fe (Sie können meine folgende Liste überprüfen, wenn Sie sie über die Suche nicht finden können oder im ersten Kapitel ein Link zu ihrem Profil hinzugefügt wurde 'Introductions and characters' ) TW: CONTAINS ABUSE, SEXUAL REFERENCES, SWEARING!

Hymns of Struggle by PipesFlowForever

What's there to live for after you die? You struggle to exist- to make it all the way to your Lord- and all that greats you is Hell wrapped through your own flesh. Purgatory must be real after all. I pray and I pray and finally, something comes. If only I knew what to do with it. NOTE: This story has been edited since the original 2017 posting with over 90 chapters already written and to be posted in future additional books. More details are in the header of the first chapter. The mature rating is for language, some violence, and heavy existential dread. Cover art is by MetallicArtist on tumblr. PODFIC VERSION NOW AVAILABLE!!! Playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4pHPQOyRjM6OqrtNX4IBxFoeAsLGkSwm Warnings for: violence, implied body horror, and mild references to blood and vomit.

A Country Not Your Own by NekaPorter

In 1939, as World War 2 began, a Jew named Analiese Baldwin is rescued from an explosion by a German soldier. She has only his dog tag to remember him by. Now, four years later, she is rounded up like all the other Jews to be placed in a cruel concentration camp. Cruelty is not unfamiliar, though. While she cant remember her past, she knows it is not one worth remembering. It is not full of love or happiness because Jews cant find love or have happiness. Yet, little does she know that the place where she loses it all will be the very same place where she finds everything.

Starting New by maxine247

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Book Of Ruth by Andreth88

"Bitterness is unbecoming of a woman, but I cherish mine like the memory of first love. I see nothing in Leon Wagner, but an automaton. He is a machine of the Third Reich. I am surprised he even bleeds." In the summer of 1945, the world rejoices at the surrender of first Germany then Japan, but healing is a long time coming. Though they are not visible, Ruth Tucker's wounds run deep. Having worked as a nurse for the American Red Cross since the invasion of Normandy, Ruth's hatred for her country's former enemy runs deep. While stationed in Zell am See, Austria, she is assigned to nurse in a German POW camp. She meets a young Wehrmacht soldier, Leon Wagner, who speaks English and strives to spark a friendship with her. But Ruth's bitterness is almost too strong. All she sees in Leon is a heartless machine. Slowly, through a shared love of books and their families, she begins to recognize his humanity and starts to feel her own stir in her heart, something she thought long deadened by the months of violence.

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Anzelika Anotonov lived in Ukraine all her life, with her mother, father and older brother. Her father faces a career change one day causing them to move to Germany, a complete foreign land for Anzelika. One day, while accompanying her father on A work task as a stage manger, she finds herself meeting a very famous band, Tokio hotel. She finds herself becoming a friend of the group, except Tom who makes her blood boil. But what happens when heaven and hell meet? Will they burn? Or will they find peace? Bold text-German Italic text- Ukrainian/characters thoughts Regular-English (contains smut, substance use and alcohol, violence and mentions of mental illnesses, sexual assault and harassment) I may be editing this story a lot as it is my first so pls bare with me(it gets better keep reading) SEQUEL OUT NOW! "Heaven sent"

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Runners by rbooks01

They balance each-other out. One the calm, the other the storm. Except when they don't. Except when she loses it and makes the place burn...literally. Who knew a burnt building would lead to three lost brothers across the country and a big ass house...after being on the run for almost a year. The twins are in for a crazy ride, but they're in it together. Always. Pinky promise. Will it be enough? TW: abuse, SA, r*pe, and mature language/scenes. (I suck at descriptions, but it would mean a lot if you gave my book a try! <3 ) *Unedited* 🌻 Started ~ 24/09/21 ~ 🌻 🌻 Finished ~ 25/01/22~ 🌻

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