Original text of the 12th Article of Faith in the 1842 Wentworth Letter states "We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring and sustaining the law."

Orson Hyde cites the German Bible in a discourse.

Joseph cites the German Bible in a discourse.

Joseph cites the German Bible in a public discourse.

James E. Talmage writes that the Church teaches to submit to secular governments.

Heribert Holzapfel calls the Church a "Sekte" in Germany.

Paul Scheurlen classifies the Church as a "Sekte" in Germany.

The First Presidency issues a statement of political neutrality.

The Saale-Zeitung describes "Mormon captialism" in Utah.

Oliver H. Budge writes to the Gestapo explaining the Church and its mission in Germany.

Millennial Star reports that the Nazis are implementing a "fast" program.

A 1933 memorandum states that the Church in Berlin will continue to be watched by the police.

Gestapo report indicating LDS publications that were confiscated for "anti-state tendencies."

Oliver H. Budge opines that Nazi interest in genealogy is in fulfillment of Malachi's prophecy.

Mission president Roy A. Welker cites Articles of Faith 12 for missionaries to answer what the Church thinks of worldly government.

SD reports on surveillance of a Church meeting in Berlin.

Law of September 15, 1935, establishing the swastika flag as the national flag of Germany.

Deseret News reports on LDS missionaries coaching the German national basketball team.

Police report spying on activities of the Mormons in Erfurt.

Roy A. Welker writes a mission letter instructing missionaries not to discuss politics.

Gestapo memo states that Church leaders were warned how any involvement in anti-state propaganda would result in severe state action against the Church.

Former Latter-day Saint Nazi Robert Förster criticizes the Church.

Memorandum on the Banning of James E. Talmage’s Articles of Faith.

Melvyn M. Cowan reports on LDS missionaries teaching basketball in Germany.

The Oberbergischer Bote calls the Mormons a "Sekte" (cult).

Arthur Gaeth writes that the Catholic Church in Prague accused Mormon missionaries of being Nazi spies.

Nazi memorandum on a proposed ban of the Church.

Der Stern reports the location of Heber J. Grant's speech in Frankfurt.

The Improvement Era reports on Heber J. Grant's European itinerary.

The Gestapo reports on Heber J. Grant's preaching in Germany.

The Salt Lake Tribune quotes Roy A. Welker as downplaying the Nazi threat to Europe.

Report from the Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS on the Mormons voices suspicions of "Jewish influence."

Roy A. Welker reports positive experiences with the Nazi government in Germany and conditions of the Church in general.

Levi Edgar Young speaks apprehensively of growing war sentiment in Germany.

Report on the Mormons for Alfred Rosenberg, head of Nazi surveillance organization.

Richard R. Lyman stresses that missionaries in Europe remain apolitical while serving as missionaries.

Alfred C. Rees writes an overview of the Church in the Nazi newspaper Völkischer Beobachter.

Paul H. Lambert reports on the publication of "Im Lande der Mormonen" in a Nazi newspaper.

German newspaper Mettmanner Zeitung calls the Mormons a "Sekte" (cult) and describes the miracle of the seagulls.

David O. McKay says Nazism will "thwart the progress" of human happiness.

Helmuth Hübener criticizes the Nazis on religious grounds in one of his pamphlets.

Nephi L. Morris condemns totalitarianism on the grounds that it is incompatible with Christian belief.

J. Reuben Clark makes anti-Semitic comment in letter to Hebert Hoover.

Helmuth Hübener writes final letter to Marie Sommerfeld expressing his faith in the gospel.

David O. McKay alludes to Hitler as a dictator.

An October, 1945 statute outlaws the Nazi Party in Germany.

Rosa Boehringer writes a letter describing herself and her husband who were persecuted by the Nazis.

Justus Ernst compiles incidents of Church history in Germany between 1933-1945.

Jay M. Todd recounts the experience of German Latter-day Saints during WW2.

Gilbert W. Scharffs reviews similar ideas or practices in Nazism and Mormonism; concludes the similarities are most likely coincidental.

Church News reports on a German POW, Joseph Beuchert, who joined the Church.

Ernst Christian Helmreich describes "Free Churches" and "Sects" in Germany.

Alan F. Keele and Douglas F. Tobler review the life and resistance efforts of Helmuth Hübener.

Karl-Heinz Schnibbe, a co-conspirator with Helmuth Hübener, recalls his experience with Hübener and their resistance efforts.

Jeffery L. Anderson reviews the state of the Church during the Nazi period; concludes most members were apolitical and simply cooperated with the regime as a survival tactic.

Douglas F. Tobler interviews J. Reuben Clark III on his father's anti-Semitism.

Gerhard L. Weinberg reviews the outbreak of World War 2 in Europe.

Frederick Kempe interviews Franz Krause (Kramer), son of Nazi Mormon Erich Krause (Kramer).

D. Michael Quinn comments on J. Reuben Clark's anti-Semitism.

Jessie Embry interviews former missionaries in Germany; writes that missionaries had mixed views of Hitler in the 1930s.

Alan F. Keele interviews "Bruno"–a Latter-day Saint who fought in the SS.

Robert C. Freeman describes the general experience of German Latter-day Saints during WW2.

Robert C. Freeman and Jon R. Felt review Latter-day Saints who fought for Germany during WW2.

Roger P. Minert gives a concluding overview of the status of Latter-day Saints in East Germany during 1933-1945.

Roger P. Minert calculates German Latter-day Saint war losses and casualties.

Roger P. Minert concludes that LDS Germans were less likely to be Nazis but some still were, and others fought for German armed forces.

Kurt Widmer reviews the history of the Church between 1933-1945; concludes most German Mormons were either silent about or supportive of the Nazis.

David Conley Nelson explains building in which Heber J. Grant spoke in Frankfurt was owned by the Nazis.

Jane Caplan describes Lebensraum and Nazi conquest.

Jane Caplan describes the Nazi police state.

The Encyclopedia Britannica gives an overview of the history of the Nazi Party.

The Church issues a statement condemning the protests in Charlottesville, VA.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum gives a review of the Holocaust from 1933-1945.

The Holocaust Encyclopedia reviews Nazi Racism.