Mission at Nuremberg (46 page)

292  
“ . . . some aid to the little folk . . .”:
“Nuernberg Nazi Leaders Urged St. Louis Chaplain.”

292  
“How very happy
. . .”:
Roschke, Letter to Henry F. Gerecke, 27 December 1946.

293  
“For all my own blunderings . . .”:
Gerecke and Sinclair, “I Walked the Gallows.”

293  
“Lord, lay some soul . . .”:
Gerecke, Toastmasters.

293  
His work with most:
Gerecke, “Monthly Report of Chaplains,” July and August 1948.

293  
urged them to attend synagogue:
Ibid., March 1947.

293  
doing what Gerecke called “homework”:
Ibid., June 1948.

293  
“ . . . whom the world wanted to forget”:
“Pastor Henry F. Gerecke, 1950–1961.”

294  
“Youth for Christ” Bible study:
Gerecke, “Monthly Report of Chaplains,” November 1947.

294  
he began a bus service:
Ibid., January 1948.

294  
during his free time:
Ibid., April, May, and June 1947, and February 1948.

294  
“ . . . that impressed me so much . . .”:
Butch, Letter to Henry F. Gerecke, 10 May 1947.

294  
had pieced together a report:
Henry F. Gerecke, Letter to Chaplain Matthew Imrie, 26 March 1947.

294  
“ . . . is too personal to divulge . . .”:
Imrie, Letter to Henry F. Gerecke, 10 March 1947.

295  
“revealed intimate confidences . . .”
:
Ibid., Letter to Alfred P. Klausler, 22 April 1947.

295  
resubmitted it to the War Department:
Ibid., Letter to Henry F. Gerecke, 17 April 1947.

295  
Gerecke fumed at the hypocrisy:
Hank Gerecke interview, 30 June 2011.

295  
the War Department approved:
Edgerton, “Report entitled ‘My Assignment with the International Military Tribunal as Spiritual Advisor to the High Nazi Leaders at Nurenberg, Germany, November 1945 to November 1946.' ”

295  
even though he was pursued:
Brian Jordan interview.

295  
served as vice president of Siena:
Davies and Meilach,
Provincial Annals
.

296  
both preacher and confessor:
B. Hess, “Franciscan Mission.”

296  
confessions of two murderers:
Brian Jordan interview.

296  
strain of being on his feet:
Maguire, Letter to “Brothers in St. Francis.”

297  
took place on a Sunday evening:
Gordon, “Heritage Sunday.”

298  
John Dillinger's gang:
“Frank Sinclair Dies; Reporter.”

298  
calling Gerecke
a “Nazi lover”:
Hank Gerecke interview, 4 January 2008.

299  
Gerecke preached at St. John's:
Gordon, “Heritage Sunday.”

299  
the Menard penitentiary:
Gerecke, “Agreement of Worker.”

299  
a maximum-security facility:
“A Reel of Celluloid.”

300  
Gerecke's work paid him little:
Gerecke, “Agreement of Worker.”

300  
the chaplain tapped into television:
“A Reel of Celluloid.”

300  
showing inmates 16 mm film:
Hodge, “Aid to a Prison Chaplain.”

300  
The warden gave Gerecke permission:
“A Reel of Celluloid.”

301  
tables bolted to the concrete floor:
Gordon, “Heritage Sunday.”

301  
“ . . . assurance of God's forgiveness”:
Ibid.

301  
Ross Randolph, was a Christian man:
Hodge, “Aid to a Prison Chaplain.”

301  
whom he considered “troubled”:
Henry F. Gerecke, “Otto—No. 25,281,”
The Lutheran Witness
.

302  
pleaded guilty to embezzling:
“Orville Hodge, Auditor Who Robbed State.”

302  
$13 million today:
CPI.

303  
take charge of the politician:
Hodge, “Aid to a Prison Chaplain.”

303  
piped Christian programming:
Ibid.

305  
preached during Lent:
Henry F. Gerecke, “Seven Words for Lent.”

305  
“This was not the first mistake . . .”:
O. P. Kretzmann,
The Pilgrim
, p. 44.

305  
when he had a heart attack:
Hank Gerecke interview, 13 July 2011.

306  
remember where they were:
Gordon, “Heritage Sunday.”

306  
His official death announcement:
“In Memory of Rev. Henry F. Gerecke,” Death Notice.

306  
“How quickly God can change your plans”:
Gordon, “Heritage Sunday.”

306  
Gerecke's body lay in state:
Blumenkamp, “Chaplain Henry F. Gerecke.”

306  
The Boy Scouts set up chairs:
Gordon, “Heritage Sunday.”

306  
more than a thousand:
Blumenkamp, “Chaplain Henry F. Gerecke.”

306  
“No matter how many . . .”:
Gordon, “Heritage Sunday.”

306  
“For I was hungry . . .”:
Matthew 25: 34–40, NRSV.

307  
“pens of the multitudes”:
Blumenkamp, “Chaplain Henry F. Gerecke.”

307  
Warden Ross Randolph called Alma:
“800 Menard Convicts.”

 

EPILOGUE

309  
the narrowest point between:
“A Bit of a Chester History Lesson.”

309  
they hoped to help furnish:
“800 Menard Convicts.”

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