Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
East German Temple, LDS faith, Mormon studies, prophecy fulfilled, building a temple
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
History
Abstract
In November 1968, Elder Thomas S. Monson, a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints leader, promised LDS members in then Communist German Democratic Republic (GDR) that “every blessing any member of the Church enjoys in any other country will be yours.” 1 This included the blessings of a temple, an important part of LDS worship. Many Latter-day Saints in the GDR regarded this as a prophecy, which at the time, seemed unlikely. The irreligious Communist government of the GDR had a long record of hostility toward organized religion. Few Latter-day Saints were allowed to travel outside of the GDR to attend temples in Switzerland and elsewhere, and even fewer could afford to do so. Seventeen years later, this same Thomas S. Monson returned to participate in the dedication of a Mormon temple in the city of Freiberg in the GDR.2
Recommended Citation
Hall, Bruce W. and Tobler, Dr. Douglas F.
(2013)
"THE FREIBERG EAST GERMANY TEMPLE: THE IMPROBABLE PROPHECY FULFILLED,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 331.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/331