What would a German soldier stationed at his garrison in late 1915 write to the mission president in reply to Christmas greetings from mission headquarters in Bern, Switzerland? Twenty-eight-year-old Ernst Pola was stationed with his regiment in its headquarters in Osterode, Germany, now part of Poland. He and his wife Pauline had been baptized members of the Church in 1913. When Ernst went to war, he was already the father of four children, ...
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