Emphasis Preaching Journal
During World War II, a...
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During World War II, a group of Jews, hounded by the
Gestapo, found secret refuge in an underground section of the
cathedral in Cologne. They knew that their escape was only
temporary. Huddled in darkness, sharing a common dread of arrest,
and then, perhaps death, they could have allowed their fear to
destroy them even before the Gestapo laid hands on them. Their
faith enabled them to overcome their fear. Scrawled on the cellar
walls of the cathedral is their memento to new hope born on the
Gestapo, found secret refuge in an underground section of the
cathedral in Cologne. They knew that their escape was only
temporary. Huddled in darkness, sharing a common dread of arrest,
and then, perhaps death, they could have allowed their fear to
destroy them even before the Gestapo laid hands on them. Their
faith enabled them to overcome their fear. Scrawled on the cellar
walls of the cathedral is their memento to new hope born on the
