Germanness on Trial (0747)

Germanness on Trial The German Evangelical Synod of North America and the Espionage Act of 1917 Charles A. MaxfieldSantos Books, 2025ISBN 9798992890747 Softcover, 88 pp. An examination of the crisis experienced by a small German-American Protestant denomination at the time of the anti-German hysteria that accompanied World War I. It includes a thorough examination of the trials of two pastors for violating the Espionage Act. It then explores the struggle within the denomination on how to cope with the tsunami of anti-Germanism. Originally a paper presented to the American Society of Church History at Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 9, 2011. Revised with new information November 2024. 2025.03.25