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Books – 20th Century
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    I didn’t understand [the elderly Russian’s] point [about the sun rising], that is, until he continued: “Nik, that’s why we haven’t made books and movies out of these stories that you have been hearing. For us, persecution is like the sun coming up in the east. It happens all the time. It’s the way things are. There is nothing unusual or unexpected about it. Persecution for our faith has always been – and probably always will be – a normal part of life.” – Nik Ripken, The Insanity of God

    Listed below are recommended books on 20th Century events either written about Christian martyrdom or by individuals who have been cited on these pages for their Christian witness. The most recently published books are at top. Please note that some books have only a small amount of their content dedicated to specific martyrs.

    Where possible each listed book has links to their entries in Open Library, where items of interest to prospective readers such as Table of Contents and page count can be found. Some Open Library entries include a lendable e-book which may be downloaded and unlocked.

    To see books that cover the more recent events of the 21st Century click here.

    To see a list of children’s books on contemporary Christian martyrdom click here.


    21st Century events books ==>

    Undaunted Women of Nanking: The Wartime Diaries of Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shui-fang

    by Hua-Ling Hu and Zhang Lian-hong – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey’s Destruction of Its Christian Minorities 1894 – 1924

    By Benny Morris and Dror Ze’evi – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    Forgiveness Makes You Free: A Dramatic Story of Healing and Reconciliation from the Heart of Rwanda

    by Ubald Rugirangoga and Heidi Hess Saxton – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Debt of Honour: The gripping account of the Anzac who saved the Assyrians from genocide

    by Sara Lindenmayer – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    To Raise the Fallen: A Selection of the War Letters, Prayers, and Spiritual Writings of Fr. Willie Doyle, S.J.

    by Willie Doyle and Patrick Kenny – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Father Miguel Pro: A Modern Mexican Martyr

    by Gerald F. Muller – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Armed with Faith: The Life of Father Vincent R. Capodanno, MM

    by Stephen M. DiGiovanni – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Blood Letters: The Untold Story of Lin Zhao, a Martyr in Mao’s China

    by Lian Xi – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

    To read a Today’s Martyrs biography on Lin Zhao click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko: Truth Versus Totalitarianism

    by Bernard Brien – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    The Addis Ababa Massacre: Italy’s National Shame

    by Ian Campbell – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Doves in Crimson Fields: Iraqi Christian Martyrs

    by Robert Ewan – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2017-04-28 The Priest Barracks

     

     

     

     

     

    The Priest Barracks: Dachau 1938 – 1945

    by Guillaume Zeller – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2017-04 Let Them Not Return

     

     

     

     

     

    Let Them Not Return: Sayfo – The Genocide Against the Assyrian, Syriac, and Chaldean Christians in the Ottoman Empire

    by David Gaunt et al – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2017-03 Alexander Schmorell

     

     

     

     

    Alexander Schmorell: Saint of the German Resistance

    by Elena Perekrestov – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2016-11-03 The Lion of Munster

     

     

     

     

     

    The Lion of Munster: The Bishop Who Roared Against The Nazis

    by Daniel Stuart Utrecht – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2016-11-year-of-the-sword

     

     

     

     

     

    Year of the Sword: The Assyrian Christian Genocide, A History

    by Joseph Yacoub – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

    To read a review of this book by Raymond Ibrahim click here

     

    2016-06-saving-my-assasin

     

     

     

     

     

    Saving My Assassin: A Memoir

    by Virginia Prodan – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2016-04 Smyrna

    2015-05-the-great-fire

     

     

     

     

     

    Smyrna, September 1922: The American Mission to Rescue Victims of the 20th Century’s First Genocide

    by Lou Ureneck – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

    Previously published as The Great Fire

     

    2016-04-12 Diaries of the Chinese Martyrs

     

     

     

     

     

    Diaries of the Chinese Martyrs

    by Gerolamo Fazzini – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2016-02 The God of the Gulag vol 1

     

     

     

     

     

    The God of the Gulag: Volume One: Martyrs in an Age of Revolution

    by Jonathan Luxmoore – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2016-02 The God of the Gulag vol 2

     

     

     

     

     

    The God of the Gulag: Volume Two: Martyrs in an Age of Secularism

    by Jonathan Luxmoore – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2015-09-29 Church of Spies

     

     

     

     

     

    Church of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War Against Hitler

    by Mark Riebling – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2015-00-strength-amid-suffering

     

     

     

     

    Strength Amid Suffering: The Martyrs of Magadan

    by Michael Shields – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

    To read a web or PDF version of this book click here

     

    2014-09-miracle-at-zakynthos

     

     

     

     

     

    Miracle at Zakynthos: The Only Greek Jewish Community Saved in its Entirety from Annihilation

    by Deno Seder – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    The Massacre of Debre Libanos – Ethiopia 1937: The Story of One of Fascism’s Most Shocking Atrocities

    by Ian Campbell – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Pacifists in Chains: The Persecution of Hutterites during the Great War

    by Duane C. S. Stoltzfus – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

     

     

     

     

    Ignatius: The Life of Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin-Mei

    by Stephen M. DiGiovanni – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    The Insanity of God: A True Story of Faith Resurrected

    by Nik Ripken – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2012-11-the-boy-who-met-jesus

     

     

     

     

     

    The Boy Who Met Jesus: Segatashya Emmanuel of Kibeho

    by Immaculee Ilibagiza – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2012-08-03 Surrender

     

     

     

     

     

    Surrender: Father Walter Ciszek: Jesuit Priest/Soviet Prisoner

    by Seamus Dockery – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    For Greater Glory: The True Story Of Cristiada The Cristero War And Mexico’s Struggle For Religious Freedom

    by Ruben Quezada – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The Titanic’s Last Hero: A Story of Courageous Heroism and Unshakable Faith

    by Moody Adams – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    Minnie Vautin

    by Marina Rundell – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

    A novel, recommended especially for young adults.

     

    2011-08-29 Bonhoeffer_

     

     

     

     

    Bonhoffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

    by Eric Metaxis – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2009-10-16 A Song for Nagasaki

     

     

     

     

     

    A Song for Nagasaki: The Story of Takashi Nagai – Scientist, Convert, and Survivor of the Atomic Bomb

    by Paul Glynn – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

    To read a Today’s Martyrs meditation on Paul Takashi Nagai click here

     

    2009-07 The Red Book of Chinese Martyrs

     

     

     

     

    The Red Book Of Chinese Martyrs: Testimonies and Autobiographical Accounts

    by Gerolamo Fazzini – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Franz Jagerstatter: Letters and Writings from Prison

    by Erna Putz – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    1994 Armenian Golgotha

     

     

     

     

     

    Armenian Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1918

    by Grigoris Balakian – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Dimitri’s Cross: The Life and Letters of St. Dimitri Klepinin, Martyred during the Holocaust

    by Helene Klepinin-Arjakovsky – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    Terror in Minnie Vautrin’s Nanjing: Diaries and Correspondence, 1937-38

    by Suping Lu – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    The Jacquinot Safe Zone: Wartime Refugees in Shanghai

    by Marcia R. Ristaino – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2007-06 Left to Tell

     

     

     

     

     

    Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

    by Immaculee Ilibagiza – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2007-04 Not Even My Name

     

     

     

     

    Not Even My Name: A True Story

    by Thea Halo – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2006-10-30 Advent of the heartL

     

     

     

     

     

    Advent of the Heart: Seasonal Sermons And Prison Writings 1941-1944

    by Alfred Delp – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2006-10 The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century

     

     

     

     

     

    The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century: A Comprehensive World History

    by Robert Royal – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2006 Go to the Deep2

     

     

     

     

    Go to the Deep: The Life of Archbishop Joseph M. Raya

    by Lesya Sabada – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2005-11-01 Righteous Gentiles

     

     

     

     

     

    Righteous Gentiles: How Pius XII And the Catholic Church Saved Half a Million Jews from the Nazis

    by Ronald J. Rychlak – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Salvador Witness: The Life And Calling of Jean Donovan

    by Ana Carrigan – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The Mechanism of Catastrophe: The Turkish Pogrom Of September 6 – 7, 1955, And The Destruction Of The Greek Community Of Istanbul

    by Speros Vryonis Jr. – To read the Open Library entry for this e-book click here

     

    2005 The Power of Civil Society

     

     

     

     

    The Power of Civil Society in a Time of Genocide: Proceedings of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on the Rescue of the Jews in Bulgaria 1940-1944

    by Albena Taneva and lvanka Gezenko – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

    To read a PDF version of this book click here.

     

    2004-10 The Burning Tigris

     

     

     

     

     

    The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response

    by Peter Balakian – To read the Open Library entry for this e-book click here

     

    2004-05-24 One Woman Against the Reich

     

     

     

     

     

    One Woman Against the Reich: The True Story of a Mother’s Struggle to Keep Her Family Faithful to God in a World Gone Mad

    by Helmut W. Zeifle – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2003-04 The Righteous

     

     

     

     

     

    The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust

    by Martin Gilbert – To read the Open Library entry for this e-book click here

     

    2002-11-21 My Patriarchial Memoirs

     

     

     

     

     

    My Patriarchal Memoirs

    by Zaven Der Yeghiayan – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    2000-12-the-unfolding-design-of-my-world

     

     

     

     

     

    The Unfolding Design of My World: A Pilgrim in Exile

    by Hassan Barnaba Dehqani-Tafti – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking: The Courage of Minnie Vautrin

    by Hua-Ling Hu – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Father Arseny, 1893-1973: Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father

    by Vera Bouteneff and Alexander Bouteneff – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    Break Point: A True Account of Brainwashing and the Greater Power of the Gospel

    by Silvester Krcmery – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    1998-12-apostate-son

     

     

     

     

     

    Apostate Son

    By Robert Hussein – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    1997-03-their-blood-cries-out_

     

     

     

     

     

    Their Blood Cries Out: The Untold Story of Persecution Against Christians in the Modern World

    by Paul Marshall with Lela Gilbert – To read the Open Library entry for this e-book click here

     

    1997-01 In the Lion's Den

     

     

     

     

     

    In the Lion’s Den: A Shocking Account of Persecution and Martyrdom of Christians Today and How We Should Respond

    by Nina Shea – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    1995-05-bound-to-forgive

     

     

     

     

     

    Bound to Forgive: The Pilgrimage to Reconciliation of a Beirut Hostage

    by Lawrence Martin Jenco – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    1993-09-taken-on-trust

     

     

     

     

    Taken on Trust

    by Terry Waite – To read the Open Library entry for this e-book click here

     

    1987-05-hostage-bound-hostage-free

     

     

     

     

     

    Hostage Bound, Hostage Free

    by Ben and Carol Weir with Dennis Benson – To read the Open Library entry for this e-book click here

     

    1987-04 A Radiance in the Gulag

     

     

     

     

    A Radiance in the Gulag: The Catholic Witness of Nijole Sadunaite

    by Nijole Sadunaite – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

    To read a Today’s Martyrs biography of Nijole Sadunaite click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    In Solitary Witness

    by Gordon Charles Zahn – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    1984-11-the-russian-church

     

     

     

     

     

    The Russian Church Under the Soviet Regime, 1917-1982

    by Dimitry V. Pospielovsky – To read the Open Library entry for this e-book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Pearl of Great Price: The Life of Mother Maria Skobtsova 1891-1945

    Sergei Hackel – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    1981-the-hard-awakening

     

     

     

     

     

    The Hard Awakening

    by Hassan Barnaba Dehqani-Tafti – To read the Open Library entry for this e-book click here

    To read a Today’s Martyrs meditation on Bahram Dehqani-Tafti click here

     

    1979-00-the-siberian-seven

     

     

     

     

     

    The Siberian Seven

    by John Charles Pollock – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

    To read a Today’s Martyrs biography on Lida and Aaron Vashchenko click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    A Noble Treason: The Story Of Sophie Scholl And The White Rose Revolt Against Hitler

    by Richard Hanser – To read the Open Library entry for this e-book click here

    To read a Today’s Martyrs biography on Sophie Scholl click here

     

    1977 I Love Idi Amin

     

     

     

     

     

    I Love Idi Amin: The Story of Triumph Under Fire in the Midst of Suffering and Persecution in Uganda

    by Festo Kivengere – To read the Open Library entry for this e-book click here

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The Hiding Place

    by Corrie ten Boom and Elizabeth and John Sherrill – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    1967-00-tortured-for-christ

     

     

     

     

    Tortured for Christ

    by Richard Wurmbrand – To read the Open Library entry for this e-book click here

     

    2017-06-13 With God in Russia

     

     

     

     

     

    With God in Russia: The Inspiring Classic Account of a Catholic Priest’s Twenty-three Years in Soviet Prisons and Labor Camps

    by Walter J. Ciszek and Daniel L. Flaherty – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    Mary Save Us

    by Adele Dirsyte – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

    Originally titled Prayer Book for Girls Exiled in Siberia

     

    1963 The Prison Meditations of Father Alfred Delp

     

     

     

     

    The Prison Meditations of Father Alfred Delp

    by Alfred Delp – To read the Open Library entry for this book click here

     

    Mexican Martyrdom: Firsthand Accounts of the Religious Persecution in Mexico 1926-1935

    by Wilfrid Parsons – To read the Open Library entry for this e-book click here

     

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    The Measure of a Man: The Life of William Ambrose Shedd, Missionary to Persia

    by Mary Lewis Shedd – To read the Open Library entry for this e-book click here

     

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