At the end of World War 2, 24 senior Nazi leaders faced a war crimes court in Nuremberg, Germany. In November 1945 Captain Henry Gerecke, a Lutheran chaplain in the US Army, was summoned by his commanding officer, and was asked to be spiritual advisor to 15 of these defendants. Gerecke was faced with a challenge: “How can a humble preacher … make any impression on disciples of Adolf Hitler?” (p15)