Baptism for the dead

Polish Jewish community uses Mormon-produced archive to make family connections

Lifestyle & Belief

In the 1960s, Poland was short on funds to digitize and maintain its paper archives. They approached the Mormon Church and got its help in doing just that. But somewhere in the intervening years, the Momon Church used those archives and other to posthumously baptize Holocaust victims. That’s caused a rift between the Mormons and the Jewish community.

Polish Archives Used in Mormon Baptism of Holocaust Victims

Global Politics