Abbott, Stanley, 78, 182–84

Aerial Exposition of the Republic, 81

American fliers, interment of, 139

Anderson, Alden, 139

Articles of Faith (Talmage), 63

Auschwitz, 141

baptismal covenants, 98–99

baptisms, 45–46, 107–8, 222

basketball, 179–80

Bäumelburg, Dr., 115–17

bazaars, 38

Beeley, Dr., 129

Bell, Victor, 131–34, 136, 140–41

Beneš, Edvard, 144, 171–72, 173

Benson, Ezra Taft, 136–38, 170, 188

Bernhisel, John M., 5

bird imitations, 36–37

Bishop, Verdell R., 110–17

Book of Mormon, 62–63, 175

Boone, David, 121

Brodil, Frantisek, 20

Brodilová, Františka Vesela, 19–20

Brown, Hugh B., 199, 218

Broz, Jan, 59–60

cake

made with rotten egg, 162

used as object lesson, 169

car accident, 33

Catholic Church, 46–50, 177

Chadwick, Trevor, 122

Chapman, Mr., 51–52

chickens, 16

children, evacuated from Czechoslovakia, 122–23

Christmas, 15, 40, 195

church meetings and attendance, 42–43

cigarettes, 151

Clark, J. Reuben, Jr., 57, 86

Clayton, William, 4

cleanliness, of missionaries, 76

club meetings, 54–56

Communist Party, 171–73

Communist regime, 173–78, 180–90, 195, 202–5, 209–14, 219–23

concentration camps, 141–42, 144

conversion, of missionaries, 69–70

Curda, Karel, 145

currency exchange, 109–12, 115–16

Czech Kindertransport, 122

Czechoslovakia

approach to missionary work in, 43–50

attitude toward Americans in, 139

children evacuated from, 122–23

Christmas in, 40

Church eliminated in, 188

under Communist regime, 171–78, 180–90, 195, 202–5, 219–20, 221–23

condition of Saints in, 202–5

dedication of, for missionary work, 21, 61, 106, 107, 137–38, 169

deportation or imprisonment of Church members in, 139–40

economic situation in, 197–98

German takeover of, 84–85, 92, 99–104

Heber J. Grant visits, 57–60

Joseph Fielding Smith visits, 106–8

Joseph Toronto called to, 23–25

last baptisms in, before WWII, 107–8

marriage in, 64, 98

missionaries evacuated from, 87–89, 91, 107, 117–22, 123–24

missionaries expelled from, 180–81, 183–88, 189–90

missionaries return to, 97–98

Nazi crimes in, 142–47

people of, 42, 178

political situation in, 27, 50–53, 94–97

Prague Spring in, 220–21

press in, 60–61

Relief Society in, 38–39

resistance to Church in, 22–23, 46–50

Toronto children’s experiences in, 155–60, 162–64

Torontos host visitors from, 196

Torontos visit, 198–207, 209

Wally as Moses of, 223–24

Wally expelled from, 214–15

Wally returns to, following evacuation, 92–93

Wally returns to, following WWII, 132–36

Wally’s efforts in, 25–26

Wally’s last visit to, 209–15

Wally visits government officials in, 209–14

World War II’s impact on, 138–39

Czechoslovak Mission

advice for missionaries in, 75–76, 78–79

basketball game in, 179–80

under Communist regime, 173–78

conferences in, 178–79

discouragement in, 93–94

economic difficulties in, 161–62

Ezra Taft Benson visits, 136–38

following WWII, 152–53

government records concerning, 170–71

history and record for, 186–87

increase in missionaries in, 170

and Karlstejn monument, 137–38

Martha called as president of, 218–19

Martha returns to, 151–52

Martha’s delayed arrival in, 148–50

Martha’s responsibilities in, 38–39, 167

during missionaries’ absence, 91–92

missionaries called to, 147–48

mission home in, 22, 131, 139, 150, 154

Nazi soldier communes with, 103–4

opening of, 20–22

problems with missionaries in, 71–75

proselytizing process in, 43–50, 152–54, 168–69, 174–75, 177–78, 203

reminded of baptismal covenants, 98–99

saved from closure, 104–6

success in, 26–27, 45–46, 65–67, 69–70, 179

Wally called back to, 131–32

Wally called to, 19, 20

Wally called to preside over, 33–35

Wally prepares Saints in, 219–20

Wally released from, 27, 124–25

Wally remains president of, 194–96

Wally’s authority in, 77–78

Wally’s spiritual experience in, 129

welfare supplies for members in, 140–41, 195

World War II’s impact on, 82–83, 86, 99–100, 102

young adults in, 167–68, 179

Dees, Elder, 107, 124

Děkanovský, Miroslav, 220

Depression, 23–24

discouragement

of Czechoslovakian Saints, 199, 202–3

in Czechoslovak Mission, 69–70, 93–94

in missionaries, 59, 71–72

dollars, possession and exchange of, 109–12, 115, 116

Dolores (girlfriend), 17, 25, 29

dream, of Giuseppe Taranto, 2

Drtina, Prokop, 171–72, 173

Dubček, Alexander, 220

Durd’áková, Ljuba, 190

Eden, Sir Robert Anthony, 83

English clubs, 54–55

Eyring, Henry B., 129

family history records, 207, 211

family history work, 67

fasting, 61–62, 77

fellowshipping, 130

Felt, Etta, 7–9, 11, 12, 13–15, 24

Ferrin, Josiah, 30

Ferrin, Martha Bronson, 30

Gabcik, Josef, 144–45

Gaeth, Arthur, 20–21, 41, 188

Garff, Mark, 123–24

genealogical records, 207, 211

genealogy work, 67

Germans, deported from Czechoslovakia, 139–40

Germany

Albert serves in, 6–7

Wally serves in, 17–19

Gestapo, missionaries arrested by, 109–17, 119–20

girls, as mission distraction, 72–74

Glasnerová Veněčková, Elfieda (Frieda), 141

Goering, Hermann, 82

gossip, 39

Gottwald, Klement, 173

government officials, Wally visits, in Czechoslovakia, 209–14

Grant, Heber J., 19–20, 24, 57–60

Heydrich, Reinhard, 143–45

Hitler, Adolf, 81, 83–84, 144–46

homosexual temptations, 74–75

Horáková, Milada, 188

humor, 16, 36–37, 53, 114

Indians, 30

Jacobs, Alexander, 95

Jacobs, Heber, 131–34, 136

Jews

evacuated from Czechoslovakia, 122–23

persecution of, 94–97

treatment of, during WWII, 141–42

Johansson, Anna Catharina, 6

Johnson, Alden, 182–84

Jones, Eleanor, 5–6

Karel Boromaeus Greek Orthodox Church, 145

Karlstejn, 61, 107, 137–38

Kimball, Edward P., 20

kitchen appliances, 14–15

Kiwanis Club, 130

Klopfer, Elder, 123

Kotulán, Jaroslav, 92

Kovářová Campora, Olga, 204–5

Kralickova, Martha, 22

Krejčy, Sister, 162

Kubis, Jan, 144–45

Kubiska, Rudolf, 119, 187, 211

Kučerová, Zdenka, 190

Lee, Robert E., 109–17, 124

Le Havre, 132–34, 151

Ležáky, 144–46

Lidice, 142–47

Lorek, Jar, 55

Lyman, Richard R., 63, 128

Lyon, Ed, 148

Mabey, Mel, 74–75, 77, 162, 181, 185, 186–87

magazine and newspaper articles, 60–61. See also newsletters

Marková, Sister, 157

marriage, 64–65, 98

Masaryk, Alice, 62

Masaryk, Jan, 173

Masaryk, Tomás, 173

masquerade ball, 53

McKay, David O., 33–35, 54, 131, 197–98, 199, 201, 207, 209–10

McKay, Thomas E., 86, 92, 118–19

media, in missionary work, 66. See also magazine and newspaper articles; newsletters

Mehr, Kahlile B., 79, 87, 124–25, 167, 179, 180–81

“Melody Boys,” 53, 54

Merrell, Brother, 72–73

Middleton, Tony, 25

Miller, Vern, 161, 165

Ministry of Health and Welfare, 211

Ministry of Interior, 207, 211–14

Ministry of Religious Affairs, 211–14

missionary conversion, 69–70

missionary training, 69–70

Moench, Louis, 192

Mohl, Dr., 96–97

Moravek, Frantisek, 144

Morrell, Ed, 170, 194

Morrell, Norma Toronto, 11, 67–68, 194

Moses, 223–24

Moulton, Asael, 92, 110–17, 123, 124

Munich Diktat (Munich Pact), 92

Murdock, Franklin J., 86

music

Heber J. Grant’s love for, 58

missionary work through, 53, 54

Mutual Improvement Association General Board, 130

Nauvoo, Illinois, 3–5

Nauvoo Temple, 3–5

Nazis

crimes of, 141–47

methods of, 125

missionaries arrested by, 109–17, 119–20

occupy Czechoslovakia, 99–104

Nedela, Dr., 55

newsletters, 61–62, 75–77. See also magazine and newspaper articles

Nosek, Václav, 171–72

oncological hospital, 207

opera, 36–37

Pansky Club, 55, 56

Payne, Rulon S., 109–17, 119–23

peanut butter, 162

photos, illegal, 50–52

Pinecrest, 32

Pioneer Day, 61

Pioneers, 159–60

Poland, invasion of, 121, 124

Potter, Mr., 52, 111–14

Prague Spring, 220–21

pranks, 16, 158

prayer, 76–77

preaching, 66–67

press, 60–61

priesthood, 206

priesthood blessings, 65, 202, 218

public meetings, 42–50, 88, 209

public relations, 60–61

rationing, 157–58, 161–62, 185

reactivation of Church members, 130

Red Cross, 130

Rees, Alfred, 85, 86

Relief Society, 38–39, 167

Relief Society handbook, 63–64

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 122

Roubíček, Josef, 92, 197

Russian soldiers, 135–36

Russon, John, 197

same-sex attraction, 74–75

Schuschnigg, Kurt von, 83–84

secret police, 113, 173–75

seminary, 128–29

Seventh-day Adventists, 180

Sharp, Harlow, 32

Sharp, John, 30–31

Sharp, Sally Luella Ferrin, 30–31, 40

Slánský, Rudolf, 188–89

Smith, Jesse Evans, 106–7

Smith, Joseph Fielding, 105–8, 120–22, 124

Šnederfler, Jiří, 179, 220–21, 222–23

soap, 151

Sokol Slet, 87, 209–11

“Some Socio-psychological Aspects of the Czecho-Slovakian Crisis of 1938–39” (Toronto), 128–29

Sonne, Alma, 178

Spartakiada, 209–11

spirituality

of missionaries, 69–70

and success in missionary work, 65–67

Star: The Czechoslovakian Mission Newsletter, The, 75–77

Světozor magazine, 60

Switzerland, following WWII, 134

Taggart, Spencer, 81

talks, advice for giving, 78–79

Talmage, James E., 63

Taranto, Giuseppe, 1–3. See also Toronto, Joseph

technology, in missionary work, 66

temple marriage, 64–65

Terezín concentration camp, 141–42

Tingey, Dale, 77–78, 168, 219–20

tongues, gift of, 6

Toronto, Alan, 11

Toronto, Albert, 6–9, 11, 12, 13–14, 23–24

Toronto, Allen, 114, 130

Toronto, Carma, 160–61, 193

Toronto, Carol, 100–102, 155–56

Toronto, David, 156–57, 192

Toronto, Joseph, 3–6, 9. See also Taranto, Giuseppe

Toronto, Joseph (Wally’s brother), 11, 23–25

Toronto, Judy, 155

Toronto, Marion

adjusts to Czechoslovakia, 39

birth of, 33

develops feelings for Vern Miller, 164–65

dyes eyelashes, 163–64

evacuated from Czechoslovakia, 88

followed by secret police, 175

life of, in Czechoslovakia, 162–63

on life under Communist regime, 222–23

and Martha’s mental breakdown, 192

sneaks out of hotel room, 127–28

Toronto, Martha Sharp

background of, 29–30

and birth of Carol Toronto, 100–102

and birth of Robert Toronto, 40

called back to Czechoslovak Mission, 131–32

called to preside over Czechoslovak Mission, 33–35

celebrates Christmas in Czechoslovakia, 40

courtship and marriage of, 32–33

education of, 31–32

evacuated from Czechoslovakia, 88, 92–93, 118, 120–21

and expulsion of missionaries from Czechoslovakia, 181, 184–86

and extension for Czechoslovak Mission, 106

family of, 30–31

financial concerns of, 39

health problems of, 39–40

interests of, 196

learns Czech language, 35–36

makes cake with rotten egg, 162

and missionaries arrested by Gestapo, 110, 115, 117

and missionaries called to Czechoslovak Mission, 147–48

as mission mother, 37–39, 152, 167, 193, 207

as mission president, 218–19

as mother, 160–61

and Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, 102–3

readjusts to life in United States, 130–31

and Relief Society, 38–39

returns to Czechoslovakia, 97, 151–52

returns to United States, 127–28

separation of Wally and, 148–50

suffers mental breakdown, 191–93

visits Czechoslovakia, 198–207, 209

and Wally’s bird imitations, 36–37

Toronto, Norma, 11, 67–68, 194

Toronto, Robert “Bob” Sharp

birth of, 40

evacuated from Czechoslovakia, 88

and expulsion of missionaries from Czechoslovakia, 186

life of, in Czechoslovakia, 155–60

and Martha’s mental breakdown, 193

and Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, 102–3

sneaks out of hotel room, 127–28

Toronto, Ruth, 11

Toronto, Wallace “Wally” Felt

adolescence of, 15–16

birth of, 1, 11

callings held by, 196–97

childhood of, 11–15

courage of, 68

courtship and marriage of, 32–33

death of, 217–18, 220–21, 224

education of, 128–30

events surrounding life of, x–xi

expelled from Czechoslovakia, 187–88

as father, 156–57, 164–65

financial concerns of, 23–24, 39

last visit of, to Czechoslovakia, 209–15

missionaries’ respect for, 77–78

as mission president, 41–43

as Moses of Czechoslovakia, 223–24

occupations of, 128–29, 193–94

personality of, 67–68

released as mission president, 124–25

returns to Czechoslovakia, 92–93, 132–36

returns to United States, 127–28, 193–94

sense of humor of, 16, 36–37, 53, 114

transferred to Czechoslovakia, 20

visits Czechoslovakia, 198–207, 209

trolley tracks, greased, 16

“Truth Must Prevail,” 147

Veněčková, Frieda, 93

Vesela, Marie, 197–98, 201

Vojkůvka, Gad, 67, 181–82, 205, 210, 223

Vojkůvka, Otakar Karel, 107, 222

Vojkůvka, Valerie, 107

Vrba, Ceněk, 205, 207, 220

Wallace, George B., 2

Ward, Brother, 72

Warriner, Doreen, 122

weddings, 64–65

Welch, Charles, 12

welfare supplies, 140–41, 195

Whipperman, Donald, 148

Widtsoe, John A., 20, 21–22, 188

Williams, Brother, 72–73

Winton, Nicholas, 122–23

Wondra, Johann, 68, 222

Wood, Evelyn, 121

Wood, M. Douglas, 86

World War II

aftermath of, 132–35, 136, 138–39, 146–47, 151–52

Church members endure hardships of, 141–42

evacuation of children during, 122–23

events leading to, 81–85

German invasion of Poland, 121, 124

German takeover of Czechoslovakia, 99–104

impact of, on missionary work, 86

and interment of American fliers in Czechoslovakia, 139

Joseph Fielding Smith’s prophecy regarding, 121–22

last baptisms in Czechoslovakia before, 107–8

missionaries evacuated due to, 87–89, 91, 117–22, 123–24

political situation in Czechoslovakia during, 94–97

and razing of Lidice and Ležáky, 142–47

return to Czechoslovakia during, 92–93

Young, Brigham, 2, 3, 5, 9, 60

young adults, 167–68, 179