uated all of its missionaries around the same time. My Grandpa had to board a ship docked in Germany (or German-occupied territory), however.

And although my Grandpa was Norwegian, he had a German last name (his grandparents had emigrated to Norway from Prussia). So the Nazis tried to detain him and force him to join the Reich. Thankfully, after some back and forth--and likely a lot of prayers and divine help--he was able to convince the Nazis that he was actually Norwegian and they allowed him to leave and return to America, where he promptly signed up with the Army.