Movie Details
On Digital & Streaming:January 1st, 2012
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Original Language:English
The Saxon New World (2012)
"A short documentary film about 19thcentury Saxons who settled in rural Missouri sowing the seeds for one todays largest bodies of Lutheranism"Movie
Plot
From the untold history of Americas largest early immigrations this halfhour documentary tells the story of 19thcentury Saxons who settled in rural Missouri Unprepared for the harsh conditions of America in 1838 and dismayed by the scandal of their leader Martin Stephan they persevered to sow the seeds for one of the worlds largest bodies of Lutheranism today
