Non-Mormons Call Freiberg Germany LDS Temple Their Own

Scott Taylor - Deseret News - September 09, 2000
source: Newsroom.lds.org

For years now, they've been flocking to the Freiberg Germany Temple, the LDS Church milestone that 25 years ago became the first Mormon temple operating inside the Iron Curtain.

FREIBERG, Germany — For years now, they've been flocking to the Freiberg Germany Temple, the LDS Church milestone that 25 years ago became the first Mormon temple operating inside the Iron Curtain.

They come to stroll the walkways in solitude or sit on the outside benches to ponder and pray.

They gather on the lawns for bridal photos and wedding-party snapshots.

They call it "our temple" — one leader recently boasted that "Freiberg has become world-famous because of the temple."

Oh, and "they" are the non-Mormons living in and around Freiberg.

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