Editing Christadelphians (section)

=== 20th century ===
The Christadelphian position on conscientious objection came to the fore with the introduction of conscription during the [[World War I|First World War]]. Varying degrees of exemption from military service were granted to Christadelphians in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. In the Second World War, this frequently required the person seeking exemption to undertake civilian work under the direction of the authorities.

During the [[World War II|Second World War]], the Christadelphians in Britain assisted in the [[Kindertransport]], helping to relocate several hundred Jewish children away from Nazi persecution by founding a hostel, [[Elpis Lodge]], for that purpose.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kinderball piano score |publisher=Imperial War Museum |url=http://london.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.1463 |access-date=2008-02-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060127013116/http://london.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.1463 |archive-date=27 January 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Morrell | first=Leslie | title=The Christadelphian Response to the Holocaust | url=http://lesliemorrell.com/papers/Response.pdf | access-date=2008-02-08 | url-status=usurped | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227081848/http://lesliemorrell.com/papers/Response.pdf | archive-date=2008-02-27 }}</ref> In Germany, the small Christadelphian community founded by [[Albert Maier]] went underground from 1940 to 1945, and a leading brother, [[Albert Merz]], was imprisoned as a conscientious objector and later executed.<ref>April 1941 in Berlin.Bogner, Gustav. Geschichte der Christadelphians in Deutschland (2) http://www.projekt-glauben.de/?p=205{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

After the Second World War, moves were made to try to reunite various earlier divisions. By the end of the 1950s, most Christadelphians had united into one community, but a number of small groups remained separate.