If I Perish: Facing Imprisonment, Persecution, and Death, a Young Korean Christian Defies the Japanese Warlords

Ahn E. Sook’s bold defiance of the tyrannical demand to bow to pagan shrines condemned her to a living death while imprisoned in Korea by the Japanese. Yet she remained faithful to Christ in the face of brutality, oppression, and ruthlessness of her captors.

Ahn E. Sook stood alone among thousands of kneeling people. Her bold defiance of the tyrannical demand to bow to pagan Japanese shrines condemned her to a living death in the filth and degradation of a Japanese prison. This brave woman remained faithful to Christ in the face of brutality, oppression, and ruthlessness of her captors. The story of how she won many of her fellow prisoners to Christ in the most deplorable conditions is an inspiration to all.