North-east France, 1917. German infantryman Kurt Geiler was sleeping as he usually did with his bible underneath his head when the bomb hit.
Though a 4cm piece of shrapnel beat up the bible Geiler was unharmed and was one of the few who survived.
The bible has become a ‘family anti-war memorial’ and is still in the possession of Geiler family
more at Retronaut: Life-saving Bible from WWI
h/t Reading Copy