Proxy baptisms are tied to a core church teaching that families spend eternity together, but the baptisms do not automatically convert dead people to Mormonism. Proxy baptisms are recorded in a password-protected part of the database accessible only to church members. The posthumous baptizing of Holocaust victims reopens Jewish wounds from being forced in the past to convert to Christianity or face death or deportation, Jewish genealogist Gary Mokotoff said. That includes a list of Holocaust victims sent each month by a Jewish human rights organization in Los Angeles. Printouts and screenshots of Radkey's latest research show that in the past five years, proxy baptisms were performed on at least 20 Holocaust victims.

Source: Fox News December 21, 2017 14:22 UTC