I was stationed with the US army in Germany from 1998-2000. I traveled to this region twice searching for this info. I spoke with two evangelical pastors on the
German side of the
Oder river, in the towns of
Neu Cuestrinschen and
Neu Lietzegoericke. The pastors both were old men at the time, and told me they along with many others wish they had a clue what happened to this book. I went to the city of
Alt Ruednitz myself.
Also, the original Lutheran church no longer exists in
Alt Ruednitz. The newer pictures you are seeing are of a church built shortly after WW2. It is either catholic or eastern Orthodox. There are ruins of three other churches still standing (as of the year 2000.) Over 1000 germans were living here in the early 1940's, today only about 150 polish.
Most of the
German town was destroyed by the Russians in 1945 as they pushed toward
Berlin. The Germans in
Alt Ruednitz at that time pretty much had to grab whatever they could and literally run for their lives. It is very likey that this book was destroyed or lost.
I learned just recently their is an old german cemetery a few miles to the west, in the neighboring town of
Alt Cuestrinschen (not sure of the Polish spelling off the top of my head). It is pretty much destroyed and completely overgrown with moss and trees, but there may be some surviving stones that have been transscribed.