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Jehovah's Witnesses suffered religious persecution in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945 after refusing to perform military service, join Nazi organizations, or give allegiance to the Hitler regime. An estimated 10,000 Witnesses were sent to Nazi concentration camps. It is estimated that between 2,000 and 5,000 died in custody, including 250 ...
Purple triangle. The purple triangle was a concentration camp badge used by the Nazis to identify Jehovah's Witnesses in Nazi Germany. The purple triangle was introduced in July 1936 with other concentration camps such as those of Dachau and Buchenwald following in 1937 and 1938. [1] In the winter of 1935–36, before the onset of the war ...
During 1931 and 1932, more than 2000 legal actions were instigated against Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany and members of the group were dismissed from employment. [58] Persecution intensified following Adolf Hitler 's appointment as chancellor in 1933 and continued until 1945. [59]
Wilmersdorfer Erklärung of 25 June 1933 (page 1) The Declaration of Facts was a widely distributed public statement issued by Jehovah's Witnesses during the period of persecution of the group in Nazi Germany. The document asserted the denomination's political neutrality, appealed for the right to publicly preach, and claimed the Witnesses were ...
August Dickmann (January 7, 1910 - September 15, 1939) was a Jehovah's Witness [1] and Conscientious objector from Germany, and the first person to be killed for rejecting military service during World War II. [2] He was one of many German Jehovah's Witnesses executed because of his religious beliefs during the Nazi regime. [3]
Nazi concentration camp badges, primarily triangles, were part of the system of identification in German camps. They were used in the concentration camps in the German-occupied countries to identify the reason the prisoners had been placed there. [ 1] The triangles were made of fabric and were sewn on jackets and trousers of the prisoners.
Jehovah's Witnesses supported neither Nazi racist and militaristic policies nor communist suppression of religion. Rudolph's experiences have been documented in the book Im Zeugenstand: Was wir noch sagen sollten, 100 Fragen—900 Antworten, Interviews mit Holocaust-Überlebenden und NS-Opfern, released in English as Taking the Stand: We Have ...
Wolfgang Kusserow. Wolfgang Kusserow (1 March 1922 – 28 March 1942) was executed by guillotine at Brandenburg-Görden Prison for conscientiously objecting induction into the German Army because of his religious beliefs as a Jehovah's Witness. [ 1][ 2] One of his older brothers, Wilhelm Kusserow, had similarly been executed on 27 April 1940 ...