National History Day 2017 Competition

Theme: Taking a Stand in History
Regionals Senior Group Performance
“Jehovah’s Witnesses: Standing Firm in Their Faith During World War II”
June 13, 2017
Giovani and Mikaila Bardessono, 12th Grade
Prosser High School, Prosser, WA
Teacher: Kila Salyers-Smith

Read Process Paper and Biography Packet

Photo of Elisabeth Dopazo (née Fickert), 2023 (source: privately owned by Elisabeth Dopazo).

95-year-old witnesses Stolperstein laying – family helped Jewish neighbors

30. October 2024

On November 4, 2024, Elisabeth Dopazo (95) will experience the laying of Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) in Sachsenburg for her, her brother and her parents. Although she herself was persecuted as a Jehovah’s Witness during the Nazi era, her family helped Jewish neighbors.

Photo of Emma Tiesel with granddaughter Johanna, 1954. (Source: private.)

First Stolperstein (stumbling stone) for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Schwerin

17. September 2024

Photo of the goldfish pond in Berlin-Tiergarten

Commemoration of the 91st anniversary of the ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses

12. June 2024