The National Jewish DailyNew YorkJuly 2, 1939, pg.5 HOW THE SECT “JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES” IS CLANDESTINELY WORKING TO UNDERMINE HITLER’S REGIME THE MEMBERS OF THIS RELIGIOUS SECT ARE THE MOST COURAGEOUS FIGHTERS FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN NAZI GERMANY. MANY OF THEM ARE FOUND IN PRISONS BECAUSE THEY ILLEGALLY DISTRIBUTE THE BIBLE,
Consolation magazine (Trost in German), published by Jehovah’s Witnesses, informed the public about Nazi atrocities against the Witnesses and other victims. The February 15, 1938, issue was entitled “The Cry From The Concentration Camp!” This issue included diagrams of the Esterwegen and Sachsenhausen concentration camps. The magazines were distributed worldwide.
Conclusion of the judicial proceedings against the Schmidt family: Student Georg Schmidt, born on January 2, 1925 Student Hanna Schmidt, born on December 12, 1926 Both Protestants living in Schreibendorf. Father: Gardener Herman Schmidt of Schreibendorf, presently in the courthouse jail in Ölz, Selesia.Mother: Elfriede Schmidt, née Scholz, from Schreibendorf.
Marcel Sutter met the Arnold family when he was 22 years old, after his studies to become an engineer were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. Within a short time he became a brother, friend, teacher, and role model for 11-year old Simone. Whenever he visited, he would
>>> Download Visitor Information <<< Peter Esch was born in Germany in 1896. He was imprisoned by the Nazi government from 1938 to 1945 for being one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. In 1944, Mina Esch received a postcard from her husband Peter, in the Buchenwald concentration camp. His handwritten message in
Anna Maria Denz lived with her husband, Oskar, and their daughter, Anna, in Lörrach, Germany. They were active in dangerous underground resistance efforts to smuggle Bible literature from Switzerland into Germany. They also smuggled reports of Nazi atrocities into Switzerland. On February 2, 1938, border guards discovered the hidden literature and
>>> Download Visitor Information <<< A talented artist, Adolphe Arnold and his wife Emma embraced the faith of Jehovah’s Witnesses. They raised their daughter Simone with a strong sense of justice and deep desire to please God by their words and actions. After the Nazi occupation of France in 1940,
Under the Nazi regime, one of the favored methods of controlling people was to ban, confiscate and/or destroy any type of media that was considered a threat to their power. In July 1935 and January 1936, police were instructed to confiscate all literature, including Bibles, and to take action against
