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.
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
This tiny Bible measures 3.5” x 5” and is 1” thick. The Leander van Ess Catholic version of the Bible contained only the Christian Greek Scriptures and the Psalms. Hidden by her mother in a sewing box with a false bottom, it traveled with 12-year old Simone Arnold when she
The Bible played a key role in the spiritual resistance of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Viewing it as the greatest treasure, Adolphe and Emma Arnold found it to be a source of strength while they were imprisoned. When in Dachau, Adolphe became so distressed by the news that his wife and daughter
Adolphe Arnold was incarcerated in Dachau Concentration Camp from December 5, 1941, to August 17, 1944, for refusing to denounce his beliefs as a Jehovah’s Witness. Thereafter he was transferred to Mauthausen. Thereafter he was transferred to Mauthausen. His family wrote regularly and smuggled Scripture passages inside cookies they sent