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
Born on April 22, 1928, in Lützen (near Leipzig), Lothar Hörnig endured persecution under two successive German dictatorships : the Nazis and the Communists. His parents were “Bibelforscher” (Jehovah’s Witnesses) and worked hard in their small family-run bakery to provide for their six children. Immediately after Hitler’s rise to power
Georg, the son of Hermann and Frieda Schmidt was born on January 2, 1925 in Schreibendorf, near Brieg in Silesia. His sister Hanna saw this world on December, 12 1926. Their childhood was happy until about 1935. They had lots of fun growing up and helping in the market-garden. Yet,
This telegram from Ireland was among 20,000 letters and telegrams sent to Hitler by Jehovah’s Witnesses in 50 countries, including Germany, protesting his treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
SS guards used badge markings on concentration camp uniforms to identify a prisoner’s category. n 1937 Jehovah’s Witnesses (Bibelforscher) were designated by their own symbol – a purple triangle. Concentration camp uniforms were made from cotton fabric and used even in winter, with the purple triangle easily visible on the
Concentration camp……………………Department II DECLARATION I, the……………………………………..born on…………………………………..in………………………………………… herewith make the following declaration : 1. I have come to know that the International Bible Students Association is proclaiming erroneous teachings and under the cloak of religion follows hostile purposes against the States. 2. I therefore left the organization entirely and made
Traditionally, the hallmark of the Europa Publishing Company has been to make known all European political and intellectual issues of our time and that is why we feel compelled to put ourselves at the disposal of Christians like Jehovah’s Witnesses. The fact that some 6,000 among them were locked
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
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