Education

Sechs historische Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografien von Männern in Anzügen aus den 1930er/40er-Jahren, collageartig auf einem dunklen Raster-Hintergrund angeordnet. Die leicht schräg gestellten Porträts zeigen Bibelforscher (Zeugen Jehovas), die während des Nationalsozialismus verfolgt wurden. Unter den abgebildeten Personen sind unter anderem Kurt Liebold, Gerhard Liebold und ein Mitglied der Familie Kusserow zu erkennen.
Bibelforscher – unglaublicher Mut

Films and Videos

Resistance of Conscience – A Girl against the Nazi Regime Interview with Simone Arnold Liebster on March 18, 1997 Interview by the USC Shoah Foundation with contemporary witness Simone Arnold Liebster on March 18, 1997. Length: 224 minutes. Shortened version (length 33 minutes): https://youtu.be/8m9QnVYU08U Excerpt about saying goodbye to her

Image of Anika Weiss, 10th Grade, Florida Virtual School
Image of Anika Weiss, 10th Grade, Florida Virtual School

Anika Weiss, Florida Virtual School

Powerpoint presentation of Anika Weiss on the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses during the Holocaust.

Picture of Sarai Diaz and Ms Sarah Classon, Montessori at Roseborough, Mount Dora, Florida
Picture of Sarai Diaz and Ms Sarah Classon, Montessori at Roseborough, Mount Dora, Florida

Sarai Diaz, Montessori at Roseborough, Mount Dora, Florida

That Could Have Been Me by Sarai Diaz The Holocaust has always been a subject of interest to me. I knew that every person went through immense oppression in the Holocaust, but reading individual experiences from people really touched my heart and made the Holocaust so much more vivid, as

Study Guides

Facing the Lion: Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe. Simone Arnold Liebster. (New Orleans, LA: Grammaton Press, 2000.) The autobiographical account of a young girl’s faith and courage. Set during the Nazi occupation of Eastern France, it tells the story of one 12-year old’s struggle to follow her

Jehovah’s Witnesses: Faith Under Fire July 24, 2021 – January 2, 2022 Florida Holocaust Museum

55 5th Street South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 This 12-panel exhibition created by the Arnold-Liebster Foundation chronicles the Nazi persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Witnesses’ nonviolent resistance to Nazi terror inside and outside the camps. Their story is one of immeasurable faith and courage, especially since they always had

Historical Note

During the period of National Socialism, the religious beliefs, teachings and actions of the Jehovah’s Witnesses were a public proclamation that approximated a way of life whose central tenets collided with those of the National Socialist state. Here was a small group of some 20 to 25,000 “average Germans” and

Simone Liebster relates her story to educators, students, and members of the community at Scottsdale Community College
Simone Liebster relates her story to educators, students, and members of the community at Scottsdale Community College

Fay Marie Gauthier, College

June 1, 2010 MS Powerpoint Class Assignment: Integrity: A Choice – One Group’s Response to Nazi PersecutionMt. San Jacinto Community College, San Jacinto, CA See online Fay-Marie-Gauthier presentation

Unveiling of a Memorial in Reichenbach

This memorial to Max Liebster, honorary citizen of Reichenbach, should remind us of all who have suffered unjustly under the National Socialist regime, and stimulate us to think about our own values and goals. Memorial to Max Liebster in Reichenbach

Cameron Ackerland, 5th Grade

Class Assignment:  Book report about a person who survived something Book report based on Facing the Lion: Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe by Simone Arnold Liebster Presented to class as newspaper article written by reporter for the Alsace Gazette Glenview Middle School, East Moline, IL Cameron Ackerland Project Read