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Biographies

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

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Purple Triangles: Profiles

The Danner Family The Danner family lived at No. 3, Rue des Seigneur in Lower Yutz, Moselle, France. The father, Jacques Danner (nicknamed Jacob) was

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Adolphe Arnold as a young man

BIOGRAPHY ADOLPHE ARNOLD CHAPTER 6 (1938-1941): A PURPLE TRIANGLE IN DACHAU

On a frigid winter day in 1941, a transport truck left Schirmeck for Dachau concentration camp. Among the five Jehovah’s Witness prisoners were Adolphe and

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Foto von Wilhelm Töllner

BIOGRAPHY WILHELM TÖLLNER (1900-1983)

Born in Schalkmühle, Westphalia, Germany, Wilhelm Töllner and his wife, Klara, were both imprisoned for possessing and distributing Bible literature. They lost custody of their

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Foto von Marcel Sutter

BIOGRAPHY MARCEL SUTTER (1919-1943)

Marcel Sutter was born on 3 January 1919 in Mulhouse, Alsace.  This brilliant young man was studying electrotechnics to become an engineer when World War II

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Foto von Lothar Hornig

BIOGRAPHY LOTHAR HÖRNIG (1928-2008)

Born on April 22, 1928, in Lützen (near Leipzig), Lothar Hörnig endured persecution under two successive German dictatorships : the Nazis and the Communists. His

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Biography Josef Niklasch

Josef Niklasch was born on September 17, 1918 in Sternberg (in the former Sudetenland).  In 1932, at the age of 14 he came in contact

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Biography Hermann and Frieda Schmidt

Hermann Schmidt was born on July 14, 1898 exactly three months to the day before his wife Frieda was born. Together they had a small business

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Georg und Hanna Schmidt

BIOGRAPHY GEORG AND HANNA SCHMIDT

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

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