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
Canadian Museum for Human Rights Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaThe Canadian Museum for Human Rights is located in Winnipeg and is the only museum in the world solely devoted to human rights awareness and education. Its new building opened on September 19, 2014 with the mandate “to explore the subject of human
Letters regarding the Who Am I? exhibit: April 9, 2012: English and Reading Teacher, Hempstead High School, Dubuque, IA Dear Members of the Arnold-Liebster Foundation: Stephen Hempstead High School in Dubuque, Iowa, was proud to display “Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose.” This brief story of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Exhibition in Germany : “Remembrance for the future – 70 years later” The Moral Resistance of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Victims of Nazi Persecution. Location : Town Hall of Senden, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, from September 7 to September 24, 2009 Town Hall of Lüdinghausen, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, from September 30 to October 16, 2009 For Further Information
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
