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Traveling Exhibit “Faith under Fire”

Sponsored by the Arnold Liebster Foundation, this traveling exhibit Faith under Fire premiered at the Florida Holocaust Museum on January 14, 2006. Faith Under Fire Traveling Exhibit in Holocaust Gallery at Virginia Holocaust Museum, Richmond, Virginia The exhibition is composed of 12 panels relating the persecution inflicted on Jehovah’s Witnesses during the dark

Exhibition “Remembering for the Future – 70 Years Later”

“Remembering for the Future – 70 Years Later”: This is the theme for a series of events to which ALF founder Simone Liebster was invited and which focus on the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses during the Third Reich. The events are being held in the region of Münster (North Rhein-Westphalia) and will

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 two children, Ruth and Wilhelm, Jr. A special court in Hannover sentenced Töllner to one year in prison in 1936. In December 1937, he was

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 broke out forcing him to stop his training. He joined the French army and was demobilized in 1940 when Alsace was annexed into Germany. On

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 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

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 with the Bible Students, or Jehovah’s Witnesses as they were known from 1931. From 1935 he worked as a typesetter in the branch office of

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 in Schriebendorf, a small town near Brieg, in Silesia, Germany. Today it is called Miedzylesie-zamek and is located in southwest Poland, near the Czech border. The 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 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,

BIOGRAPHY FRIEDRICH ADLER (1889-1970)

Friedrich (Fritz) Adler was born in Lugau, in the district of Chemnitz, Germany. He worked at the post office until 1925, when he became a full-time Bible Student “pilgrim,” or traveling minister. In 1935, Adler was arrested. A special court in Halle sentenced him to one year and six months.