June 24, 2025 marked the 92nd anniversary of the ban on Bible Students (Jehovah’s Witnesses) in Prussia. The Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and the Arnold Liebster Foundation jointly hosted the commemoration. The event took place at the site of the planned memorial for Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted
On December 15, 2023, Consul General Thomas Pröpstl presented the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to contemporary witness Simone Arnold-Liebster in Chambéry, near her home in Aix-les-Bains in the French Savoy. On August 17, 2023, the German ambassador to France, Stephan Steinlein, informed Simone Arnold-Liebster, who
On September 25, 2024, a Stolperstein (stumbling stone) will be laid in Schwerin in memory of Jehovah’s Witness Emma Tiesel. This is the first time that the state capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has commemorated a member of the religious community who was persecuted under National Socialism. The Bible Students were already
The commemoration unfortunately has to be canceled due to security measures in connection with the European Football Championship. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. The foundation Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas, together with the Arnold Liebster Foundation, invites to a public commemoration on the 91st anniversary
The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has awarded Simone Arnold-Liebster the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany as a token of gratitude for her commitment to preserving and passing on the memory of the tyranny of the National Socialists. The award rightly
On June 22, 2023, the German Bundestag unanimously approved the erection of a memorial to Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted and murdered under National Socialism. The memorial is to be erected in Berlin’s Tiergarten, near the Goldfish Pond, by the Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. It will consist of
On Monday, May 22, 2023, at 11 a.m., the Ausschuss für Kultur und Medien considered the application for a memorial to Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted and murdered under National Socialism. The session can be accessed in the Bundestag media center. More information: https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2023/kw21-pa-kultur-mahnmal-949012 https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/geschichte-berlin-parlamentarier-wollen-mahnmal-fuer-zeugen-jehovas-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-230511-99-655570
On May 11, 2023, the Bundestag discussed in its first reading a monument for which the Arnold Liebster Foundation has been campaigning for many years: https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2023/kw19-de-mahnmal-zeugen-jehovas-945488 The debate can be accessed in the Bundestag media center. The verbatim transcript of the meeting can be found in the plenary minutes from