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Liberation of imprisoned Jehovah's Witnesses from Mauthausen concentration camp (Jehovah's Witnesses archive)
Liberation of imprisoned Jehovah's Witnesses from Mauthausen concentration camp (Jehovah's Witnesses archive)

Memorial for the Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted and murdered under National Socialism in Europe

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

PRESS RELEASE: JOINT STATEMENT

SHOOTING SPREE IN HAMBURG REQUIRES DILIGENCE IN REPORTING AND SOLIDARITY WITH THE ATTACKED JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES We stand with the Jehovah’s Witnesses who were attacked with brutal violence in their Hamburg congregation on the evening of March 9, 2023. We feel with the injured, with the mother of the murdered unborn

SCHOOL EVENTS 2017

North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Columbia, North Carolina – USA The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed educator resources for the Teacher Workshop: History of Anti-Semitism.November 29 North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Lillington, North Carolina – USA The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed educator resources for the Teacher Workshop: Resistance.November 28 Northrop High

Bible Students – incredible courage

Lecture and discussion on the persecution and resistance of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Nazi-ruled Europe. Tuesday, October 4, 2022, 7 pm Topography of Terror, Auditorium, Niederkirchnerstraße 8, 10963 Berlin You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing

School Events 2021

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Video conference with 164 students parents members of the community and Simone Liebster.December 27 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Video conference with 164 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.December 23 Corcoran, California – USA Video conference with 158 Spanish students, parents, members of the community, and

School Events 2020

Petaluma, California – USA Video conference with 227 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.December 25 Wallkill and Fishkill, New York and Duluth, Minnesota – USA Video conference with 174 students, parents, members of the community, and Simone Liebster.December 18 Baltimore, Maryland – USA Video conference with 195

School Events 2019

Somers, New York – USA Skype conference with 20 students and Simone Liebster.December 28 Griffin, Georgia – USA Skype conference with 16 students and Simone Liebster.December 24 Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois – USA Skype conference with 21 students and Simone Liebster.November 7 Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois – USA

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

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 before them the opportunity to seek relief by

A Chronicle of Hope—Revisiting the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda

At the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, Georgia, on April 4, 2019, the program “A Chronicle of Hope—Revisiting the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda” marked the 25th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. On April 7, 1994, the tiny African country of Rwanda exploded in genocide.