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Leesburg Elementary School sixth-grader Mason Reber (L, blue shirt) asks Holocaust survivor Simone Liebster, France, a question on Skype Tuesday morning

Article from Stacey Page Online April 17, 2013

Leesburg Students Speak With Holocaust Survivor By Alyssa RichardsonPosted With Permission of Stacey Page Online On Tuesday, sixth grade students at Leesburg Elementary School gathered to talk face to face with a Holocaust survivor from France. Simone Arnold Liebster, a Jehovah’s Witness who faced persecution during the Holocaust, was able

Article from Lake Forest Academy Global Education Spotlight Gallery

July 27, 2012 While some of us were relaxing and soaking up the sun this summer, Michele Vaca and her Summer ESL students were hard at work developing English skills and making superb connections! Bringing her history background into her class, Mrs. Vaca introduced her students to Facing the Lion,

Max Liebster
Max Liebster

Max Liebster died on May 28, 2008

His wife, his cousin Alfred and his family,the local congregation of Jehovah’s Witnessesand the Arnold Liebster Foundation announce with deep sadness that MAX LIEBSTER was gathered to his ancestors on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Throughout his life, struggling for real life for 93 years, he never doubted the messianic prophecies.

Unveiling of a memorial stone for the imprisoned Jehovah’s Witnesses in the former Buchenwald concentration camp

Rikola-Gunnar Lüttgenau, deputy director of the memorial, and Max Liebster, former prisoner, unveil the memorial stone honoring Jehovah’s Witnesses on May 9, 2002. Memorial stone in honor of Jehovah’s Witnesses who were incarcerated in Buchenwald from 1937 to 1945. Memorial stone honoring other conscientious objectors. View of the memorial stones

Verleihung Ehrenbürgerwürde von Gemeinde Reichenbach (Lautertal) an Max Liebster
Verleihung Ehrenbürgerwürde von Gemeinde Reichenbach (Lautertal) an Max Liebster

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE AWARDING HONORARY CITIZENSHIP TO MAX LIEBSTER FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF REICHENBACH (LAUTERTAL)

Reichenbach / Lautertal – Germany Max Liebster becomes an honorary citizen in his hometown.Excerpts from an article printed in the November 20, 2004 issue of the daily Bergstrasser Anzeiger. The new honorary citizen from Lautertal, Max Liebster (third from the left) with, from left to right, Mayor Jürgen Kaltwasser, Max’s wife, Simone

Poster Ausstellung "Who am I"
Poster Ausstellung "Who am I"

Who Am I ? Young Minds Forced to Choose

The story of young Jehovah’s Witnesseswho faced Nazi terror and refused to give in. World Premiere Opening and ReceptionNovember 5, 2006The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust6435 Wilshire Blvd.Los Angeles CA, 90048www.lamoth.org As part of LAMOTH’s continuing series which explores “other” vicitms of the Holocaust, Simone and Rudolf, two young,

Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, USA
Ausstellung „Zeugen Jehovas: Feuerprobe des Glaubens“ Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, USA

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

Poster Lila Winkel in Ravensbrück
Poster Lila Winkel in Ravensbrück

Greeting on the exhibit “The Purple Triangles in Ravensbrück”

Grußwort von Max Liebster und Simone Arnold Liebster anlässlich der Sonderausstellung “Lila Winkel in Ravensbrück – Zeugen Jehovas (Bibelforscher) im Konzentrationslager: “Wir erachten es als ein Vorrecht, sie schriftlich begrüßen zu dürfen. Jahrelang durften wir als Zeitzeugen des Holocaust und der Verfolgung tätig sein, aber jetzt bringt das Alter Einschränkungen

Poster Lila Winkel in Ravensbrück
Poster Lila Winkel in Ravensbrück

The Purple Triangles in Ravensbrück

The Jehovah’s Witnesses (Bible Students) in the concentration camp. Special exhibitionMarch 1st through August 31st, 2007 Hours:Tuesday through Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm Location:Zellenbau (former camp jail), exhibition hall Ravensbrück Memorial. INVITATIONto the opening of the exhibition”The Purple Triangles in Ravensbrück “on February 28, 2007, at 5 pm. This