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 a commemorative sculpture and information panels.
More information (in German):
- https://www.stiftung-denkmal.de/aktuelles/mahnmal-fuer-die-im-nationalsozialismus-verfolgten-und-ermordeten-zeugen-jehovas-wird-errichtet/
- https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2023/kw25-de-mahnmal-zeugen-jehovas-953412
- Statement Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Benz
- Statement Prof. Dr. Detlef Garbe
- Statement Dr. Tim B. Müller
- Statement Uwe Neumärker
- Minutes of the meeting
- https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/kultur-und-wissenschaft-mahnmal-zeugen-jehovas-beschlossen-dlf-d7ffa089-100.html
- https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/zeugen-jehovas-mahnmal-ns-zeit-bundestag-100.html
- https://www.rbb-online.de/rbbkultur/radio/programm/schema/sendungen/der_tag/archiv/20230624_1000/kultur_aktuell_1110.html
- https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/der-widerstand-der-bibelforscher/
- https://wol.jw.org/de/wol/d/r10/lp-x/301974005#h=113:0-120:0
Information in English:
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/23/germany-nazis-persecuted-jehovahs-witnesses-memorial/14eda01a-1197-11ee-8d22-5f65b2e2f6ad_story.html
- https://apnews.com/article/germany-nazis-persecuted-jehovahs-witnesses-memorial-61697b17c2e5607bfcbe17ddc051636f
- https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-mps-back-memorial-for-jehovahs-witnesses-persecuted-and-killed-by-nazis/
