{"id":4895,"date":"2022-07-07T16:07:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T16:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alst.org\/?p=4895"},"modified":"2024-03-12T06:29:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T06:29:24","slug":"center-for-holocaust-and-genocide-studies-university-of-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alst.org\/en\/education\/oral-history-interviews\/center-for-holocaust-and-genocide-studies-university-of-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Buchenwald Series
Watercolors by Johannes Steyer
A Jehovah\u2019s Witness survivor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

As prisoner #1795, Steyer shares 27 freeze-frame visions in chronological order that contrast ten years of Nazi terror with individual religious determination and hope. The artist chose to use bright colors, perhaps reflecting the hope and optimistic yearning that infused his Christian faith.  Includes commentary on history of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses in Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Imperial War Museum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Concentration Camp Survivors Share Their Stories<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Audio clip and transcript of Magdalena Kusserow Reuter. The Kusserow family were Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses in Germany and refused to conform to the Nazi regime, resulting in the arrests of several members of the family. Magdalena spent six months in a juvenile prison, refused to sign a declaration renouncing her beliefs, and was sent to Ravensbr\u00fcck from 1942-1945.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Magdalena Kusserow Reuter Oral History (31:49)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jehovah’s Witnesses Oral History Collection<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

123 oral histories of Jehovah’s Witnesses who survived Nazi persecution, including Max Liebster<\/a> and Simone Liebster<\/a>.
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\u201cThe Nazi Persecution of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

On October 1, 2009<\/strong>, the Museum hosted a special program highlighting the persecution of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses. Video of interview with Hermine Liska from Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“We Honor and Remember Jehovah’s Witness Victims of the Nazi Era”<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

On October 5, 2006<\/strong>, the Museum offered a full day of programs about Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses. Videos of interviews with Magdalena Kusserow Reuter and Franz Wohlfahrt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Testimony of Robert Wagemann, Jehovah\u2019s Witness survivor. Shortly before his birth in 1937, Robert\u2019s mother was imprisoned briefly for distributing religious materials. Robert\u2019s hip was injured during delivery, leaving him with a disability. When Robert was five years old, he was ordered to report for a physical. His mother overheard staff comments about putting Robert \u201cto sleep.\u201d Fearing they intended to kill him, Robert\u2019s mother grabbed him and ran from the clinic. Nazi physicians had begun systematic killing of those they deemed physically and mentally disabled in the fall of 1939.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cJehovah\u2019s Witness Youths in Nazi Germany\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Audio from public program examining the effects of Nazi persecution on Jehovah\u2019s Witness youths held at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on December 5, 2000<\/strong>. Includes keynote presentation \u201cLiving in the Nazi State: The Challenge for Youth Witnesses\u201d by Professor Christine E. King, and firsthand testimony from survivors Veronica Fessler and Rudolf Graichen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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