The Jehovah's Witnesses and Nazi Germany
A Portrait of Courage
According to historian Brian Dunn, Jehovah's Witnesses were persecuted by the Nazis for three main reasons. 1. They were an international organization, 2. They opposed racism and 3. They maintained a position of neutrality to the state. The Jehovah's witnesses refused to give the Nazi salute; they refused to join party organizations, they refused to let their children join the Hitler Youth; they refused to participate in sham elections; they refused to have Nazi flags in their homes.
Within months of the Nazi takeover, regional governments began attacks against the Jehovah's Witnesses by breaking up meetings and beating people up and by ransacking offices and then taking them over. The Gestapo compiled a list of all people they believed to be Jehovah's Witnesses and infiltrated Bible Study meetings. The Nazis tried to prevent the distribution of printed materials, both locally produced and that smuggled in from Switzerland because they believed these materials to be subversive. In March of 1935 the Nazis instituted a military draft and Jehovah's Witnesses refused to join the military or do military related work.
On April 1, 1935, the Nazis outlawed the Jehovah's Witnesses but the latter continued to meet illegally. The Nazis began to arrest them and put them in prisons or concentration camps. The children of Jehovah's witnesses were beaten up by classmates and ultimately barred from school. They were then taken from their parents and placed in reform school, orphanages, and private homes to be raised as Nazis.
In 1936 there was an International Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses. They issued a resolution condemning Nazi Germany. The resolution strongly denounced the persecution of German Jews. It also condemned "savagery" toward Communists, the remilitarization of Germany, the Nazification of schools, and attacks on mainstream churches.
By 1939 6,000 Jehovah's Witnesses had been in Nazi prisons or concentration camps. Some were tortured to try to make them recant their faith but few did. They wore purple triangles. Even in concentration camps they continued to meet and in Buchenwald they even managed to set up a secret printing press and published religious tracts.
By the end of the war about 10,000 Jehovah's Witnesses from Germany and other countries had been in Nazi concentration camps and an estimated 2,500 to 5,000 died in the camps. Unlike Jews or Gypsies, who had no way out, the Jehovah's Witnesses could have escaped the concentration camps by recanting their religion but few did.�
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Post a CommentWhat an honor it is to be one of Jehovah's people. As a religion, such as many churches did, we did not sign a contract with the Nazis. We put our allegiance into Jehovah. Jesus put his into Jehovah as well. He NEVER involved himself with politics of the day. He was here to preach. So much of what we read online - and even from these posts - are falsehoods. May the truth of Jehovah continue to be preached in all the lands.
Thank you for this wonderful post. Not only is it very informative, accurate and interesting, but it sheds light about the Jehovah's Witnesses and their strong love and faithfulness to their beliefs. I am in the process of finding someone near where i live to give me a bible study. I used to close the door on them. Now after i realized what a big mistake that was, I am ready to learn the truth about God.
Thanks for such encouraging post and info.
That is a prophetic date for them. 1914. Something really big did happen in
1914 that did and is changing the whole world. Listen to the audio at www.freedomclubusa.com. The one called "The creature from Jekal Island!" Then read Rev. 2:9. I don't even think the witnesses realize this!
Most don't even know the prophesy came from the time line in the pyramid and that the Pyramid is possibly Enoch's temple. Enoch from the linage of shem i believe. This is cool, check this out if you have a chance.
Your rant on the illuminati is as "out there" as the JW's themselves. If you only knew how ridiculous your post looked..you are more like chicken little than anything else
If you would like more REAL and accurate info about Jehovah's Witnesses on the web be sure to check out the official web site at www.Watchtower.org
Rather a cry baby than a brain-washed fool. The Watchtower and Awake is so full of "New Light", I'm suprised the publications don't carry an "Epilepsy" warning on them.
The bottom line is that the WBT Society is destructive with it's beginings very well rooted in Masonic beliefs. Go on. I dare you to proove to me that the Russel bloodline doesn't have a long history with the Illuminati. Strangely Rutherford himself had contacts with the Masons. Coincidence? I don't think so. It's for this reason alone that the "Governing Body" doesn't allow it's members to take in any "worldly" literature. Any other reading material other than their own is considered apostate. Oh please. However, I must hand it to these guys. It's a sure way to keep the money rolling in. It's even been proven that their New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, is an inacurate translation. Read up a little. A fact is a fact and when shown as tried and tested to stand up as the truth, one can call it "apostate" unt
i love the testamonies of ex jehovah witnesses who have found Jesus
jehovah witness is the most dangerous deceiptive coming as an angel of light taking captive many souls some never coming out
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From what I have read from the comments posted here, I do wonder who are the ones who are actually hating others.