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The Nazi Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Jehovah’s Witness Artifact Gallery

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Striped prison jacket with an inverted purple triangle badge worn by Matthaeus Pibal, a Jehovah’s Witness, during his imrisonment at the Dachau concentration camp. Pibal was arrested by the Gestapo in 1940 and sent to Dachau. The purple triangle badge was used to identify him as a Jehovah’s Witness. He remained in the concentration camp until liberation in 1945. Dachau, Germany, 1940-1945.

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Two concentration camp badges bearing purple triangles worn by Jehovah’s Witnesses. The badge with prisoner number 46436 was issued in Sachsenhausen to Albert Jahndorf; the badge with prisoner number 1989 was issued in Ravensbrück to Luise Jahndorf. Germany, 1940-1945.

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The striped overcoat of a prison uniform worn at the Buchenwald concentration camp bearing a purple triangle on the number patch. The prisoner number is 38641. The inverted purple triangle badge identifies the prisoner as a Jehovah’s Witness. Buchenwald, Germany, 1937-1945.

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A patch bearing a purple triangle on the left and the prisoner number 46436 on the right, as worn by Jehovah’s Witnesses under Nazi incarceration in concentration and labor camps. Originally issued in Sachsenhausen to Albert Jahndorf.

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Wooden cigarette case made by a Buchenwald inmate and given to Josef Seitz, an imprisoned Jehovah’s Witness.

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Dress worn by Frieda Koschmieder while imprisoned as a Jehovah’s Witness in the Zuchthaus Prison during the Holocaust. Germany, ca. 1939-1945.

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