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  • 76. Helene Gotthold with her children Gerd and Gisela.

    Helene Gotthold with her children Gerd and Gisela.

    JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES -- Families/Portraits ... Helene Gotthold with her children Gerd and Gisela. Gotthold was a Jehovah's Witness arrested for ... CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS); CHILDREN/YOUTH; GERMANS; GOTTHOLD, HELENE; GROUP PORTRAITS; JEHOVAH ... 'S WITNESSES; WOMEN

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  • 77. Name: Karl-Heinz Kusserow Date of Birth: December 7, 1917 Place of Birth: Bochum, Germany Karl-Heinz was born during World War I, while his father was in the German army.

    Name: Karl-Heinz Kusserow
Date of Birth: December 7, 1917
Place of Birth: Bochum, Germany

Karl-Heinz was born during World War I, while his father was in the German army.

    GERMANS; ID CARDS (USHMM); ID CARDS (USHMM, NON-JEWS); JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; KUSSEROW, KARL-HEINZ ... parents became Jehovah's Witnesses and gave their children daily Bible lessons. When Karl-Heinz was 13 ... of a new Jehovah's Witness congregation. 1933-39: Because of the Jehovah's Witnesses' missionary ... Witnesses, and also continued to host Bible studies, illegally, in their home. 1940-44: Karl-Heinz

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  • 78. The striped overcoat of a prison uniform worn at the Buchenwald concentration camp bearing a purple triangle on the number patch.

    The striped overcoat of a prison uniform worn at the Buchenwald concentration camp bearing a purple triangle on the number patch.

    JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES N; TEXTILES N; UNIFORMS (PRISONER) N ... identifies the prisoner as a Jehovah's Witness.

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  • 79. Former Chief of Staff of German Armed Forces Colonel General Franz Halder during interrogation before the commission investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Former Chief of Staff of German Armed Forces Colonel General Franz Halder during interrogation before the commission investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Waedenswil, where he lived in the home of a florist, who was probably an adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses ... OFFICERS; TRIALS; TRIALS (NUREMBERG IMT); WITNESSES ... witnesses. He was to report to the tribunal the results of his examinations. The judges also gave ... permission to defense counsel to visit the camps to select witnesses to testify about the accused

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  • 80. Field Marshall Albert von Kesselring testifies at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Field Marshall Albert von Kesselring testifies at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Waedenswil, where he lived in the home of a florist, who was probably an adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses ... LATERNSER, HANS; MILITARY OFFICERS; SCHWAB, GERALD (GERD); TRIALS; TRIALS (NUREMBERG IMT); WITNESSES ... witnesses. He was to report to the tribunal the results of his examinations. The judges also gave ... permission to defense counsel to visit the camps to select witnesses to testify about the accused

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  • 81. General Franz Halder, former Chief of Staff of the German Armed Forces, testifies before Commissioner Ian D.

    General Franz Halder, former Chief of Staff of the German Armed Forces, testifies before Commissioner Ian D.

    Waedenswil, where he lived in the home of a florist, who was probably an adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses ... /TRIBUNALS; MCILWRAITH, IAN D.; MILITARY OFFICERS; TRIALS; TRIALS (NUREMBERG IMT); WITNESSES ... witnesses. He was to report to the tribunal the results of his examinations. The judges also gave ... permission to defense counsel to visit the camps to select witnesses to testify about the accused

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  • 82. Portrait of German Field Marshall Gerd von Rundstedt at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Portrait of German Field Marshall Gerd von Rundstedt at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Waedenswil, where he lived in the home of a florist, who was probably an adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses ... GERD VON; SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN); TRIALS; TRIALS (NUREMBERG IMT); WITNESSES ... witnesses. He was to report to the tribunal the results of his examinations. The judges also gave ... permission to defense counsel to visit the camps to select witnesses to testify about the accused

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  • 83. Portrait of German Field Marshall Gerd von Rundstedt at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Portrait of German Field Marshall Gerd von Rundstedt at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Waedenswil, where he lived in the home of a florist, who was probably an adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses ... GERD VON; SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN); TRIALS; TRIALS (NUREMBERG IMT); WITNESSES ... witnesses. He was to report to the tribunal the results of his examinations. The judges also gave ... permission to defense counsel to visit the camps to select witnesses to testify about the accused

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  • 84. Interrogation of German Field Marshall Albert von Kesselring at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Interrogation of German Field Marshall Albert von Kesselring at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Waedenswil, where he lived in the home of a florist, who was probably an adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses ... LAWYERS/PROSECUTORS/DEFENSE ATTORNEYS; MILITARY OFFICERS; TRIALS; TRIALS (NUREMBERG IMT); WITNESSES ... witnesses. He was to report to the tribunal the results of his examinations. The judges also gave ... permission to defense counsel to visit the camps to select witnesses to testify about the accused

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  • 85. Interrogation of German General Roettiger, former chief of staff of the German 4th Army and later of Army Group Center, by defense counsel Dr.

    Interrogation of German General Roettiger, former chief of staff of the German 4th Army and later of Army Group Center, by defense counsel Dr.

    Waedenswil, where he lived in the home of a florist, who was probably an adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses ... /PROSECUTORS/DEFENSE ATTORNEYS; ROETTIGER (GENERAL); TRIALS; TRIALS (NUREMBERG IMT); WITNESSES ... witnesses. He was to report to the tribunal the results of his examinations. The judges also gave ... permission to defense counsel to visit the camps to select witnesses to testify about the accused

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  • 86. Interrogation of General Roettiger before Commissioner Rasumov at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Interrogation of General Roettiger before Commissioner Rasumov at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Waedenswil, where he lived in the home of a florist, who was probably an adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses ... OFFICERS; RASUMOV, I.; RUSSIANS/SOVIETS; TRIALS; TRIALS (NUREMBERG IMT); WITNESSES ... witnesses. He was to report to the tribunal the results of his examinations. The judges also gave ... permission to defense counsel to visit the camps to select witnesses to testify about the accused

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  • 87. Interrogation of General Roettiger before Commissioner Rasumov at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Interrogation of General Roettiger before Commissioner Rasumov at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Waedenswil, where he lived in the home of a florist, who was probably an adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses ... RASUMOV, I.; RUSSIANS/SOVIETS; TRIALS; TRIALS (NUREMBERG IMT); WITNESSES ... witnesses. He was to report to the tribunal the results of his examinations. The judges also gave ... permission to defense counsel to visit the camps to select witnesses to testify about the accused

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  • 88. Portrait of General Adolf Heusinger, former Chief of Army Operations at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Portrait of General Adolf Heusinger, former Chief of Army Operations at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Waedenswil, where he lived in the home of a florist, who was probably an adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses ... MILITARY OFFICERS; SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN); TRIALS; TRIALS (NUREMBERG IMT); WITNESSES ... witnesses. He was to report to the tribunal the results of his examinations. The judges also gave ... permission to defense counsel to visit the camps to select witnesses to testify about the accused

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  • 89. German Field Marshall Erich von Manstein during a session of the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating the Supreme Command of the German Armed Forces, OKW.

    German Field Marshall Erich von Manstein during a session of the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating the Supreme Command of the German Armed Forces, OKW.

    Waedenswil, where he lived in the home of a florist, who was probably an adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses ... OFFICERS; TRIALS; TRIALS (NUREMBERG IMT); WITNESSES ... witnesses. He was to report to the tribunal the results of his examinations. The judges also gave ... permission to defense counsel to visit the camps to select witnesses to testify about the accused

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  • 90. Profile of Walter Schellenberg at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Profile of Walter Schellenberg at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating indicted Nazi organizations.

    Waedenswil, where he lived in the home of a florist, who was probably an adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses ... WALTER; TRIALS; TRIALS (NUREMBERG IMT); WITNESSES ... witnesses. He was to report to the tribunal the results of his examinations. The judges also gave ... permission to defense counsel to visit the camps to select witnesses to testify about the accused

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  • 91. Portrait of German Field Marshall Erich von Manstein at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating the Supreme Command of the German Armed Forces, OKW.

    Portrait of German Field Marshall Erich von Manstein at the IMT Nuremberg commission hearings investigating the Supreme Command of the German Armed Forces, OKW.

    Waedenswil, where he lived in the home of a florist, who was probably an adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses ... MILITARY OFFICERS; TRIALS; TRIALS (NUREMBERG IMT); WITNESSES ... witnesses. He was to report to the tribunal the results of his examinations. The judges also gave ... permission to defense counsel to visit the camps to select witnesses to testify about the accused

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  • 92. Stand Fast

    directed by Erich Frost Erich Frost, July 1931. History Archive of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Germany Portrait of ... Simone Arnold Liebster at the age of 17, Mulhouse, France, 1947. History Archive of Jehovah’s Witnesses ... 1947. History Archive of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Germany Bible study material that was rolled up, baked ... Jehovah’s Witness, was arrested for his anti-Nazi views and sent first to Dachau and later to Mauthausen

  • 93. "Enemies of the State"

    . Jehovah's Witnesses, members of a small Christian group, were victimized not for reasons of race but ... this group. Key Dates June 24, 1933Jehovah's Witnesses banned in ... 's Witnesses. Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to make the "Heil Hitler" greeting and, beginning in 1935, to serve in ... the German army. The Nazis begin mass arrests of Jehovah's Witnesses in 1936. Many Witnesses are

    Holocaust Encyclopedia

  • 94. Non-Jewish Victims

    ’s Witnesses Jehovah’s Witnesses endured intense persecution under the Nazi regime. About 10,000, most of them ... establishing massive forced-labor programs, and relocating hundreds of thousands. Jehovah’s Witnesses Jehovah ... ’s Witnesses were subjected to intense persecution under the Nazi regime. An estimated 1,000 German Jehovah ... ” believed to threaten the biological purity and strength of the “superior Aryan” race. Jehovah

  • 95. The Paint Roller

    Franz Wohlfahrt was a son, a brother, a fiancé, a house painter, and a Jehovah’s Witness ... .  The Nazis persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses because they refused to serve in the military or swear an ... Franz Wohlfahrt and his family for being Jehovah’s Witnesses. A tool of his trade as a painter played a

  • 96. Berthold Mewes

    outlaw Jehovah's Witness activities. 1933-39: When Berthold was 4, his parents became Jehovah ... Although he had no contact with other Jehovah's Witnesses, his faith in Jehovah and the teachings of the ... in 1945 when he was 15, and together the family resumed their lives as Jehovah's Witnesses. Berthold ... western Germany. Paderborn was near Bad Lippspringe, where there was a Jehovah

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  • 97. Johann Stossier

    which also happened to have a Jehovah's Witness congregation. He became a Jehovah's Witness during the ... do missionary work for the Jehovah's Witnesses even after this was banned by the Austrian government ... in 1936. The situation for Jehovah's Witnesses worsened after Germany ... Sachsenhausen, the Germans tried to force Johann to repudiate his faith as a Jehovah's Witness, but Johann

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  • 98. Resources on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust

    State Hermann Ludwig Maas Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany: From the 1890s to the 1930s Nazi ... Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses Role of German Clergy and Church Leaders Martin Niemoeller ... Christianity and the Holocaust  Jehovah’s Witnesses Past Museum Programs The Danger of Indifference

  • 99. German Military Oaths

    's Witnesses, in a particularly difficult position. Jehovah's Witnesses do ... ruler. By 1939 thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses had been arrested, tried by judicial authorities and ... represented a high crime against not only Germany, but also the Führer himself. This placed one group, Jehovah ... least 250 Witnesses were tried by military tribunals and executed for their actions. The

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  • 100. 1935: Key Dates

    1935: Key Dates

    . April 1The German government bans Jehovah's Witness ... organizations. The ban is due to Jehovah's Witnesses refusal to swear allegiance to the state; their religious

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