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Nazi Regime Persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany for Refusing Loyalty Oaths and Military Service
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Nazi Regime Persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany for Refusing Loyalty Oaths and Military Service

Jehovah’s Witnesses in Nazi Germany were targeted for persecution because they refused, out of religious conviction, to swear loyalty to a worldly government or to serve in its...

Nazi Persecution Killed About 1,500 Jehovah’s Witnesses, Records Show
Jehovah's Witnesses

Nazi Persecution Killed About 1,500 Jehovah’s Witnesses, Records Show

According to an article published on the official Jehovah’s Witnesses website, jw.org, of the nearly 35,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses who lived in Germany and in countries occupied by the...

Berlin Unveils Monument to Jehovah’s Witnesses Persecuted and Murdered by Nazis
Jehovah's Witnesses

Berlin Unveils Monument to Jehovah’s Witnesses Persecuted and Murdered by Nazis

Germany on Wednesday unveiled a monument in Berlin’s Tiergarten park to Jehovah’s Witnesses who were persecuted and murdered by the Nazis. The bronze column, shaped like a tree...

Jehovah’s Witnesses Resisted Nazis Through Refusal of Military Service and Nonviolent Resistance
Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah’s Witnesses Resisted Nazis Through Refusal of Military Service and Nonviolent Resistance

Bernhard Mischke, one of the last soldiers to be executed in the Anklamer Wehrmacht prison, refused military service due to his membership in Jehovah’s Witnesses. Born in West...

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