On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Germany's new chancellor. In the beginning, the Hitler government worked to conceal its violent and extremist nature. Hence, the Witnesses, along with millions of other Germans in early 1933, viewed the National Socialist Party as the legitimate ruling authority of the time. The Witnesses hoped that the National Socialist (Nazi) government would realize that this peaceable, law-abiding Christian group posed no subversive threat to the State. This was no offer to compromise Bible principles. As has been the case in other lands, the Witnesses wanted to inform the government of the true nonpolitical nature of their religion. It quickly became apparent that Jehovah's Witnesses were to be among the first targets of brutal Nazi suppression. The Witnesses were again branded as accomplices in an alleged Bolshevik-Jewish conspiracy. A campaign of persecution began. As a result, the Witnesses endured threats, interrogations, house searches, and other harassment by the police and SA (Hitler's Sturmabteilung, storm troopers, or Brownshirts). On April 24, 1933, officials seized and shut down the Watch Tower office in Magdeburg, Germany. After a thorough search yielded no incriminating evidence, and under pressure from the U.S. State Department, the police returned the property. By May 1933, though, the Witnesses were banned in several German states.
There are many accounts of what Jehovah's Witnesses endured in Nazi Germany. Since they refused to conform to Hitlers standards they became the targets of bitter persecution and many thousands were imprisoned and killed. For specific stories click on the links below.
Rise of the nazi party in Germany
No, Nazi Germany is the name given to Germany during the time Hitler was in power.
Adolf Hitler was leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
Hitler decided to gas the Jews in nazi Germany
As a Jehovahs Witness, I can inform you that Jehovahs Witnesses as a group do not have any birthing rituals.
No he is not.
jehovahs witness
If you're talking about Germany... Jehovahs Witnesses refused the nazi-salute and the military service (according to their religious belief). Therefore they were sent to concentration camps (where some of them died).
Yes, flowers can be sent to Jehovahs Wittnesses funerals.
It doesnt matter what you did before you become a Jehovahs Witness. Anyone can be accepted no mater what their background. But, in order to become and be a good Jehovahs Witness you can not continue to smoke and do drugs.
To the best of my knowledge, no he is not.
i think he might be christian
"M.S." stands for "ministerial servant"
To the best of my knowledge, no he is not.
Yes; Jehovah is the name of their God.
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