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What was the meaning behind the purple triangles that Hitler forced Jehovah's Witnesses to wear?
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∙ 15y ago
It was simply to identify them as Jehovah's Witnesses. No particular meaning as far as I know was assigned to the color; all the ones the Nazi's targeted wore triangles. The colors identified the particular offense of which the wearer was guilty. Jews wore yellow triangles, but they wore each wore two triangles, one of which was turned upside down so that together they formed the Star of David. Here is a brief list of triangles used in the majority of camps: Red triangle: political prisoners (Social Democrats, Communists, Freemasons, anarchists and other "enemies of the state").
Green triangle: people considered criminals in most societies; "habitual criminals".
Blue triangle: Foreign Forced Laborers
Pink triangle: homosexual men and other sexual offenders.
Purple triangle: Jehovah's Witnesses, Bible Student movement members
Black Triangle: so-called "Asocial elements," mentally retarded, alcoholics, vagrants, the habitually "work-shy", or prostitutes.
Brown triangles: Roma or Gypsy
Two superimposed yellow triangles: a Jew, by practice or descent.
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What does Hitler do?
He was the nazi leader and was one of the people that led the nazis against the jewish people and Jehovahs witnesses in world war 2 believing inthe perfect race,.
What is the correlation between the Jews and jehovahs witnesses of World War 2?
Like the Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses were targeted by the Nazi regime, not because of their ethnicity but because of their strictly neutral stand and there determination not to give support to Hitler's Army. See links below and related pages.
Who was in the Holocaust?
leader(s)- Adolf Hitler, Amon Goeth, Adolf Eichmann groups opressed- jews, homos, bis, trans, jehovahs witnesses, blacks, POWs, political enemies, the physically and mentally disabled, and probably more...
Did Hitler kill Jehovahs witnesses?
Hitler did kill Jehovah's Witnesses, not just Jews. In the concentration camps Jehovah's Witnesses had to wear a purple triangle, similarly, Jews wore the star of David.
Why were Jehovahs witnesses sent to concentration camps?
Jehovah's Witnesses refused to conform to Nazi ideology and refused to cooperate with Hitler's political aims and military endevors and and because of this were targeted for the harshest of treatments. Historian Brian Dunn identifies 3 basic reasons why the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses were incompatible with Nazism:1. The Witnesses's opposition to racism in any form2. The international scope of the religion, implying international equality3. The Witnesses's political neutrality & their refusal to swear allegiance to the state
Can you get pictures of the clothes with the purple triangle?
There are some pictures of the clothing with purple triangles that Hitler made the witnesses wear in some of the Watchtower publications and on the Holocaust museum website at www.ushmm.org.See RELATED LINKS below
Did Jehovah witnesses side with Adolf Hitler?
no
What religions did Adolf Hitler dislike?
He opposed the Jehova's Witnesses.
When was The Meaning of Hitler created?
The Meaning of Hitler was created in 1978.
Who were some of the witnesses for the Adolf Hitler case?
What do you mean by the 'Adolf Hitler Case'? He was never captured and there was never a trial because he committed suicide.
What world leader considered Jehovah's Witnesses to be not real Christians?
Adolf Hitler. He once said, "These so-called Earnest Bible Students [Jehovah's Witnesses] are troublemakers; ... I consider them quacks... I dissolve [Jehovah's Witnesses] in Germany.'" He said that in the May 29, 1938 issue of "The German Way". Some people, even in our modern times, still agree with Adolf Hitler, that Jehovah's Witnesses (legally named the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses) are not real Christians.
What month did Hitler die in?
According to contemporary witnesses, Hitler died around 3.30 pm on 30 April 1945.
