Jehovah’s Witnesses Seek Kusserow Archive

[Michał]

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I just saw this article:

https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/region/germany/Jehovahs-Witnesses-Seek-Kusserow-Archive/
 

Does anyone have more information or background of this problem?

[Dustparticle]

Can anyone copy the article from NY Times and post it on here?

[Eejay]

3 hours ago, Dustparticle said:

Can anyone copy the article from NY Times and post it on here?

Not sure if that is allowed but here it is linked:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/arts/design/jehovahs-witnesses-nazis-lawsuit-museum.html

[daydream]

Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue German Museum for Archive of Nazi-Era Abuses

 

 

Spoiler

The archive documents the lives and suffering of the family of Franz and Hilda Kusserow, devout Jehovah’s Witnesses, who were raising their 11 children in a large house in Bad Lippspringe in northern Germany when the Nazis came to power. The Jehovah’s Witnesses were the first religious denomination to be banned, and the Kusserows’ home was searched for religious materials by the Gestapo 18 times

In 1939, the three youngest children were abducted from their school and sent to a Nazi training school, where they were denied contact with their family. Franz, Hilda and the other children were all sentenced to prison terms. Two of the brothers, Wilhelm and Wolfgang, were executed as conscientious objectors.

 

Some 1,600 Jehovah’s Witnesses died as a result of Nazi persecution. About 4,200 were sent to concentration camps, where they were identified by a purple triangular badge attached to their camp uniforms.

They were the only persecuted people who had the choice of ending imprisonment: If they signed a declaration renouncing their faith, they were liberated. Very few agreed to sign.

I don't think it is possible to view article without a subscription

Edited January 27, 2022 by happiness IS

[-Chris-]

Here's an article...

 

https://archive.is/1CPDb

 

 

Edited January 27, 2022 by Dismal_Bliss
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[Dustparticle]

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[Dustparticle]

2 hours ago, Dustparticle said:

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D'OH!!!