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As the Nazi killing machine engulfed Europe with terror, thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses suffered brutal persecution. In this video, 10 historians from Europe and North America, and more than 20 Witness survivors, join in relating a story of courage and triumph that must be told.

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DannyHaszard2 months, 2 weeks ago

Since the end of World War II, leaders of the Jehovah's Witness movement in both Germany and elsewhere have steadfastly argued that Witnesses were united in their opposition to Nazism and did not collude with the Third Reich.
Documents have been uncovered, however, that prove otherwise. Using materials from Witness archives, the U.S. State Department, Nazi files, and other sources, M. James Penton demonstrates that while many ordinary German Witnesses were brave in their opposition to Nazism, their leaders were quite prepared to support the Hitler government.

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DannyHaszard2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Penton begins his study with a close reading of the "Declaration of Facts" released by the Witnesses at a Berlin convention in June 1933. Witness leaders have called the document a protest against Nazi persecution, however closer examination shows it contained bitter attacks on Great Britain and the United States â;; jointly referred to as "the greatest and most oppressive empire on earth" â;; the League of Nations, big business, and above all, Jews, who are referred to as "the representatives of Satan the Devil."

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DannyHaszard2 months, 2 weeks ago

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It was later, in 1933 â;; when the Nazis would not accept Witness blandishments â;; that leader J.F. Rutherford called on Witnesses to seek martyrdom by carrying on a campaign of passive resistance. Many ultimately died in prisons and concentration camps, and postwar Witness leaders have attempted to use this fact to assert that Jehovah's Witnesses stood consistently against Nazism.
Drawing on his own Witness background and years of research on Witness history, Penton separates fact from fiction during this dark period.
Can we trust The Watchtower's explanation
about their relations to Hitler?
1934 Yearbook: Watchtower agrees with 'Principles advocated by German government'
http://www.bible.ca/jw-penton-3rdreich.htm
http://www.randytv.com/Hitler/watchtower_hitler... Go here mega info on the Watchtower and the Nazis

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