In the Nazi years, about 10,000 Witnesses, most of them of German nationality, were imprisoned in concentration camps.
An estimated 2,500 to 5,000 Witnesses died in the camps or prisons.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES: VICTIMS OF THE NAZI ERA
Founded in the United States in the 1870s, the Jehovah's Witnesses organization sent missionaries to Germany to seek converts in the 1890s. By the early 1930s, only 20,000 (of a total population of 65 million) Germans were Jehovah's Witnesses, usually known at the time as "International Bible Students."
In the Nazi years, about 10,000 Witnesses, most of them of German nationality, were imprisoned in concentration camps.
An estimated 2,500 to 5,000 Witnesses died in the camps or prisons.
In the Nazi years, about 10,000 Witnesses, most of them of German nationality, were imprisoned in concentration camps.
An estimated 2,500 to 5,000 Witnesses died in the camps or prisons.
