"Bible students in the Third Reich"

Identifier
irn504204
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0267
  • RG-32.014
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504204

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

S. J. (Steven John) Green donated a copy of his essay to the Museum in Jan. 1991.

Scope and Content

S. J. Green essay discussing why and how Jehovah's Witnesses were persecuted by members of the Nazi Party; the activities and fates of other Christian sects (i.e. Roman Catholics, Mormons, Seventh Day Adventists); and how individual Witnesses were able to survive. The essay also contains a summary of an interview Green had with H. Dickmann, a Witness survivor.

People

  • Dickmann, H.

Subjects

  • Christian sects--Germany.
  • Seventh Day Adventists--Germany.
  • Jehovah's Witnesses--Nazi persecution.
  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--Germany.
  • National socialism and religion.
  • Catholics--Germany.
  • Church and state--Germany.

Genre

  • Document
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