Rob Knight research collection regarding Jehovah's Witnesses

Identifier
irn518517
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.354
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 2010
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

4

Creator(s)

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Rob A. Knight, Jr.

Rob Knight donated this book to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Oct. 5, 2006. He added an original tract to the collection in 2015.

Scope and Content

Consists of four books of articles, clippings, and information compiled by Rob Knight entitled, "The History of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. and the History of Jehovah's Witnesses and the Holocaust." The books include articles about Jehovah's Witness Holocaust survivors, the stories of Jewish survivors and Nazi soldiers who converted to become Witnesses after the war, and information regarding the Museum's holdings on the topic of Jehovah's Witnesses. Also includes one original Jehovah's Witness tract, published in 1941, entitled "End of the Axis Powers: Comfort All that Mourn" that discussed the evil of the Axis powers from the perspective of the publishers of Watchtower.

Corporate Bodies

Genre

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