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Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich

Sectarian Politics Under Persecution [Paperback]

by M.James Penton

    • Author

      M.James Penton

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      University of Toronto Press

    • Published

      October 2004

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      Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich

      Today's Price £62.48

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      Product Description

      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.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 ? jointly referred to as "the greatest and most oppressive empire on earth" ? the League of Nations, big business, and above all, Jews, who are referred to as "the representatives of Satan the Devil."It was later, in 1933 ? when the Nazis would not accept Witness blandishments ? 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.

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      • Author

        M.James Penton

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        University of Toronto Press

      • Published

        October 2004

      • Edition

        2nd Revised edition

      • Weight

        663g

      • Page Count

        420

      • Dimensions

        153 x 226 x 33 mm

      • ISBN

        9780802086785

      • ISBN-10

        0802086780

      • Eden Code

        1158954

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      • Author/Creator: M.James Penton

      • ISBN: 9780802086785

      • Publisher: University of Toronto Press

      • Release Date: October 2004

      • Weight: 663g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 226 x 33 mm

      • Eden Code: 1158954

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