Jehovas Zeugen in Polen 1936-1945: Eine historiographische Bilanz
The record of the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Poland during the 1930s and 1940s is so far only peripherally described on a scholarly level. In 1936 their publications were prohibited by the Polish authorities. On 22 March 1938, their headquarters in Lodz was closed. But with the occup...
| Published in: | Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte |
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| Language: | German |
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
2002
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Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte
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| Summary: | The record of the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Poland during the 1930s and 1940s is so far only peripherally described on a scholarly level. In 1936 their publications were prohibited by the Polish authorities. On 22 March 1938, their headquarters in Lodz was closed. But with the occupation of the country in 1939, the situation grew much worse. Jehovah's Witnesses were subjected to repressive persecution in the west and in the Generalgouvernement by the Nazis, and in the east of the country both by the communists and subsequently the Nazis too. In East Poland so far 12 victims of the Nazis and 1 of the communists have been identified. According to the latest research findings, 703 Polish J. Ws, including 16 of German origin, were arrested, including at least 143 children. Of these 99 were put in prison, of whom 13 were sent to a youth concentration camp. 42 were forcibly taken away from their parents. Of the 648 J. Ws imprisoned, 508 were sent to concentration camps, the majority of the men to Auschwitz and the women to Ravensbriick. 178 Polish J.Ws, approximately a quarter of the total imprisoned, lost their lives, 174 while incarcerated, of whom 127 died in concentration camps. 34 were executed. Yet, despite this cruel persecution, the number of Polish J.Ws during the six years of war more than doubled to 2880. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-808X |
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