GERMANY (German Democratic Republic [East])

Berlin Wall:

erection (1961): yb99 108

fall (1989): yb99 108-109; g91 1/8 3, 8, 10

divine name on stamps and coins: w87 5/15 23

Leipzig:

Codex Sinaiticus (43 leaves): it-2 317; w88 10/15 31

maps: w04 6/1 24-25; yb99 79

religion:

grape juice included in Eucharist: g87 10/8 29-30

political involvement: g95 1/8 25

Stasi (secret police): g02 7/8 6

“vicious” guard dogs at border: g90 10/8 28

Jehovah’s Witnesses

assemblies: yb99 125

Assembly Hall: yb99 125

ban (1950-1990): w06 12/1 13-15; w03 3/1 6; yb99 78, 80; w97 5/1 27; w91 1/1 11; yb91 16-17

branch office:

Magdeburg (1950): g00 12/22 18; yb99 134

children: w92 5/15 30

clergy opposition: yb99 115-116

conventions: yb91 18-23

attended elsewhere: yb99 118, 121-124; g91 1/8 8-9, 11

field ministry: yb99 81-83, 114-115

growth: yb99 83-84

Kingdom Ministry School: w92 5/1 27-28

legal recognition (1990): yb99 112; jv 505, 697; w92 5/15 28; yb91 16; g91 1/8 11; km 5/90 8

literature:

after ban: yb99 112-114; yb91 16-17, 19

after fall of Berlin Wall: yb99 109-110

during ban: yb99 80, 86-88, 119

meetings: yb99 81, 111-112; yb91 17

Memorial: yb99 81

modern history: yb99 78, 80-84, 108-126

persecution: w04 6/1 28; yb99 78, 80; g93 5/8 3; w92 5/1 26-29; w92 5/15 28-31

imprisonment: w19.07 4; w06 12/1 12-14; w04 6/1 26-27; w99 6/1 22; g98 2/22 15-16; w97 5/1 24, 27-29; w97 8/1 24-25; w96 7/1 32

show trial: yb99 117, 119

persons:

Brüggemeier family: w06 12/1 12-15

Graichen, Rudolf: w97 8/1 24-25

Gudlikies, Franz: w99 6/1 21-22

Henschel, Horst: g98 2/22 14-16

Hintermeyer, Rolf: yb99 120

Hörnig, Lothar: w96 7/1 32

Jess, Frieda: w03 3/1 6

Martin, Helmut: jv 505; w92 5/1 26-29

Meise, Wolfgang: yb99 117, 119

Merten, Bernhard: wp16.6 13-15

Müller, Charlotte: w97 5/1 24, 27-29

Ringk, Egon: yb99 119

Schleussner, Horst: yb99 120-121; w92 5/15 28-31

Walther, Lothar: w04 6/1 24-27

printing: w92 5/15 28-29

reaction to religious freedom: g91 1/8 8-9, 11

service experiences: yb99 116-117; yb92 52

anxiety from surveillance: w05 4/1 28

atheist and Communist: wp17.5 10-11

traveling overseers: yb99 97