POLAND
(See also Polish [Language])
(Note centered heading below: Jehovah’s Witnesses)
amber: g01 5/22 31
animals:
Arabian horses: g 4/11 14-15
European bison (wisent): g 10/08 10-12
Catholic Church: yb94 172-175; w92 7/15 23
decline: g93 12/22 28
effort to reintroduce religious classes in schools: g91 1/8 7
priest applauds Hitler’s suppression of Bible Students: jv 659-660
professor explains importance of divine name: w90 2/15 7
celebrations: g 12/06 20
children:
street children: g04 8/22 28-29
coastal dunes (Słowiński National Park): g04 3/22 16-19
concentration camps: g89 4/8 10
Oświęcim (Auschwitz): brfi 16-17, 31; w07 5/15 32; g05 12/8 28; g95 10/8 28; jv 663; g89 4/8 5-8, 14-15; g86 1/22 13-14
Constitution: yb94 180
freedom of worship: yb94 174
crime:
schools: g05 4/8 29
divorce: w14 6/15 8
drugs: g 3/09 29; g05 2/8 28; g88 12/8 4
education:
Comenius, John (1592-1670): g99 5/8 21-24
Elbląg-Ostróda Canal: g05 1/22 12-15
foreign waste: g94 12/8 28
forest acid-rain toll: g87 7/8 30
government:
Solidarity labor union: g96 7/8 13
health and disease:
hearing disorders from ambient noise: g02 9/22 29
hepatitis: g04 6/22 29
use of steroids in bodybuilding: g02 11/22 29
historical sketch: yb94 171-175
Holocaust (Nazi era):
extermination policy: g89 4/8 9-11
homeless: g05 12/8 3-4, 6
kings:
oath: yb94 173-174
maps: g 6/12 24; g05 1/22 13; g04 3/22 19; yb94 170; w92 7/15 24; yb90 18
pollution: g89 4/8 29-30
religion: g98 10/8 15-17; yb94 172-175
Anabaptists: g88 11/22 19
Bible translation by Stanisław Murzynowski (c. 1550): w07 8/15 20-21
Bible translation by Szymon Budny (1572, 1574): w00 1/1 22
commercialization: g03 5/22 29
freedom of worship: yb94 173-174
Lutherans: w07 8/15 20; w04 10/15 25
Polish Brethren (Socinians): w00 1/1 21-23; yb94 173; g88 11/22 19-22
Witnesses are third-largest group: yb94 250
smoking: g 4/06 29
soccer:
EURO 2012: g 6/12 24-25
World War II: yb94 201-202; g89 4/8 9, 11; g87 4/8 19
youths:
selling virginity: g 9/09 30
Jehovah’s Witnesses
assemblies: yb94 214, 219, 221; jv 381, 503
Assembly Halls: yb00 46
ban (1938-1945): yb94 200-201; jv 381, 503
ban (1950-1989): w15 9/15 31; w05 8/1 17, 19; w04 10/15 28; yb94 224, 247; jv 381, 503-504; g89 12/22 21
1982, one-day assemblies allowed: jv 503
1985, conventions allowed: jv 503-504
ban on The Golden Age (1936): yb02 137; yb94 198-199
ban on The Watchtower (1937): yb94 199
Bethel family: w07 9/1 12; w94 11/15 9
Bible Students Association Group II: yb94 181, 189
Branch Committee: yb94 251
activities during Russia invasion of Ukraine (2022): hdu article 23
branch office: yb94 249-250
Lodz (1932): yb94 191-192, 200-201
Lodz (1945): yb94 208, 212, 215-216, 221-223, 249
Lodz (1948): w94 11/15 9
Nadarzyn (1992): w94 11/15 9; yb94 22-24, 249-250; jv 381; g91 1/8 12; g91 8/22 24
oversees parts of Ukraine (1920’s–1930’s): yb02 135
oversees Ukraine (until 1960’s): yb02 248
Warsaw (1921): yb94 180
branch office having oversight:
Switzerland (1928): yb94 190
United States (1919): yb94 178-179
branch overseers: yb94 181, 189-190
clergy opposition: yb94 196-197; jv 657, 659-660; w92 7/15 23
attempt to discredit: yb94 182-184
attempt to impede literature distribution: yb94 198-200
attempt to intimidate: yb94 182-183
backfires: yb94 196-198
Catholic Action: yb94 199-200
court actions: yb94 193
incite authorities: yb94 196-197
incite guerrilla groups: yb94 206
incite mobs: w05 8/1 17; yb94 218-219
incite violence: yb94 184-185, 194
publish slander: yb94 194
refuse burial: yb94 185-186
state attorneys resist: jv 657
colporteurs: yb94 191
commendation by press: g97 3/8 24; w94 11/15 8; yb94 249-250; yb90 17
congregations: yb94 180-181, 187, 190-191, 195, 209-211, 222; w92 7/15 23-24
conventions: yb97 10; g97 3/8 24; yb94 181-182, 186, 213-216, 219, 242-243, 247-249; jv 381, 503-505; g93 12/22 12; yb91 23-24; g91 1/8 9-10, 12, 22-23; g91 12/22 7, 13; g86 1/22 9-14; g86 9/8 28
attended elsewhere: yb94 241-242, 249; yb89 145-147; g89 12/22 21
delegates from Estonia (1989): yb11 225
delegates from Ukraine (1988-1990): yb02 229-233
“Deliverance at Hand!” District Conventions (2006): w07 7/1 7-10
forest conventions: yb94 239-240
“Godly Devotion” District Conventions (1989): w12 9/15 30; yb08 109, 197-199; yb00 209-210; w99 3/1 29; w98 3/1 10-11; jv 278-280; w90 1/1 25; w90 1/15 25-31; yb90 14-21; g90 5/22 30; g89 12/22 20-25
quotes: jv 505
country committee: yb94 228-230
court cases: w05 8/1 19; yb94 235-236
Lodz (1955): yb94 228-229
supreme court allows individual worship (1963): yb94 231-232
Warsaw (1951): yb94 226-228
debate with Catholic theologians (1922): yb94 182-184
early witnessing: w04 10/15 25-26; yb94 175-178; jv 413
emigrants who became: w15 8/15 31-32
early years: yb94 175-176, 178-180
return with truth: w15 8/15 32; yb94 175-176; jv 429
exempt from military service: yb94 251; jv 194; g91 1/8 12
exhibition at Auschwitz (2004): g 4/06 10-11
foreign-language field: yb94 210-212
growth: yb94 172, 181-182, 186-187, 190, 195-196, 200-201, 209-210, 212, 221-222, 228, 231, 234-235, 250, 252; jv 115, 117, 381, 505; w92 7/15 23; g91 1/8 12; g91 12/22 4-5
Hospital Liaison Committees: yb94 250-251
meeting at Cardio-Surgical Clinic: w93 11/1 6
Kingdom Halls: hdu article 30; yb97 26; yb96 25; yb94 213, 246
legal recognition:
granted (1921): yb94 181
granted (1989): w15 9/15 31; w04 10/15 28; yb94 246-247; jv 504, 697; g91 1/8 12; w90 1/1 25; yb90 10-11; g89 12/22 22; km 10/89 8
rejected (1950): yb94 224
Religious Association of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Poland: yb94 247, 249
request (1949): yb94 222
meetings: yb94 181, 186, 212-213
under ban: yb94 204
Memorial: yb94 181, 184, 186-188, 190, 222; jv 115, 117; yb92 6; g91 1/8 12
missionaries: yb94 214-215, 219, 221, 223
modern history: w04 10/15 25-28; yb94 170-252; jv 503-505; g89 12/22 21
name Jehovah’s Witnesses: yb94 192
neutrality:
comments by professor from Warsaw University: g 1/11 8
newspaper publicity:
attacks: yb94 194
numbers exaggerated: yb94 195-196
opposition:
authorities attempt to divide: yb94 236-237
family opposition: w92 7/15 26-27
from within: yb94 180-181, 187-188, 191-192
thesis slanders Witnesses: yb94 237-239
persecution: g00 11/8 19; yb94 182, 184-185, 194, 196-198, 200, 202-204, 206-208, 215-235; g93 5/8 10-12
arrests: yb94 182, 196, 221-225, 228, 231
beatings: g00 11/8 19-20; yb94 203, 218-220
branch office raided: yb94 215-216, 222-223
children not promoted: yb94 196-197
children taken from parents: w07 9/1 9; w04 10/15 28
Communist era: w07 9/1 12; w04 10/15 28
counterfeit Watchtower and letters: yb94 234
expelled from school: yb94 229
faithful unto death: w98 6/15 17-18; yb94 217-218, 226
forced to relocate to Ukraine (1946): yb08 88-89
for neutrality: w07 9/1 9-10; w04 10/15 27; yb94 207-208
for printing: yb94 232-235
guerrilla groups: yb94 206
imprisonment: g00 11/8 20-21; yb94 198, 228-230
interrogations: w05 8/1 17-19
kidnapping: yb94 223
National Armed Forces: yb94 217-218
Nazis: w07 9/1 9-11; w04 10/15 27-28; yb94 202-204
torture by UB: yb94 224-226
persons:
Abt, Harald and Elsa: brfi 16; w06 8/15 25, 29; yb94 202, 224-225, 227, 247; jv 453
Adach, Zygfryd: yb94 23-24, 247
Behunick, Stefan: yb94 214, 219, 221, 223
Borys, Feliks: g94 2/22 20-23
Całka, Brother: yb94 189
Chodara, Tadeusz: yb94 229
Dojczman family: yb08 75-76
Dornik, Henryk: bt 40-41; w07 9/1 8-12
Ferenc, Jan: g00 11/8 19-21
Jaśko, Wiesław: yb94 247
Kącki, Brother: yb94 187
Kardyga, Stanisław: yb94 247
Kasprzykowski, C.: yb94 180-181, 187-189
Kinicki, Ludwik: yb94 195, 204
Kirył, Stefan: g93 5/8 11
Kocieniewski, Stanisław: yb94 211
Kulesza, Aleksander: yb94 218; g93 5/8 10-12
Kulesza, Jerzy: yb94 218; g93 5/8 10-12
Kusina, Jan: yb94 182
Kuśmierz, Zofia: yb94 211-212
Kuźma, Ludwik: yb94 189-190
Kwiatosz, Edward: yb94 214, 225, 227, 247
Lorek, Jan: yb94 229
Mandowa, Sister: yb94 185-186
Mielczarek, Franciszek: yb94 247
Milewski, Stefan: yb94 195, 204
Muhaluk, Paweł: yb94 214, 219, 221, 223
Narodowicz, Wacław: yb94 189-190, 192
Oleszynski, R. H.: yb08 75; yb94 175-176; jv 413
Otrębski, Jan: brfi 16; yb94 202
Otto, Fritz: yb94 204
Pieniewski, Jan: yb94 211
Pilch, Paweł: w04 10/15 28
Prostak, Alojzy: yb94 226
Przybysz, Władysław: yb94 229
Puchała, Franciszek: yb94 182-185
Raczek, Augustyn: yb94 198
Rüdiger, Edward: yb94 190
Rynkiewicz, Jan W.: yb94 238-239
Sadowski, Jan: yb94 207
Scheider, Amelia: yb94 191-192
Scheider, Wilhelm: yb94 185, 189-191, 193, 203, 208, 224, 227-228, 230; g94 2/22 20-23; jv 453
Schipp, Franz: yb94 202
Skiba, Jan: yb94 212
Skowron, Jan Klaudiusz: yb94 247
Śmieszko, Jan: yb94 193
Stawski, Romuald: w05 8/1 16-20; yb94 230, 236
Sukiennik, Władysław: yb94 227
Szalbot, Paweł: w04 10/15 26-27
Szklarzewicz, Władysław: yb94 229
Szlauer, J.: yb94 226
Szmidt, Teofil: yb94 186-187
Tomaszewski, Antoni: yb94 247
Wąsikowski, Jan: yb94 209
Winiarz, Brother: yb94 182
Włodarczyk, Józef: yb94 201
Woelfle, Paulina: yb94 202
Wojtyniak, Adam: yb94 247
Zawadzki, Bolesław: yb94 194
Ziemcow, Jan: yb94 218
Żur, Henryka: w98 6/15 17-18; yb94 217-218
“Photo-Drama of Creation”: yb94 186
pioneers: yb94 194-195, 214, 229, 232; w92 7/15 23, 26
accepts assignment of hometown: w16.09 22; yb96 54
special pioneers: yb96 51
places:
Chełm: yb94 221
Chojnice: yb94 193
Gdansk: yb94 185, 204, 233, 242
General Gouvernement: yb94 204-206, 208-209
Germany annexation: yb94 202-204
Gorzów Wielkopolski: yb94 211
Grójec: w17.07 2
Jelenia Góra: yb94 211
Kraków: yb94 182-184, 194, 216, 242
Kruszwica: w92 7/15 24-25
Lodz: yb94 177, 185-186, 188, 190-192, 198-201, 203-204, 208, 212, 214-216, 221-223, 228-229, 249
Lubaczów: w92 7/15 26-27
Lublin: yb94 201, 205, 213, 219
Nadarzyn: yb94 22-24, 249-250; g91 8/22 24
Oświęcim (Auschwitz): brfi 16-17, 31; g 4/06 10-11; w05 8/15 30; w04 10/15 27; km 2/00 5; w98 6/1 29-30; yb96 92; w95 9/1 32; w94 11/15 32; jv 663; g89 4/8 14-15; g86 1/22 13-14
Piotrków Trybunalski: yb94 219-220
Poznan: hdu article 23; yb94 186-187, 197-198, 203-204, 209, 213, 236, 243, 247-248; jv 657
Soviet annexation: yb94 206-208
Środa Śląska: w92 7/15 25
Strzelce Opolskie: w92 7/15 25-26
Sztum: w92 7/15 23-24
Teresin: yb94 209-210
Toruń: yb94 197, 237-239; jv 657
Warsaw: yb94 176-178, 180-181, 188-191, 204, 226-228, 243, 247-248
Wisła: w04 10/15 25-28
Wrocław: yb94 243
Zawiercie: yb94 225
under ban: w05 8/1 18-19; g00 11/8 20-21; yb94 199-201, 204, 232-235, 244
publications: yb94 244-246
after World War II: w07 9/1 11-12; yb94 210
appreciation for Teacher book: g04 12/8 31
Bible New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures: w07 8/15 21; yb98 19
book From Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained: yb94 233
booklet Bitwa na niebie (The Battle in the Heavens): yb94 184
books Insight on the Scriptures: w07 7/1 9
during ban: yb94 201
importation: yb94 244-245
magazine Awake!: yb94 245
magazine Nowy Dzień (New Day): yb94 198-199
magazine The Golden Age: yb94 188, 198-199
magazine The Watchtower: w07 9/1 11-12; yb94 199, 245
newsletter Kingdom Ministry: yb94 231
translation: yb99 135-136
regional service directors: yb94 195
relief from abroad:
Oder River flood (1997): g98 10/8 10
relief provisions after World War II: yb94 210
service experiences: w94 6/1 15; yb93 50-51; w92 7/15 23-27
answers “Do you observe Grandmother’s Day?”: g 12/06 20
atheist girl: w03 1/1 32
Awake! article on abortion touches class: g05 8/8 31
Bible Teach book comforts widower: yb07 13-14
depressed teen full of doubts: w03 5/1 20
doctor at school clinic: w03 10/1 8
invited to Memorial by nine-year-old: w06 9/1 32
misreading address providential: yb97 59
opposed grandmother: yb96 54
physics teacher: g01 9/8 32
prisons: g16.2 4; w05 12/15 11; w99 9/15 27-28; w98 10/15 25-29
school presentations by Witness students: w04 10/1 30-31; w01 11/1 25-26
violent law student: w15 11/1 10-11
youth leaves Catholic Church: w94 11/15 8
serving where need is greater:
emigrate to Lithuania: yb96 51
Russia: yb08 205
Sunday schools: yb94 196-197
traveling overseers: yb94 211, 213-215, 226, 228, 231
reject government regulation: yb94 244
visits by—
Balzereit, P.: yb94 190
Franz, F. W.: yb94 240-241
Harbeck, M.: yb94 190
Henschel, M. G.: yb94 241
Herkendell, H.: yb94 176-177
Jaracz, T.: w15 9/15 31; yb94 23, 240-241
Russell, C. T.: yb94 177
Rutherford, J. F.: yb08 75-76
Sydlik, D.: yb94 240-241
World War II: w04 10/15 27-28; yb94 201-208
youths: yb94 229; w92 7/15 25