Conventions were also arranged. The discourses “Be Glad” and “The Prince of Peace” were featured at a convention attended by 1,700 in Besední du̇m, a club facility in Brno, in 1946. Franz Zürcher from Bern, Switzerland, was present for the occasion. The following year, when another convention was held in Brno, three members of the world headquarters staff—N. H. Knorr, M. G. Henschel, and H. C. Covington—served on the program. The public talk, “The Joy of All the People,” was advertised throughout the city with posters and leaflets, and 2,300 came to hear it. Many turned in their addresses and expressed a desire to be invited to future meetings.

In September another convention was held—this one in Prague. The public talk featured the timely theme “Kingdom of God—Hope for All Mankind.” And in view of what lay ahead, the talk “Keeping Integrity Under Trial” also proved to be most appropriate. Even while the convention was under way, enemies of Jehovah’s people were preparing to attack.