LAST ASSEMBLY IN FREEDOM

The brothers were able to arrange for an assembly in Tallinn shortly before the Soviet rule began​—the last one to be held in freedom for the next five decades. They discussed such Watchtower articles as “The Theocracy,” “Neutrality,” “Snares,” and “Doom of Religion”​—timely spiritual food that helped prepare God’s people for what lay ahead.

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1940: The last assembly held in freedom before Soviet rule