• A King Profanes Jehovah’s Sanctuary
    The Watchtower—1993 | November 1

    • During the second world war, “the Soviet Government made an effort to enlist the material and moral assistance of the Churches for the defence of the motherland.” (Religion in the Soviet Union, by Walter Kolarz) After the war, church leaders tried to maintain that friendship despite the atheistic policy of the power that was now king of the north.b

  • A King Profanes Jehovah’s Sanctuary
    The Watchtower—1993 | November 1

    • b The November 1992 World Press Review featured an article from The Toronto Star that said: “Over the past several years, Russians have seen dozens of once-unassailable illusions about their country’s history crumble before the facts. But the disclosures about church collaboration with the communist regime represent the most shattering blow.”