GERMANY (Nazi)
(See also Concentration Camps; Concordats; Dictators; Hitler; Nazism; Roman Catholic Church)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
antitank barriers along French border: g79 2/22 30-31
automobile swindle: g79 9/8 21-22; w75 241
Baptist Church admits failure to resist Nazism: g85 2/8 29
beginning of Third Reich: w79 10/15 3
book The Nazi State and the New Religions: Five Case Studies in Non-Conformity: w84 10/1 8
Catholic Church: g75 2/22 17-23; g60 10/8 13-16; g45 10/24 4-5, 7, 9; rw 55-56; g44 7/5 2; g43 2/3 23; g42 12/23 6-8; g41 2/19 22-24; g40 5/15 3; g39 7/12 5; g39 9/20 24; g39 10/18 8, 11; g38 5/4 6; g37 11/17 27
Cardinal Pacelli’s attitude toward the anti-Bolshevik aspect of the Third Reich: g83 5/8 30
comments on pope’s failure to help Jews in: g83 2/8 30
concordat between Vatican and: g80 5/22 18; g65 4/22 14; g64 5/8 18-21; w60 57-58; g60 10/8 15-16; jp 125; yw 274; w55 367; rm 277; g51 8/8 10; g50 3/8 4; g50 4/22 3; na46 42-43; g46 6/19 6; rw 55-56; g44 2/16 4-12; wl 64; w41 126
few Catholics refused military service: g83 8/22 29
support of Nazism: g85 6/8 8; g85 10/22 29; g85 12/22 5; w80 1/1 5
Vatican aids Nazis to escape: g84 5/8 29
clergy support: g85 6/8 8-10; g83 5/8 30; kc 157; g81 10/8 29; w79 6/1 20; g79 12/8 29-30; w78 4/1 7; g75 7/8 30; g72 4/22 16-17
concentration camps: w81 3/15 6; w81 6/15 6-12; w81 10/15 26-28; w80 8/15 6-10; hp 173; yb80 102-103, 105-108; w79 11/1 5, 8-13; w78 10/1 20-23; g78 10/8 22; g72 4/22 23; w68 600-602; w67 421-422; g66 5/22 9-12; g65 6/8 29-30; w64 746-747; g64 5/8 12; w61 246-248
book Crystal Night: g84 10/8 29
conditions: g84 12/8 12-13
description: g62 6/8 8-10; g40 1/10 25; g38 12/28 25; g33 5/10 502; g32 11/23 104; g31 12/23 171-172
Evangelical Church:
leaders affirm loyalty to Third Reich and its leader: w78 4/1 7
Himmler, Heinrich:
challenged Jehovah: w79 11/1 8, 11
concentration camps: yb74 174, 195-197, 202, 205, 211
Hitler’s comment to justify his intolerance of the Jews: g83 11/8 6
invasion of Poland: g85 10/8 11
Jehovah’s Witnesses: g85 6/8 10-12; w74 676; yb74 108-212; w65 539-541; w63 181-182; w61 244-245
branch office: w43 276; w34 14
clergy opposition: g84 12/8 12
concentration camps: yb86 156-158, 167-168; w85 9/15 7; g85 6/8 11; w84 10/1 8; g84 12/8 12-14; g81 8/8 29
conventions: w55 462
“death march” from Sachsenhausen camp: yb86 156-157; w80 8/15 7-10
Frost, Erich: w79 11/1 9-10; w61 244-249
Gestapo frustrated by Witness integrity: yb86 128, 142-149; w80 4/15 13
Jews who were Witnesses: yb86 160-162
kindness to Jews: g84 10/8 29; g75 2/22 22
letter from Germany Workers’ Front demanding a Witness be fired: g85 6/22 10
letters from Witnesses about to be executed: w85 9/1 10, 14; g79 7/22 16; w45 237-238
Liebster, Max: w78 10/1 20-24
life story of a former German soldier: w84 7/1 20-23
life story of brother in Buchenwald: g85 6/22 10-13
neutrality: g85 12/22 11
number executed: w79 7/1 8; w79 11/1 4
number imprisoned: w84 10/1 8; w79 7/1 8
number in concentration camps: w79 7/1 8
number who died: w84 10/1 8; g84 10/8 29
number who died in prison: w79 2/1 22; w79 7/1 8
persecution: w85 9/1 11-14; g85 6/8 11; g85 6/22 10-13; w84 10/1 8; g84 12/8 12-14; g83 5/22 23-26; w81 6/15 7-12; w81 10/15 26-28; kc 157-159; w80 4/15 6-15; yb80 101-103, 105-108; w79 6/1 20; w79 10/1 9-10; w79 11/1 8-13; w78 10/1 20-23; w78 12/1 7; g78 10/8 22; w76 81-82; w75 424-425; g75 2/22 22; w74 218; yb74 100-101, 108-128, 131-191; w73 377-378; w73 398-399; yb73 120, 126-127; w72 143-144, 395-399, 525, 631; yb72 97; g72 4/22 22-23; w71 117; w71 425; w71 489-490, 494; w70 331-332; w69 590, 731-732; fm 121; w68 14-16, 153, 173-174, 188-190, 598-602; yb68 18-19; g68 12/22 28; w67 104, 187-190, 366-367, 394, 474-475; w66 595-596; g66 5/22 10; w65 15, 356; yb65 23-24; w64 13, 746-747; yb64 50-51; g64 5/8 13, 16; w63 181-183, 568; w62 668-670; g62 4/22 28; w61 244-249, 745; ns 329-330, 334; w60 43, 57; jp 129-131, 141, 162-174; g59 5/22 27; yw 273-274; w55 462-463, 521-523, 542; w53 693; nh 277; w50 153, 484; w49 303; g48 4/22 4; w46 61-62, 93; na46 41-42, 47-52, 55-59; g46 1/2 3-11; g46 1/16 3-14; g46 2/27 3-12; w45 107, 236-238, 268-272; g45 9/12 3-20; g45 9/26 10; w43 104, 349; tf 315-316; w42 150; w41 248; g41 2/19 24; w40 60; g40 6/26 20-22; g40 12/11 10; w39 74, 94-95; fm39 11-12; g39 2/8 13-14; g39 6/14 17-19; g39 10/18 4-6, 10-12; g39 11/15 3-5; w38 201; ff 60-61; g38 8/10 12-15; g38 12/14 10-11; g37 3/10 368, 370-376; g37 3/24 408-409; g37 6/2 564-570; g37 12/15 27-29; w36 182; cg36 31; g36 1/29 274-276; g36 2/12 295; g36 3/11 379-380; g36 4/8 419-420; g36 7/15 651-653; g36 10/7 27-31; g36 11/4 71, 78, 86; wn 21; g35 2/27 323-328; g35 6/5 552-554; g35 10/9 7-11; w34 14, 142; wo 60; g34 4/25 451-463; g34 8/1 680-681; g34 12/5 146
Poetzinger, Martin: w69 729-732
preach underground: yb74 113-115, 139-143, 155-156, 159, 179-182; jp 162-165; w56 87; w55 462, 521; w50 153; g48 4/22 3-5; w43 349; w37 108; g36 3/11 379-380
refusal to compromise: g85 6/8 10-12; g85 12/22 11
resolution distribution: w79 11/1 10
Reuter, Magdalena Kusserow (life story): w85 9/1 10-15
service experiences: g42 10/14 9; g40 5/15 14
smuggling spiritual food: g85 6/22 11; yb80 97-99; w56 86-87
young girl learns truth in Dachau: g85 2/8 16-20
Jews: w80 4/15 14; g64 3/22 3-4; g64 5/8 9-18; g64 7/8 3; g56 12/22 18-19; lg 207; g49 7/22 5; g46 1/30 27; g45 2/28 10-11; g44 1/19 19; g44 5/24 6-7; g44 12/20 5-7; w43 102; g43 5/26 12; g43 6/23 15; g43 12/22 20-21; g41 5/14 11; g40 6/12 24-27; g39 7/26 3-6; g38 2/9 14; g38 12/14 7-9; g37 3/10 360-361; g36 4/8 428-429
murder of Jews known by Vatican in 1942: g81 5/8 30
king of the north: w68 170; w62 51; w60 57-59; yw 273-283; w41 278, 294-297, 326-328
Lutheran Church:
cooperation with Nazis: g84 12/8 12
Nazism: g73 1/22 5-6; g72 4/22 16-17; fm 219; g69 6/22 6; g69 7/22 19-20; g65 6/8 29-30; g64 3/22 3-4; g64 5/8 9-21; g64 7/8 3; g64 11/22 19; g63 7/22 9, 15; g63 10/8 30; g62 5/22 25-26; w61 244-248; g44 9/27 7; g41 4/2 2-11; g41 10/29 2-11; g40 9/4 19-21; g39 6/14 3-11; g39 6/28 19-25; g39 7/26 4-6; g38 2/23 22-23; g38 5/4 3-10; g38 5/18 10-16; g38 11/30 4-11; w37 166-167; g37 3/10 355-376; g37 10/6 28; g37 11/17 25-29; g36 4/8 421-432; g36 5/6 504-505; g36 12/30 216-218; g35 7/3 618-619; g35 9/25 804-807; g35 10/9 3-5; g35 11/20 108-111; g34 4/25 452; g33 1/4 206-211; g33 3/15 369
euthanasia program: w75 294
murder of Jews: w75 294
rise to power: g85 6/8 4-5
nonaggression pact with Russia: w60 58-59; yw 276-277; w54 486
Nürnberg: g69 7/22 19-20
philosophy: ev 169
Rader, Walter: g80 11/8 29
religion: g75 2/22 17; g72 4/22 16-17; g68 4/22 21-23; g39 12/13 25
sinking of Nazi ship Wilhelm Gustloff: g78 5/22 16-20
support by big business: g85 4/8 10
swastika: g80 3/22 30
tactics of government: g85 4/8 9
Thousand Year Reich: w79 10/15 3
why some risked lives to help others in danger: w85 6/15 19
World War II: g72 4/22 16-17; g72 10/8 7; g72 12/8 30-31; g66 12/8 10-11; g65 5/8 25; g64 7/8 3-4; g62 6/8 9-10; g61 9/22 21-22; g61 12/8 19; g56 6/8 7-8; g56 12/22 19-20; g50 1/22 16; g49 7/22 9-11; g47 9/8 6; g46 6/19 29; g44 1/19 10; g44 5/24 3-8; g44 8/30 14-16; g44 12/20 3-10; g43 2/3 21-22; g43 6/9 18-26; g43 9/15 11-12; g43 12/22 11-15; g42 1/7 4-7; g42 10/28 8-16; g42 11/11 25-30; g42 11/25 18-20; g41 1/22 21; g41 4/16 3-11; g41 4/30 3-11; g41 5/14 11-13; g41 10/29 4-7, 10; g40 5/15 11; g40 6/12 20-28; g40 9/4 20-21; g38 1/26 21; g37 3/10 363-364; g36 4/8 427, 431; g35 10/9 4-5
bombing of Cologne: g85 12/8 4-6
clergy responsibility: g78 12/22 10
Quotations
Jehovah’s Witnesses:
churches avoided uttering a word against the persecution of Jews and Witnesses: g83 5/8 30
determination in the face of Gestapo terrorism: w76 218
Earnest Bible Students, who rejected military service as a group, were the better Christians: g83 8/22 29
in contrast with the churches, Witnesses maintained doctrinal opposition: kc 157-158; w79 6/1 20
of religions who stuck to principles the bravest were the Witnesses: g82 3/22 8; w78 4/1 7
singled out for extermination by the Nazis: g81 8/8 29
they refused to take up arms: g85 12/22 11; w79 6/1 20
won their battle against Nazism: g85 6/8 11; w81 3/15 6; hp 173