PERSECUTION
(See also Bans; Concentration Camps; Intolerance; Jehovah’s Witnesses; Mobs; individual countries by name)
(Note centered headings below: List by Place; Quotations)
amount permitted: w80 12/15 8-9; mg63 7; yw 286; w56 383; w55 348; w53 147; w52 564; w51 503; w43 171; w36 356
apostles: w74 214-216
attitude toward: w83 2/15 22; w83 5/1 20-21; w82 4/15 16-22, 24-25; tr 16, 136-137; bw 115-139; yb78 10-11; lp 187-188; w75 22-23; yb75 108, 110; yb74 212; w73 268; w72 138, 178-180; g72 12/8 26-27; w71 115-116; w71 264; w71 491-496; ad 970; yb71 162; g71 1/22 27-28; g71 9/22 28; g71 10/22 4, 27-28; w70 307-308; w69 167, 262, 558-559, 563; g68 10/8 28-29; g68 12/22 28; w66 432-433, 597-600; w65 6, 31, 100, 711, 761-762, 766; ms 376; g65 4/22 20; w64 269-270, 338, 485-488, 606, 709-711, 749; yb64 279, 292; g64 2/8 17-18; w63 303, 347, 440-442, 556; g63 9/22 5-8; g63 12/8 12; w62 83, 264, 461; w61 586, 746; w57 219-220; w53 53-54, 58, 491; w52 562-565; w43 150-156, 333; w42 211-220
attitude toward persecutors: w83 5/1 21-22; bw 136; w76 296-300
causes: w82 4/15 19-20; bw 113-114; w77 685-686; w76 58; w74 201-202, 207; w71 154; te 77-78; g71 9/22 27-28; g71 10/22 27; w69 563; w66 593-594; g66 2/22 27; w64 14, 249, 711; g64 5/22 23; g64 6/8 12-15; w63 15-16, 345-346, 426; bf 502; yb63 20-21; g60 5/22 11; w59 38; w58 73-74, 112; w53 141, 276, 420, 691-693; g45 1/31 17-18; w43 150-153; w42 211-212; ci 249-252; w40 19; fc40 5-14; g30 4/16 475-476
conduct before officials: w80 4/1 15; w71 541-543
Devil’s aim in using: w83 5/1 12-14
discussion: w83 5/1 12-22; w82 4/15 16-27; w79 1/1 17, 22-26; bw 112-139; yb78 10-11; w77 685-686; w76 57-59; w72 140-146; w71 720-722; ad 1291-1292; w68 14-18; yb68 16-23; w66 593-600, 624-625; kd 27; w64 709-711; w61 629
divided households: km 6/76 1, 3; km 8/75 7; w73 501-502; w71 201-213; w69 339-340; yb68 130-131; yl 211-212; w64 204-205, 564; g64 5/22 23; yb62 95-96, 121, 134, 158, 203-204, 207-208, 255-256; g62 6/22 19; w61 752-753; yb61 118-121, 218; w60 722, 735-736; w59 552; w58 400; w55 220-221; w52 562-563
dragon’s war against remnant (Re 12:17): w85 1/1 24-25; w84 6/15 18; su 176-177; w82 4/15 19-20; w76 753-757; fm 320-322
early Christians: w82 4/15 17-18; g79 10/8 7-8; w76 57-58; hs 124; g75 12/8 4; w73 42-43, 46-47; w73 404; w72 136, 142-143, 415-416; g72 12/8 20; w71 213; w71 447; w71 485-486, 488-489; w71 716; w70 182-183, 217-218, 331; w69 555-556; g68 5/8 3-4; w67 292; qm 276-281, 284-285; g65 4/22 17-18; w64 9-10, 18-19, 492, 698, 710, 744; yb64 9-10, 24; bf 476; mg63 13; g63 8/8 17; g62 4/22 20-21; ns 282; w58 73-75; w57 681-683; qm55 276-281, 284-285; w53 141; g53 8/8 9-12; w52 62; w51 139-140, 280-281, 348-350, 516-519; rm 296; g42 9/16 18
effect on witness work: w76 219; hs 124, 151-152; yb74 14, 52-56, 129-148, 150-160; yb73 164-165; yb72 85-88, 116; yb71 147, 191, 314; w70 571; yb70 133, 163-164, 250-251, 259-260, 312; w69 214-215; yb69 231, 271, 279; w68 78; yb68 225-226, 283-284; g68 4/8 8; g67 7/8 4; w64 13, 306-309; yb64 15, 202; w63 303-304; jp 278, 281-282; w58 25-26; w55 38; w33 245; pp 42-43
after Kingdom Hall bombing in Australia: g85 11/22 13
elders:
shepherds during: w80 9/1 17
employment: w82 4/15 22; w76 499-500; w60 532; g52 2/22 3-4; g44 2/2 20-21; g44 7/5 20-21; g44 9/27 22-23; g43 4/14 16; g42 2/18 21-22; g42 9/30 21; g40 5/29 17-18; g35 12/18 174-176
enduring: w83 5/1 18-22; w82 4/15 21-22, 24-25; tr 189-190; bw 121-124; cj 14-17; yb77 5-6; w76 81-82, 86-87; w76 280-284; w75 22-23; w75 85; w75 331-333; yb75 183-190, 208-209; g75 12/22 16-19; w74 202-203, 219-220; w74 249-250; w74 442; yb74 55-56, 60-61, 63, 163-164, 166-169, 172-174, 180-190, 194, 202-204, 207-212, 226-231; w73 172-173; w73 571-573; g73 3/8 25-26; w72 133-146; or 185-187; w71 112-120; w71 496-497; w71 584; g71 1/22 27-28; g71 9/22 28; w70 505, 571; w69 478, 565-566, 568; w68 328-329; w67 203-204, 394; yl 211-215; w66 597-600; w65 761-762, 766; ms 377-378; w64 269-270, 306-309, 562-563, 711; g64 5/22 8-16, 23; w63 347-348, 425-426, 437-442, 599; mg63 13; g63 9/22 8; w61 244-249, 751-753; w60 301; jp 166-174; w58 24-25, 205-207; w56 383; w55 39-40; w54 503-504; w52 459, 564; w51 552; w50 487-489; w47 214-218; w43 333
by proper view: w85 9/15 4
drawing comfort from God’s Word: w85 9/15 6-7
effect on opposers: bw 124-125
trust in Jehovah: w85 9/15 4-5; w82 9/15 23-24; w74 702
experiences:
assembly delegates taken as prisoners: yb78 177-179
attempt to kill Witness with car: w78 1/1 28
baptized despite: g79 4/8 25; gh 181-182; w74 342; yb74 145-146
beaten for neutrality: yb85 45
beatings: yb86 63, 143-144, 148-149, 154-155, 158, 233-234, 237, 244; w79 6/15 14-15
brother hung and rope breaks: yb75 188-190
brother tied to a tree and left to die: yb85 194-196
Buchenwald: g85 6/22 10-13
burial permit denied: w75 71
children taken from parents: yb74 119-121, 125, 187-190
clergy incite: yb84 52, 56-57, 62-63, 109-113, 115; yb83 68, 131-132, 218, 245; yb82 132-133, 139-140, 150-151, 163-164, 172, 194-195, 198-212, 214-216, 218-220, 228; w81 2/1 14; yb81 45, 71-72, 195, 234; yb80 61-62, 80, 183, 194-195, 226-227, 229, 246; w79 6/1 20; yb79 47-48, 69, 81, 108-110, 132, 137, 139-141, 149, 177, 208-209, 218-219; w78 10/1 9; yb78 54-56, 140-141, 149, 164-165, 171-172, 174-175, 182, 189, 197-198, 223, 230, 241, 243-245; g78 2/22 6-7; yb77 44, 61, 64, 90-91, 97, 182, 202; g77 4/8 21-22; yb75 95-97, 101-102, 109; yb74 40, 58; g74 5/8 20; yb73 117-118, 152-157; yb72 105-106, 127, 131, 133, 138, 140, 153-154, 160-161, 185-188, 225; yb71 147-148, 191; yb70 243, 308; w69 254-255; yb69 90-91; w68 188; yb68 87-88; yb67 109, 196; yb66 160-161; yb65 127; w64 653
clergy manhandle Witness: w79 2/1 12
clergy opposition backfires: yb80 195-197
communist labor camp: w83 2/15 24-25
concentration camps: w85 9/1 13-14; w85 9/15 7; g85 2/8 16-20; g85 6/22 10-13; yb84 91-96; w80 4/15 6-15; hp 173; yb80 102-103, 105, 107-108; w79 11/1 8-13; w78 10/1 20-23; g78 10/8 22
Dachau: g85 2/8 16-20
“death march” from Sachsenhausen camp: w80 8/15 7-10
during Spanish Civil War: w80 12/15 25-26
ear cut off: yb85 211-212; w79 6/15 14
effect of prison experience: yb83 15-16
effect on persecutors: yb80 20; w79 6/15 15; yb79 105-108; g79 4/8 25; w78 1/1 19; yb78 211, 215-216; yb74 159-160, 169
execution called off: yb78 100; g78 2/22 5-6
faithful despite threat of death: yb86 143-144, 146; yb84 95-96; yb83 12-13, 228-229; w80 12/1 14; w79 11/1 11; yb78 157-158
faithful unto death: yb86 234-235, 244; w85 9/1 10, 14; yb85 45, 182; g85 6/8 11; yb84 91-96; w83 5/15 10-11; w81 10/15 26-28; kc 159; yb81 139-140; yb80 101-103, 105-107; w79 1/1 24; w79 9/1 9; w79 11/1 4-5; g79 11/22 15; yb78 98, 105, 182-183, 257; g78 2/22 6; w74 373; yb74 165-168, 174, 180-190
family opposition endured: w82 4/15 16, 27; w80 12/1 13-14; w79 9/1 11
family opposition overcome: yb86 14; yb85 22, 242-243; w81 2/15 12-13, 15; w81 4/1 30; w79 8/15 12; yb78 192-193; g78 12/22 20; w77 461-463; w77 535; yb77 154-155; w76 17-18; w76 394; gh 181-182; yb76 9, 19; g76 7/22 11; km 6/76 1, 3; w74 342; yb74 6-7; yb73 241; g73 1/22 15-16; g72 5/22 24; g72 12/22 6-7; w71 533-534; w71 574-575; w71 679-680; yb71 147, 149, 162, 165, 168-169, 292-293, 309-310; yb70 145, 222, 233-235, 242-243, 245, 309-310; yb69 76-79, 103, 109-110, 129, 145, 194-196, 202-205, 208-209, 275-276; yb68 88-89, 211; yb67 88; g67 8/8 6-7; w66 434; yb66 151; g65 4/22 22; g64 7/22 15
fiancé’s persecution: yb71 147
fines: yb79 118-119; yb78 227-234, 237-238
former opposers accept truth: yb80 194-195; yb78 108; w74 39; g74 3/8 20; w73 502; yb73 56-57; w71 531, 534; g71 8/8 13-15; yb70 144-145; w69 252-255, 346, 348, 572; yb69 101, 108, 221-222, 224-225, 237; km 10/69 1; yb68 114, 128-129, 185, 195-196, 236, 239, 270; yb67 76, 278, 299-300, 303-304, 307
former persecutor apologizes: g79 9/8 23
guerrillas return captured girl: w79 10/15 21-22
hiding Bible literature from opposed husband: km 2/79 7
honesty averts: g70 7/22 15
imprisoned in small cages: yb78 108
interest aroused by opposers: yb68 225-226, 283-284; yb67 87, 242-243
Jew learns truth in concentration camp: w78 10/1 20-21
keeping integrity in school: w80 12/1 13
kindness impressed opposers: w69 253; yb69 101; yb67 99; g65 4/22 22
Kingdom Hall bombed: g85 11/22 9-13
Kusserow family in Nazi Germany: w85 9/1 10-15
left to die after burning his legs: w85 9/15 5
literature obtained in communist labor camp: w83 2/15 23
literature obtained in prison: yb80 19
literature obtained while under ban: yb79 182
maintaining neutrality: w79 4/15 8-9; yb78 201-218
Malawi persecution arouses interest in truth: w76 219
meeting disrupted: yb77 43
Memorial: yb74 143-145
mob violence: yb86 97-98, 229-230; yb82 198-200; yb77 87-88; yb76 136-137; yb75 182-190
Muslim attacks Witness: yb84 13
narrow escapes from the Gestapo: yb84 78-85
neighbors oppose: w78 2/1 12
new ones endure: yb74 118-119, 145-146, 165-168, 189; w73 661; w72 70-71; yb72 202-203; yb71 147, 159-160, 162, 165, 168-169; yb70 159; yb69 69, 215-216, 222-223
opposed husband imprisoned with Witnesses: yb78 248
prayer during interrogations: yb78 239-240
priest repents for persecution of Witnesses: yb78 244
prisons: w81 2/15 13-15; w80 5/15 11; yb78 98-99, 171-172, 175, 182, 185-188, 190-192, 197-198, 201-218, 223, 235, 237-238, 240-241; w76 282-283; w75 425-426; yb75 176-177; yb74 226-231; yb73 215-219, 221; w72 283, 521, 524-525, 532; yb72 152-153, 156-157, 160-161, 217-218; g72 1/8 8-9; w71 508; yb71 115-116; g71 8/8 13-15; g71 10/22 28; yb70 311; g67 8/8 26
protecting names of brothers: yb83 185
radio programs have opposite effect: w78 8/1 12-13
recall of scriptures by Witnesses in Chinese prisons: w80 8/1 9-10
remaining in assignment despite: yb74 53-56; w73 664-665; yb69 262; yb64 130-131
remaining neutral in war zone: w74 519-521
sewing business boycotted: yb80 183
solitary confinement: w74 250; yb74 226-228
stoning of meeting place: yb84 234
tarred and feathered: yb75 99-100
tested regarding neutrality in concentration camps: yb84 95-96
thinking up daily text in prison: w79 1/1 23
tied on stake: w79 1/1 23
torture: yb85 201-202, 209-210; w79 1/1 23-24
traitor causes much suffering to Witnesses in Nazi Germany: yb74 178-179
traveling overseer asks for fair trial before execution: w79 10/15 14
tribal chief defends Witnesses: yb73 163-164; yb71 267, 276-277
tribal chief reprimanded for opposition: yb70 277; yb66 239-240; g64 7/8 11
Witnesses ordered to run five laps around huge compound in Africa: w80 7/15 32
Witness fined for his neutrality pardoned by President Carter: g79 7/8 29
Witness led to gallows for “hanging”: w80 9/1 10
youths: yb78 235-238
First World Congress on Religious Liberty hears reports on Witnesses in Malawi: g77 11/8 23
foretold: w82 4/15 17, 19-20; bw 112-113; lp 187; w75 622; sl 368-370; og 26-27; w74 171; w73 657-658; w72 133, 142-143, 340; w71 485-486, 491; ad 1291-1292; fm 66-68; w67 103, 203; yl 38-39; w65 248; w64 743, 745
forms of: w82 4/15 22-23; w69 558; w66 594-597
‘happy are those persecuted for righteousness’ sake’ (Mt 5:10): w83 5/1 12-17; w78 3/1 5-6; g71 9/22 27-28
‘happy are you when people persecute you’ (Mt 5:11): w82 4/15 16-20
“it is for discipline you are enduring” (Heb 12:7): w83 2/15 22; sl 144-145
joy in the face of: w80 8/1 10; w76 59
jurist analyzes persecution of Witnesses in Spain: yb78 245-246
law-abiding under: w84 6/15 18-19
Lollards: w80 8/1 26-27
meaning of term: w63 345
newspaper comments regarding, of Witnesses: g60 5/22 8-12; w56 483-484; w50 499-501; g42 2/4 8-9; g42 2/18 20; g40 4/3 16; g40 8/7 3-9; g40 9/18 10-16; g40 11/13 12-15; g40 12/11 18-19; g39 12/13 12-13
of Bible readers: w80 8/1 9-10; g79 10/8 10-12
prayer for wisdom to cope with: cj 15-21
preparing for: w85 11/15 11-15; w83 5/1 18; w75 331-333; w74 248-250; w74 339-340
mind and heart: w85 11/15 12-15
purpose of: w82 4/15 23-24; cj 29; g77 9/8 27-28; gh 114
refines faith: bw 119-121
results: w85 1/1 25; w82 4/15 27; bw 123, 129-139; w76 57-59; w71 115-116; w71 490-491; w67 31; w66 598-599
schools: w65 15-16; yb65 24-25; g60 9/22 12-14; g59 8/22 9-15; w58 446; g56 2/8 21-23; g52 2/22 3-4; g44 7/5 3-9; g43 2/17 22-24; g42 2/4 5-7; g42 2/18 20; w35 366
symbolic representations: ad 1559; w58 550; w50 487; w41 312
unity under persecution: w64 306-309
why permitted: w85 1/1 25; w85 3/1 9-10; w85 9/15 4; w83 5/1 14-16; bw 115-118; g77 9/8 27-28; w74 169-170; w73 267-268; g72 12/8 24-26; w71 111-112; w71 172, 177-178; w71 485-491; w71 539; w64 94-96; g64 6/22 27-28; g64 11/8 6; w63 346; w62 263-264; g61 6/8 27-28; w60 92; yw 288-289; w55 35-36; na46 35; g45 1/31 18; ki 62-63; w36 13-15; w35 133-134; w34 332-334; w33 6; in 27, 34; g33 6/7 573
List by Place
Africa: yb83 16; w80 7/15 32; w79 1/1 22-24; yb79 14
Albania: yb67 302-303; jp 154; w52 525-526; w50 255
Algeria: yb71 139-140
Angola: yb83 210, 221-222, 228-229; g78 7/8 29; yb76 205-208; yb69 222-223; yb68 227; yb67 252; yb66 229; g66 2/22 24-25; yb65 214; g64 5/22 10-11, 15-16; yb63 240-241
Argentina: g81 9/8 29; w80 2/1 20; w79 4/15 11; g79 1/22 29; g79 3/22 29; g79 9/8 16-19; g78 9/22 3-16; w77 39; yb77 6, 18; g77 8/22 29; g77 9/8 29; g76 11/8 29; yb73 7; yb72 61-62, 83-88, 105-106, 109-111; g58 8/8 9-11; w49 205-208; g49 6/8 23; g37 1/27 286-287
comment of an Argentine news editor: g80 10/8 23-24
letters to U.S. White House regarding: g79 1/8 29
Australia: w84 11/1 21-22; yb83 67-73, 87-95; w80 6/15 25; g76 3/8 21-24; w73 53; w72 534-535; w63 376; w62 222-223, 446; jp 158, 212; w55 559; qm55 329; na46 54; g45 10/24 18-22; g43 3/31 10; g43 10/27 23-26, 28; g41 2/5 2; g41 7/9 13-15; g41 7/23 23-24; g40 12/11 8-9; g38 6/1 15-16; g38 6/15 3-7
Kingdom Hall bombed: g85 11/22 9-13
Austria: jp 153; na46 48
Azores: yb83 161; yb63 241
Bahamas: yb85 231-232, 234, 252; g43 3/31 12
Belgium: yb84 52-54, 61-101, 107-114; w79 10/1 9-10; w73 571-573; w65 317; jp 153; w45 239-240
Benin: w78 11/1 29; yb77 6, 17-18; g76 9/8 3-12; km 7/76 4
Bermuda: g48 12/8 16-20
Bolivia: yb86 97-98; yb71 90; w58 574
Botswana: w81 8/1 9; yb76 195-196; yb74 17
Brazil: yb73 49-56, 58-59, 62-67, 79-84; w62 377-378
Britain: g82 8/22 11; yb73 98-100, 117-135; w71 721; fm 122; w68 534-535; jp 152-153, 156-157; w58 526; w55 463, 557; qm55 325, 329; na46 50; w43 2; g43 3/31 13-14; g43 12/22 25; w40 304, 352; g40 6/12 5-6; g40 12/11 17; g39 5/31 12-13, 26-27; g39 6/14 27; g39 6/28 3-11; g39 7/26 15-16; g39 11/15 8-12
Bulgaria: jp 153; w50 255
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta): yb65 127
Burma: yb86 16; yb79 47, 68-69; yb67 101
Burundi: km 6/77 4; yb71 183
Cameroon: yb74 11; w73 529-530; yb73 19-20; w71 157; yb71 224-226; w70 633-640; yb69 97-98; g69 8/22 28
Canada: w84 5/15 27-28; w84 12/1 30-31; w79 4/15 8-9; yb79 104-112, 119, 122-125, 129-134, 137-149; w77 11; g77 5/22 29; w76 691-694; g75 3/8 16, 18-22; w74 284-285; w72 144, 148-151; g72 7/8 9-10; w71 22; yb71 30; w68 18; yb68 22; g68 12/22 21-22, 24-25; w67 367-368, 604; w65 501-502; w64 653; g64 6/8 12-15; g63 8/8 31; g62 7/22 21, 25; w59 506; jp 75-76, 157-158, 213; yw 181; w55 206-207, 237, 557-558; qm55 329; w53 228; g49 5/8 8-11; na46 39, 54-55; g45 11/7 13-16; g44 3/15 3-15, 18-21; g44 10/11 3-7; w43 267, 333; fl43 26; g43 3/31 11; w41 249, 297; g35 2/27 328-330
Canada (Quebec): g60 12/22 9; jp 239-248; g57 12/8 9-12; w56 622-623; w55 742; g53 7/8 3-4; g53 11/8 3-5; g53 11/22 3-11; g52 10/22 5-15; w51 387-388, 694-695; g51 9/22 3-8; g50 4/8 9-14; g50 7/22 16; g50 8/22 3-9; g49 1/22 3-7; g49 4/8 21-24; g47 1/8 3-11; g47 2/22 19; g47 7/22 3-7; g46 2/13 25; g46 12/8 22-27; g45 11/7 3-13; w40 234; g40 7/10 14-16; g40 8/7 14-15, 18-19; g40 9/4 12; g39 7/26 12, 21-22; g39 9/20 28-29; g39 11/15 5-6; g36 7/15 654-655; g35 7/31 690-699; g31 9/16 811-813
Canary Islands: yb78 155-156, 197-201, 208-209; yb63 264-265; yb62 249; g62 4/8 11-13
Central African Republic: w80 8/1 7; yb77 6, 18-19; w55 37-38
China: w79 7/15 4-7; yb74 52-56, 59-60; g74 7/8 9; w72 521, 524-525, 532; w65 756-767; g65 12/8 29; w63 437-442; g63 7/8 29; g63 7/22 22-27; yb62 110
Colombia: w72 282-284; yb61 108; w57 620; w54 171; g53 3/8 24
Congo: km 4/77 1; yb69 110; yb63 107-108
Costa Rica: yb65 97
Crete: g76 11/22 23-24
Cuba: g83 11/8 6; g81 6/22 3-11; w80 10/15 30; w80 12/1 14; g80 10/8 29; km 12/76 4; w71 19; w71 678; yb71 24-25, 115-116; g71 10/22 28; yb70 132-133; yb69 115-116; yb68 114-115; w67 700-701; yb67 121-123; g67 8/8 5-6; w65 17; yb65 27-28, 98-99; yb64 129-130
Cyprus (modern): yb67 124-125; yb64 131; yb63 117-118; yb62 119-120; w53 29-30; w52 301-303; w50 332-334
Czechoslovakia: yb72 127, 132-136, 138-141; w67 253; jp 153; w56 5; w55 38, 347; w53 595; na46 51; g40 2/21 12-14
Dominica: yb79 177, 180-181, 184
Dominican Republic: w80 5/15 10-12; w80 9/1 8-9; yb72 152-163; w71 18; w71 343; yb71 23-24; g67 5/8 19; yb63 124; jp 282; g58 2/8 17-19; w57 585-591; g57 4/22 27-28; g57 10/22 8-12; w55 38; g54 4/8 27-28; w50 428-430; g50 5/22 9-12; g50 8/22 9-11
Ecuador: w82 7/1 29-30
Egypt (modern): km 7/78 4; w72 525; w71 114, 117-118; yb71 316-317; yb69 282-283; w68 154, 325-330, 542; yb68 282-284; yb66 285-286; yb63 307; yb61 267
El Salvador: w83 5/15 10-11; yb81 45, 71-72
Equatorial Guinea: yb71 226-227
Eritrea: yb62 276; yb61 73; g60 3/8 21-26
Estonia: w63 375-376; jp 153
Ethiopia: yb75 7-8; yb74 12-13; yb65 259-260; yb64 277; yb61 130-131; g60 3/8 21-26; g57 10/8 17-20; w35 335
Fiji: w71 20-21; yb71 27; jp 154; g39 11/1 20-24
Finland: w79 11/15 14-15; w76 268-270; jp 153
France: w80 8/15 5-6; yb80 61-62, 72, 78-80, 87-90, 101-103, 105-112, 128, 133; w62 765-766; jp 153; g47 7/8 24; na46 50; w45 240; g40 12/11 19
Gabon: w73 529; w71 251-254; yb71 111
Germany (German Democratic Republic [East]): w75 425-426; w74 250; yb74 223-232; g72 7/8 20; yb68 273; yb67 304-305; yb65 257-259; yb63 298-300; yb62 277-279; w61 214, 249; yb61 278; g61 1/8 30-31; jp 262, 278; g59 7/22 24; g57 7/22 19; w56 5, 158-159, 483-484; w55 38, 268, 347, 368, 391; w54 272, 413; w51 63-64, 357-360, 512; g51 1/22 3-5; g51 4/22 5-8; w50 399-400, 499-501; w49 379-382; g47 3/22 23
Germany (Nazi): w85 9/1 11-14; g85 2/8 16-20; g85 6/8 11; g85 6/22 10-13; w84 10/1 8; g84 10/8 29; g84 12/8 12-14; w81 6/15 7-12; w81 10/15 26-28; kc 157-159; g81 8/8 29; w80 8/15 6-10; hp 173; w79 7/1 7-8; w79 11/1 4-5, 8-13; w78 10/1 20-23; g78 10/8 22; w75 85; w75 424-425; yb75 174; w74 202, 218; w74 676; yb74 108-128, 131-204, 210-212; 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 16; w71 117; w71 425; w71 489-490, 494; yb71 20-21; g71 1/8 13; w70 331-332; w69 590, 731-732; fm 121; g69 9/8 12; w68 15-16, 153, 173-174, 188-190, 598-602; yb68 18-19; g68 12/22 28; w67 104, 187-190, 367, 394, 474-475; w66 595-596; g66 5/22 10; w65 15, 356, 539-541; yb65 23-24; w64 659, 746-747; yb64 50-51; g64 5/8 13, 16; g64 6/22 27; w63 181-183, 568; mg63 71; w62 668-670; g62 4/22 28; w61 244-248, 745; ns 329-330, 334; g61 7/22 11-12; g61 9/8 20; w60 43, 57; jp 129-131, 141-142, 162-174; yw 273-274; w55 462-463, 521-523, 542; w53 693; nh 277; w50 153, 484; g48 4/22 3-4; g48 7/8 7; w46 61-62, 93; na46 41-42, 47-52, 55-58; g46 1/2 3-11; g46 1/16 3-14; g46 2/27 3-12; w45 107, 236-240, 268-272; g45 9/12 3-20; g45 9/26 10-12; w43 7, 104, 276, 349; tf 315-316; w42 150; g41 2/19 24; w40 60; fc40 20; g40 12/11 10, 23; w39 74, 102, 329; fm39 11-12; g39 2/8 13-14; g39 6/14 17-19; g39 11/15 3-4; w38 201; g38 8/10 12-15; g38 12/14 10-11; ar 28; 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 4/8 419-421; g36 7/15 651-653; g36 10/7 27-31; g36 11/4 71, 78, 86; g35 2/27 323-328; g35 6/5 552-554; g35 10/9 7-11; w34 14; g34 4/25 451-463; g34 8/1 680-681; g34 12/5 146
number of arrests, years of imprisonment, and deaths: w76 82
Germany (pre-Nazi): yb74 100-105; w68 14; yb68 16; w67 366-367; jp 78
Germany, Federal Republic of (West): g63 9/8 29; w49 303
Ghana: yb74 9-10; yb73 151-165, 168-170, 172-178; g67 1/8 16-18; jp 153; w58 144; w57 189; w53 719
Gibraltar: yb68 199-200
Greece (modern): yb85 42; w79 6/1 20; g78 2/22 5-6; g77 4/8 29; g77 4/22 29; g77 5/8 22-23; g77 10/22 29; w75 71; g75 12/8 17-21; w71 678; w70 189-190; yb70 163-164; w68 729, 731-732; yb68 143; g68 3/8 29; w67 18; yb67 28, 159-160; g67 8/8 6; w66 611-612; g66 10/22 25-26; mg63 78; g63 9/8 29; g63 10/8 24-29; g63 10/22 25; g60 12/8 16-19; jp 153, 161-162, 281-282; g56 9/8 17-19; w52 239, 381; g49 1/8 26-28; g49 3/22 3-7; g49 5/8 26-28; g49 5/22 12; g49 11/22 3-8; g48 4/8 3-7; g47 6/8 6-8; g39 8/9 12; g39 12/13 15-16
Guadeloupe: w72 532
Guam: yb85 22
Guinea: yb63 250
Haiti: w64 14; yb64 16-17
Hungary: yb70 306-307; yb62 279; yb61 279-280; jp 153; w58 136, 331; na46 51; g38 3/23 15
India: yb77 65-68, 87-88, 96-97; g77 4/8 21-22; w73 763-764; w61 316; w59 670; jp 154
Indonesia: km 4/77 1; yb76 17; w68 459; yb68 160-161; yb67 179; jp 154; g43 3/31 11
Iran: km 9/80 4
Iraq: yb61 181-182
Ireland: w83 7/15 12-13; w77 411-413; w68 284; w66 766; yb62 128-130; yb61 127-129; g60 9/8 31; w39 175; g36 8/12 722-723
Italy: g84 7/8 6-11; g84 12/8 14; yb83 17-18; yb82 120-128, 132-133, 137-152, 155-173, 192-196, 198-208, 210-212, 214-216, 218-220, 222, 224-227; w73 664-665; g68 9/22 21-22; jp 128, 141, 153; w52 451-452; na46 52; g46 3/13 7-8; g46 7/3 23-24; g37 6/16 587-588
Ivory Coast: yb81 150-152, 158-159, 162-163, 166-169; yb67 158
Japan: yb73 214-219, 221; w71 15-16; yb71 18; jp 141, 154, 160-161; na46 41, 51; g46 5/8 6; wo 60
Jordan: yb80 226-230; yb67 199; w61 102; g60 7/22 21-23; g59 10/8 22-26
Kenya: yb76 105-106; yb74 12
Korea, Republic of (South): w71 14; yb71 16; g71 8/8 13-15; jp 160-161, 277; w52 214-215; na46 41
Kuwait: yb64 196-197
lands where the work is restricted: yb85 45; w81 2/15 13-15; w78 1/1 23, 28; w74 373; w72 70-71, 144; yb72 45; yb70 306-307, 311-313; w67 104, 368-369; w65 16, 756-767; yb65 25-26, 265-268; w64 306-307, 659; g64 5/22 12; g64 6/22 10, 12; g64 7/8 9; w63 437-442; bf 494; g63 7/22 22-27; w62 637; w61 214; yb61 274; g61 4/8 31; g61 7/22 11-12; g60 5/22 8-12; w58 25-26; w57 439; w56 483-484; w55 38-40; g55 3/22 7-8; w54 413, 669; w53 693; w50 499-501
Latvia: w62 445
Lebanon: yb80 180, 183, 194-195, 197-198; w69 571-572; yb67 196-198; yb64 193-194; yb61 179; w57 298-299
Lesotho: w81 1/1 11
Liberia: w82 4/15 25-26; w82 7/15 31; yb77 140-141, 145-146, 166-178, 185-186; w73 172-173; yb69 184-185; g65 6/22 22-23; w64 14; yb64 16, 202; g64 2/8 15-16; g63 7/22 16-17; g63 8/8 5-15; g31 5/13 538
Luxembourg: yb76 35-41
Macao: w84 7/15 30; yb74 58
Madagascar: w78 11/1 27-28; w71 89-90
Madeira (Islands): yb67 254
Malawi: yb85 150, 153-154, 181-187; w79 2/1 23; g79 1/22 29; w78 11/15 12; w78 12/1 31; yb78 10-11; g78 7/8 29; yb77 15-17; g77 11/8 23; w76 81-82; w76 396; w76 491; w76 635; yb76 20-21, 84-85, 151-152, 168-170, 236-238; g76 1/22 29; g76 3/8 29; g76 3/22 3-9; g76 7/8 29; g76 7/22 29; g76 8/8 3-11; w75 341; yb75 10; g75 12/8 3-12; g75 12/22 15-19; km 12/75 1-2; w74 218; yb74 15; w73 264-268; yb73 22-23; g73 1/8 29; g73 3/8 17-25; g73 8/22 30; w72 664; yb72 45; g72 7/8 20; g72 11/22 29; g72 12/8 9-28; w71 111; w70 218-219; yb70 259-260; yb69 230-233, 283; w68 71-79, 153, 285-286, 348; yb68 191-192; g68 2/8 16-22; g68 4/8 29; g68 4/22 30; g68 5/8 29; yb66 192; yb65 171-173; g65 4/22 22; yb62 215; g57 6/22 21-24; g46 12/22 21-22
efforts to publicize Witness persecution in: km 4/76 4
protests against persecution: g76 8/8 6-11
Malaysia: jp 154; w52 20-24; g52 1/22 21-25; g52 3/8 24; g43 3/31 10
Mali: yb67 262
Mauritius: yb76 113
Mexico: w80 2/1 20; yb64 205; g64 12/8 9-11; yb63 197-198; g63 12/8 10-12; yb62 194; g55 8/22 8; g53 3/8 28; gm35 53-54
Morocco: yb81 115
Mozambique: g81 10/8 14; w78 11/15 12; yb76 178; g76 1/8 16-26; g76 2/22 29; g76 8/8 3-6; yb71 261-262; w55 346
Netherlands: yb86 127, 138-139, 142-149, 151-157, 164-167; jp 153; g54 7/22 17-19; w53 228; g52 12/8 17-19; g52 12/22 9-11; w45 239; w42 112
New Britain: yb78 54-56
New Caledonia: yb84 247-248; yb61 134
Newfoundland: yb76 51, 59-63; g39 3/22 12
New Zealand: yb81 234-238; jp 154; g59 11/22 12-16; w58 700; g49 9/22 27-28; g43 3/31 10; g42 2/18 21-22; g42 6/24 29
Nicaragua: w83 1/1 23; yb83 16; yb72 178, 185-190
Niger: yb71 227
Nigeria: yb86 196-198, 232-235; yb85 9-10; g74 3/8 20; w72 520; w71 157; yb71 222-223; yb69 203-204; jp 153; w53 525; w52 702; g49 3/22 7; g46 8/22 26-27; g44 1/5 14-15; g43 3/31 11; g40 9/18 10; g40 12/11 16; g36 7/29 693-694
Niue: yb84 234
Norway: jp 153; g47 7/8 24
Pakistan: yb72 199
Panama: w57 536
Papua New Guinea: yb78 67-68, 76
Paraguay: w57 483-484
children expelled from school: g85 9/8 29
Peru: yb79 208-209, 214-219
Philippines: yb78 91-95, 97-100, 102-105, 107-110, 113, 121-122, 125-126, 128; w71 20; yb71 26; w64 316-319; jp 154, 159-160; w54 601-604; w53 228, 489-490, 510; w52 492
Poland: w71 490; yb71 310-311; yb67 308-309; yb65 261-262; yb64 279-280; yb63 303; yb62 280; yb61 281-282; g61 2/8 30; jp 153, 161, 278; w57 248-249, 260-264; w56 5, 221-222; w55 38; g53 8/8 8; g51 10/8 4-8; w50 250; g50 8/22 12; g49 4/22 3-7; w48 365; g48 12/22 3-8; g47 7/8 5-7; na46 51; g46 2/13 6-10; g37 6/2 565
Portugal: yb83 138-139, 165-168, 179-185, 187, 189-202, 204-205, 207-218, 220-221, 225-229, 241-243, 245-246; w80 2/1 20; w78 2/1 12; w75 170; yb68 224-226; g68 4/8 8; w67 377-378; yb67 249-252; g67 6/8 9-11; g67 7/8 3-4; w66 581-592, 721-722; yb66 227-228; g66 2/22 17-28; g66 8/8 29; g66 8/22 29; w64 14; yb64 17, 236-238; g64 5/22 8-16; g64 8/22 19-20, 23-24; yb63 239
Romania: yb71 311-312; yb64 280-281; yb63 303; yb62 282; yb61 283-284; jp 153; w55 38; w50 255; g40 5/15 15-16; g37 6/16 588-589; g37 12/29 22; g36 1/29 275
St. Kitts: yb79 182
San Marino: yb70 190-191
São Tomé and Príncipe: yb67 254-255
Sarawak: yb62 241
Senegal: yb79 238
Seychelles: w79 1/1 24
Sierra Leone: w82 9/1 26; yb69 238; yb64 244
Singapore: w72 341-349
Solomon Islands: yb78 42-47, 50; g75 6/22 14; w58 400; w56 707-708
South Africa: yb86 13-14; yb76 88-89, 98-102, 136-139, 141-146, 162, 188; yb75 11; g50 12/8 13-16; g44 6/21 3-7; g43 3/31 11; g39 6/28 26-29; g39 12/13 12
Southeast Asia: yb83 15
Soviet Union: w83 8/1 12; w82 9/1 27; g79 11/22 30; g77 1/8 29; g76 5/22 29; w74 218; yb71 314; g69 9/8 15; w68 176-177; w65 529-530; yb65 265-268; w64 659; yb64 282-284; g64 6/22 10, 12; g64 7/8 9; g64 9/22 30; bf 494; yb63 290-294, 306-307; g63 2/8 29; w62 734; yb62 282-284; w61 658; ns 367; yb61 284-286; w60 91; g60 5/22 8-12; w59 374-375; jp 279-281; w57 245-248, 250-253, 439, 488; g57 4/22 24; w56 209-218, 233-236; g56 6/22 8-12; w55 38-39; w50 254-255
Spain: g84 12/8 14; w80 12/15 25-28; yb78 137, 140-141, 144, 148-158, 164-166, 171-172, 174-179, 182-194, 197-218, 222-248, 257; w75 456-457; g70 6/22 31; g69 6/8 24; g68 4/8 8; g68 8/22 11; w67 366; yb67 275-276; g67 6/8 17-20; g67 8/22 15; yb66 246; w65 17; yb65 26-27; w64 14; yb64 16-17, 254; g64 8/8 20-26; yb63 262-263; w62 13-15, 572-574; yb62 19-22; g62 4/8 5-14; g61 9/8 8-15; jp 153; g37 2/24 338-341
Swaziland: w85 8/15 6; w83 2/1 27-31; g83 9/8 26-27; yb76 179-180, 218-221
Sweden: w78 8/1 12-13; g61 12/8 13-14; g58 12/8 13-15; g50 2/8 27-28
Syria: yb80 192-193, 201-202; yb71 195; yb69 179; yb68 182-183; yb67 200-201; yb64 197; yb62 183; g36 11/4 79
Taiwan: w79 9/1 9; yb72 216-225; yb62 255-256; w55 347; g53 8/8 6-8; w51 586-587
Tanzania: yb74 13-14; yb71 186; yb67 191
Togo: yb74 10-11
Trinidad: g55 8/22 9-11; g43 3/31 11; g37 2/24 342; g36 10/21 56
Turkey: w85 4/1 28-31; g84 11/22 29; g81 6/8 25-27; g81 9/8 29; w74 218; g74 2/8 29; g73 3/22 15; g73 9/8 12-16; yb70 310-311; w68 730-731; yb65 264-265; yb63 284-285; yb62 265; yb61 264-265
Uganda: yb74 13
United States: g84 12/8 9-11; w83 6/15 28; w83 8/1 25-26; w83 9/1 13; w83 9/15 22-23, 25; w79 7/1 8; g79 7/8 29; go 128; yb75 95-100, 103-110, 116-117, 153-154, 163-164, 169-173, 175-191; w73 117, 120-122; w73 661; g72 7/8 10-12; w71 22; w71 379; w71 520-521; w71 722, 730; yb71 29; w70 60, 764; w69 155, 218-219, 508-510; fm 120, 122-123; w68 16-18, 61; yb68 20-22; w67 104, 368, 605, 761; yb67 66; w66 558-559; g65 6/8 9-10; w64 653-654; bf 503; ns 334; w60 327; w59 506-507; jp 76, 79-83, 123, 132, 175, 180-185, 200-201; yw 181-182; w55 236-238, 367, 425-428, 588-590; qm55 314-315, 322, 330-331; g54 6/8 12; w50 153; g47 7/22 27-28; na46 52-55; g42 12/9 12-15; g42 12/23 12-15; gt41 25-26; to 42-45; g41 2/19 9; g41 9/3 4-8; g41 12/24 23-24; dm 23-25; g40 8/7 7-10; g40 9/4 4-8; g40 9/18 9-15; g40 10/2 13-19; g40 10/30 3-4; g40 11/13 10-15; g40 12/11 5-8; g39 4/5 11, 18-20; g39 8/23 3-9; g39 9/6 5-7, 15; g38 8/10 3-6; g38 11/30 24, 27; g37 6/2 551-554; g37 6/16 579-587; g37 12/1 5-9; g36 7/15 643-647; g32 11/23 123-126; g30 12/10 168-177
Arizona: w42 64; g39 8/23 13-15; g32 5/25 535-536
Arkansas: g43 9/1 13; g42 11/11 5-10
California: w72 761; g43 9/1 14-15; g42 7/8 21-23; g42 10/14 10
Connecticut: g38 5/18 7-9; g38 11/16 3-6; g32 5/25 532-535
Florida: g36 5/6 493-494
Georgia: yb75 175-176, 178-179; g39 11/15 13; g38 1/12 28-29; g37 5/19 533-535; g37 8/11 707-717; g37 11/17 18-19; w36 271; g36 4/8 438; g36 7/1 630; g36 8/12 724-725; g31 2/4 312-313
Illinois: yb75 183-184; w55 585-586; g42 11/11 10-12; w40 208; g40 10/30 7-8; g38 1/12 27-28; g38 3/9 26; g37 9/8 786; g36 9/23 829; g36 11/4 69-71; g33 7/19 661-667, 671
Indiana: yb75 186-188; g52 2/22 3-4; g41 7/9 2, 13
Iowa: g48 2/8 28; g48 7/22 17-20; g47 12/8 16-20; g46 11/22 12-16; g41 6/11 12-13; g36 11/18 126; g35 1/16 245-246
Kentucky: g44 8/16 3-17
Louisiana: g44 1/5 3-6; g43 10/13 11-14; g37 6/16 591
Maine: g40 4/3 4-6; g40 8/7 8
Massachusetts: g48 9/8 27-28; g37 5/19 536-538; g36 5/20 534-535
Mississippi: g79 9/8 23; g43 11/24 23-24
Missouri: w50 475; w41 352
Nebraska: g40 3/6 16
New Hampshire: g42 6/10 20, 22; g39 7/12 14-15
New Jersey: yb75 141, 173-174, 176-177; jp 123, 131-132; w55 367; g44 8/16 18-19; g42 9/2 3-6, 10; g39 12/13 12-13; ar 29; g37 1/13 242-245; g37 5/19 530-532; g37 6/2 547-554; g37 10/20 24-27; g37 11/3 16; g37 12/1 7-9; g36 1/29 259-260; g36 2/26 339-340; g36 3/11 371; g36 4/8 435-437; g36 7/15 660-671; g36 7/29 679-688, 695; g36 11/4 87; g36 11/18 108-112; g35 2/13 318-319; g35 2/27 330-331; g35 5/8 488; g35 5/22 515-517; g35 9/11 786-788; g35 9/25 820; g34 6/20 586-587; w33 326-327; in 5-11; g33 6/7 547-552; g33 7/19 643-660, 669-670; g33 8/16 707-708; g33 10/11 10; g33 11/22 109; g33 12/6 142-144; g32 4/27 467-469; g32 5/11 504-505; g32 5/25 531-532; g32 8/3 696
New York: g42 4/15 3-8; g42 4/29 7-11; g42 5/13 19-22; g40 4/17 16; w39 281-282; g39 11/29 20-24; g39 12/13 23-24; g36 9/23 820-821
New York (Brooklyn): w77 471
Ohio: g50 5/8 9-11; w40 32; g40 8/7 9-10; g39 10/18 15-19, 24; g34 9/12 786; g32 3/16 359-361
Oklahoma: yb75 185-186; g52 3/22 9-11; g49 11/8 8-11, 28; g45 2/14 18-23; g43 11/24 21-23; g42 9/2 19-25; g41 10/1 8-11
Oregon: g45 4/11 14; g42 11/11 12-15
Pennsylvania: g42 9/30 21; g37 5/19 515-528; g37 6/16 581-583, 600; g37 8/11 728-730; g36 5/6 495-496; g36 5/20 536; g36 8/12 726; g36 11/4 67-68; g35 12/18 171-173; g34 4/11 445-446; g33 12/6 139-141; g32 4/27 461-467; g32 10/12 18-19; g31 9/16 803
Society’s president, officers, and representatives imprisoned in 1918 but exonerated in 1919: w83 7/1 18, 20-21; w83 8/1 25; w80 10/1 29-30; hs 142-145; yb75 104-109, 111-112, 115-118; w72 750; fm 120, 169-171, 270-271; jp 80-81, 86-87; w55 236-239; qm55 314-316
South Carolina: g44 1/5 3, 6-7; g43 10/13 6-8; g33 6/7 555-557
South Dakota: g40 3/6 12-15
Tennessee: g51 5/8 3-4; g43 10/13 8-11; w33 77-78
Texas: yb75 188-190; w58 270; g49 12/8 16; w43 112; g43 1/6 10-11; g43 9/1 12-13; g42 12/9 12; w40 240
Utah: g43 1/6 12
Vermont: g48 8/8 12-16; g43 10/13 4-5
Virginia: g35 5/22 518; g35 7/17 671
Washington: g44 7/19 3-13; g43 5/12 3-11
West Virginia: g48 6/8 9-12; g43 4/14 12-15; g42 8/5 20-22; g40 12/25 11
Wisconsin: g48 2/8 27-28
Wyoming: g40 12/11 24-28
Uruguay: w54 125-127
West Africa: g44 3/1 22-24
Yugoslavia: w76 269; yb61 286-287; jp 153; w55 38; w50 255; g47 3/22 9-11; g38 5/4 25
Zaire: yb76 22; yb74 14; w55 347
Kimbilikiti massacre of Witnesses: w85 3/1 3-10
Zambia: yb76 96, 127-133, 156-157, 172; yb72 235-240, 242, 245, 247-250; yb70 300-301; yb69 269-271; g69 2/22 30; yb68 268-270; yb67 299-300; yb65 194-195; jp 153; g46 12/22 21-22; g43 3/31 11; g38 11/2 22; g36 1/1 195-215
Zimbabwe: w85 9/15 5; yb85 121-125, 145-147, 158-160, 168, 170-172, 174-175, 189-191, 194-196, 201-202, 210-213; w81 12/15 23; yb76 94, 100, 128, 154-155; jp 153; g43 3/31 11; g41 3/5 29-31; g40 7/24 25-26; g37 6/16 598-600
Quotations
Jehovah’s Witnesses are one of the most persecuted religious sects in world: w80 4/15 29
persecution of African Witnesses by rulers in attempt to consolidate one-party regimes: g76 8/22 29
where persecution begins, Christianity ends: g83 11/8 9