Jehovah's Witness pamphlet used by member executed by the Germans
- Wohlfahrt Sicher [Prosperity Sure]
Rozmiary i nośnik
overall : 7.500 x 5.500 x 0.250 in. (19.05 x 13.97 x 0.635 cm.)
Paper pamphlet with the cover image of a house with a car parked in the driveway and a fountain in the yard.
Przejęcie
Accession number: 1989.314.1
Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Franz and Maria Wohlfahrt
Zakres i treść
Pamphlet used by Gregor Wohlfahrt and then his son, Franz, to preach and recruit members for the Jehovah's Witness in Austria. After Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938, the literature was banned by the Nazis. The Watchtower Society, the administrative arm for the Jehovah Witnesses, had been banned in Germany since 1935. The religion was not banned but members were arrested for their refusal to be drafted or participate in any military work. Members in Austria knew that they would be persecuted for their refusal to accept the authority of any temporal power. In August 1939, Gregor was told to report for military service. He was deemed unfit but declared his opposition to the war. He was imprisoned in Vienna, declared an enemy of the state, tried, and sentenced to death by beheading on December 7, 1939, with 28 other Jehovah's Witnesses.
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Record type: Publication
Tematy
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Austrian.
- Jehovah's Witnesses--Austria--Biography.
- Political prisoners--Germany.
- Jehovah's Witnesses--Nazi persecution--Austria--Biography.
- Concentration camp inmates--Austria--Biography.
- Executions and executioners--Germany.