Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich [electronic resource] : sectarian politics under persecution / M. James Penton.
Language: English, German Publication details: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, c2004.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 412 p., [8] p. of plates) : illISBN:- 9781442676404 (electronic bk.)
- 144267640X (electronic bk.)
- Russell, C. T. (Charles Taze), 1852-1916
- Rutherford, J. F. (Joseph Franklin), 1869-1942
- Jehovah's Witnesses -- Nazi persecution
- Jehovah's Witnesses -- History
- Jehovah's Witnesses -- History -- Sources
- Russell, C. T. (Charles Taze), 1852-1916
- Rutherford, J. F. (Joseph Franklin), 1869-1942
- Témoins de Jéhovah -- Persécutions nazies
- Témoins de Jéhovah -- Histoire
- Témoins de Jéhovah -- Histoire -- Sources
- Jehova's Getuigen
- Vervolgingen
- Derde Rijk
- Widerstand
- Zeugen Jehovas
- Politische Verfolgung
- Nationalsozialismus
- Deutschland
- HISTORY / Europe / Western
- RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations
- 289.9/2/094309043
- D804.5.J44 P45 2004eb
- 15.70
- NQ 2350
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Watch Tower Society's Attempted Compromise with Hitler -- Watch Tower Holocaust Propaganda and Responses to Charges of Compromise and Anti-Semitism -- Evaluating the Arguments and the Evidence -- Rutherford's New Nation -- 'The Theocracy' in America -- German Bible Student-Jehovah's Witnesses, 1902-1933 -- Jehovah's Witnesses in the Crucible of Nazi Persecution -- Riding the Holocaust Bandwagon.
Using materials from Witness archives, the U.S. State Department, Nazi files, and other sources, M. James Penton demonstrates that while many ordinary German Witnesses were brave in their opposition to Nazism, their leaders were quite prepared to support the Hitler government. --from publisher description.
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