There are many accounts of what Jehovah's Witnesses endured in Nazi Germany. Since they refused to conform to Hitlers standards they became the targets of bitter persecution and many thousands were imprisoned and killed. For specific stories click on the links below.
Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany in 1933.
Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in January 1933.
Adolf Hitler was leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933.
Hitler was in power from January 30 1933 to 30 June 1945.
In January 1933, Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany.
Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany in 1933.
Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in January 1933.
In 1933.They left Germany in 1933 to go to the Netherlands.
Adolph Hitler was the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945.
Adolf Hitler was leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
On 30 January 1933
Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933.
Hitler was in power from January 30 1933 to 30 June 1945.
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World news events from 1933 include Japan and Germany withdrawing from the League of Nations. Also in 1933, Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany.
On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Germany's new chancellor. In the beginning, the Hitler government worked to conceal its violent and extremist nature. Hence, the Witnesses, along with millions of other Germans in early 1933, viewed the National Socialist Party as the legitimate ruling authority of the time. The Witnesses hoped that the National Socialist (Nazi) government would realize that this peaceable, law-abiding Christian group posed no subversive threat to the State. This was no offer to compromise Bible principles. As has been the case in other lands, the Witnesses wanted to inform the government of the true nonpolitical nature of their religion. It quickly became apparent that Jehovah's Witnesses were to be among the first targets of brutal Nazi suppression. The Witnesses were again branded as accomplices in an alleged Bolshevik-Jewish conspiracy. A campaign of persecution began. As a result, the Witnesses endured threats, interrogations, house searches, and other harassment by the police and SA (Hitler's Sturmabteilung, storm troopers, or Brownshirts). On April 24, 1933, officials seized and shut down the Watch Tower office in Magdeburg, Germany. After a thorough search yielded no incriminating evidence, and under pressure from the U.S. State Department, the police returned the property. By May 1933, though, the Witnesses were banned in several German states.