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- 1934-1963 (Creation)
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1 file
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Biographical history
The Centro di Documentazione sui Bibelforscher, Centre for the Documentaion of Jehovah's Witnesses, is based in Italy and has no affiliation to any religious denomination.
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GB 1556 WL 1444 1934-1963 collection 1 file Centro di Documentazione sui Bibelforscher
The Centro di Documentazione sui Bibelforscher, Centre for the Documentaion of Jehovah's Witnesses, is based in Italy and has no affiliation to any religious denomination.
Centro di Documentazione sui Bibelforscher
Papers regarding the fate of Jehovah's Witnesses during the Nazi era, 1934-1963, include copies of forms with personal details of concentration camp inmates; verdicts in Nazi court cases relating to refusal to bear arms; lists of concentration camp inmates; Gestapo correspondence and testimonies of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Chronological by material type.
Open
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
German, French and Italian
Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
Centro di Documentazione sui Bibelforscher.
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
March 2008 Christian sects Civil and political rights Concentration camps Freedom of religion Freedom of thought Gestapo x Geheimes Staatspolizei Humanitarian law Human rights Jehovah's Witnesses Nazism Political doctrines Religions Religious sects Totalitarianism War crimes
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Centro di Documentazione sui Bibelforscher
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Papers regarding the fate of Jehovah's Witnesses during the Nazi era, 1934-1963, include copies of forms with personal details of concentration camp inmates; verdicts in Nazi court cases relating to refusal to bear arms; lists of concentration camp inmates; Gestapo correspondence and testimonies of Jehovah's Witnesses.
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Chronological by material type.
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Open
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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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German, French and Italian
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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English