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Author Penton, M. James, 1932- author.

Title Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich : sectarian politics under persecution / M. James Penton
Published Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 412 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Russell, C. T. (Charles Taze), 1852-1916.
Rutherford, J. F. (Joseph Franklin), 1869-1942.
SUBJECT Russell, C. T. (Charles Taze), 1852-1916 fast
Rutherford, J. F. (Joseph Franklin), 1869-1942 fast
Subject Jehovah's Witnesses -- Nazi persecution.
Jehovah's Witnesses -- History
Jehovah's Witnesses -- History -- Sources
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Denominations.
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses -- Nazi persecution
Widerstand
Zeugen Jehovas
Politische Verfolgung
Nationalsozialismus
Jehova's Getuigen.
Vervolgingen.
Derde Rijk.
Deutschland
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442676404
144267640X
1281992461
9781281992468