Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich sectarian politics under persecution /
Penton, M. James, 1932-
Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich sectarian politics under persecution / M. James Penton. - Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2004. - 1 online resource (xxii, 412 pages, 8. pages of plates) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies 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.
9781442676404
Uk
Rutherford, J. F. 1869-1942.
Jehovah's Witnesses--Nazi persecution.
Jehovah's Witnesses--History.
Jehovah's Witnesses--History--Sources.
Electronic Books.
D804 / .J446 2004
Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich sectarian politics under persecution / M. James Penton. - Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2004. - 1 online resource (xxii, 412 pages, 8. pages of plates) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies 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.
9781442676404
Uk
Rutherford, J. F. 1869-1942.
Jehovah's Witnesses--Nazi persecution.
Jehovah's Witnesses--History.
Jehovah's Witnesses--History--Sources.
Electronic Books.
D804 / .J446 2004