Prisoner of war camps

by goddidit 3 Replies latest jw friends

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  goddidit

  I don't want to spend time checking this claim from a JW, and whether it is true or not is, I think, of no significance to their claim of being the 'one true religion'. Nevertheless, I am interested in finding out a bit more. Does anyone have any information or links about this?

  The claim: Regarding WW2 prison camps, JWs were amongst the first into the camps because of refusal to join any armed forces. This demonstrates JWs are the only group that fit the model Jesus gave [know them by their fruit etc.]

  I realise that 'among' could mean that 0.5% of them were the 'first into the camps' but getting a better description would be like banging my head against the wall. Perhaps it's deliberately vague, like many other claims I've heard.

  Thank you all.

  FYI, I am an atheist.
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  Phizzy

  I do not have any figures to give you, just apersonal experience. I visited Germany in the late sixties and met a lovely elderly JW who had been incarcerated by Hitlers regime in early 1934, just two months after his marriage. He was not released until 1945.

  I do not know what camp or camps he was in, he didn't talk a lot about it. I admire his stand, he did not know if at any time he may have been executed, he never renounced his faith. If he had, perhaps they would have freed him.

  Marvellous man.
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  Amelia Ashton

  In my old congregation in Horndean there were two German sisters, a mother and daughter who had been raped by soldiers whilst in a concentration camp.

  The mother died whilst I was still in but the daughter must be gone too now. They both stayed faithful and still suffered even after coming to UK.
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  blond-moment

  The Watchtower and Hitler