by eby 7 Replies latest jw friends
My husband says that a letter from the Society concerning the Holocaust Victims Assets was read at the meeting last night. Unfortunately he didn't pay much attention to it. However his traveling companion was quite upset by the letter.
Anyone know anything about the contents of this letter?
eby
yes a letter to the christian congergation of JW's was read during the service meeting announcement....it was regarding a restitution to any who think they might deserve it because of being vicitims of the Holocaust.....i think relatives of holocaust victims are eligible too....the "society" is helping ones come in contact with aid....now watch as the 'society' is accused of being greedy.....and only being obsessed with money...................damn if they cant do anything right..
There was no letter read. Read was a one paragraph announcement that came along with a letter to bodies of elders dated 7/5/01.
This is about restitution money available to certain types of victimization from the Nazi regime in WW II Germany. The Society formed a corporation to advertise, collect information and channel money to some of these victims, whichever ones might be among Jehovah’s Witnesses today. The corporation is named Jehovah’s Witnesses Holocaust-Era Survivors Fund, Inc.
The dead line for submitting applications for remuneration is August 1, 2001. Qualified candidates include:
Those who:
Performed slave or forced labor for the Nazis or their allies,
Suffered as children of slaves or forced laborers,
Suffered personal injury or loss of a child during the Nazi period,
Suffered property loss during the Nazi period,
Fled or attempted to flee to Switzerland during the Nazi period,
Were unable to reclaim Swiss bank deposits or insurance policies,
Those whose deceased relatives experienced any of the above.
The money is coming from an organization called International Organization for Migration (IOM).
If you want more details, contact information is,
Jehovah’s Witnesses Holocaust-Era Survivors Fund, Inc.
2800 Route 22
Patterson NY 12563-2226
Telephone: 845-306-3600
Fax: 845-306-3571
nytelecom1,
You apostates complained if Society does something wrong. Or even doing something right.
Address: 100 Watchtower Drive, Patterson, NY 12563; Tel No: 914-306-0700Contact: Carolyn R. Wah, Associate General Counsel
Date of Proposal: December 7, 1999; as supplemented August 23, 2000; on August 10, 1999 and
on June 22, 2000 the Special Master met with Carolyn R. Wah, Jolene Chu and James Pellechia.
Proposal Summary: Special consideration should be given to applications of the surviving
Jehovah's Witness victims of Nazi persecution. The Watch Tower would use a portion of the
Settlement Fund to support its ongoing research and archival work on the Holocaust and
presentations of its findings. It would devote any allocated monies solely to Holocaust education
and the remembrance of the prisoners who bore the purple triangle, which represented the
http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/pub/rulings/cv/1996/671622.pdf
nelly
(added)... am curious, on one hand we were told not to make idols of men, and anyone who goes to a jw funeral knows its not to honour the dead but to homour the borg
theyre now making a memorial to jw holocaust victims, why is it only now when theres a bit wedge of money in the offing, why didnt we have more about the victims at the meetings and more than the occassional paragraph devoted to them in the awakes etc, how olds this great website theyve designed to educate people on jw holocaust victims, has it been established for years or has it appeared since the monies for victims became common knowledge? are they going to have a whip round for the malawians that died for a party card? or dont they count until someone decides that theres compensation for them too,
where is the official wtbts malawian memorial site? anyone know
watchtower org holocaust site http://www.disc.co.uk/standfirm/
nelly
fred.
u must have me confused with an apostate...one who ACTVELY opposes god
that aint me kid
why is it only now when theres a bit wedge of money in the offing, . .......The Watch Tower would use a portion of the
Settlement Fund to support its ongoing research and archival work on the Holocaust and
presentations of its findings. It would devote any allocated monies solely to Holocaust education
and the remembrance of the prisoners who bore the purple triangle,
like i said damn if they cant do something right without somebody complining
