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  BIG NEWS! Leader of German Watchtower History Archives Resignes and Leaves Branch Office!

  by GermanXJW in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  johannes wrobel, the founder of the watchtower history archives in germany, responsible for the stand firm-video and the stand-firm-exhibitions resigned in november 2008 and left the german branch office.

  he was also the responsible person for many of the wt sponsored websites on jw in the 'third reich'!.

  there are no further details known yet but this could be big news!.

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  GermanXJW

  I learnt this just some minutes ago.
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  BIG NEWS! Leader of German Watchtower History Archives Resignes and Leaves Branch Office!

  by GermanXJW in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  johannes wrobel, the founder of the watchtower history archives in germany, responsible for the stand firm-video and the stand-firm-exhibitions resigned in november 2008 and left the german branch office.

  he was also the responsible person for many of the wt sponsored websites on jw in the 'third reich'!.

  there are no further details known yet but this could be big news!.

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  GermanXJW

  Johannes Wrobel, the founder of the Watchtower History Archives in Germany, responsible for the Stand Firm-Video and the Stand-Firm-Exhibitions resigned in November 2008 and left the German branch office. He was also the responsible person for many of the WT sponsored WebSites on JW in the 'Third Reich'!

  There are no further details known yet but this could be big news!

  He has set up a small website at http://www.jwrobel.de. There he states his whole c.v. including that he resigned as the leader of the Watchtower History Archives in November 08 and that he cancelled his service for the Watchtower Society after 36 years. For the time being, he returned to private life but is available for the support of research projects by request. Finally, he thanks all friends, collegues for their support in the research projects on Bible Students/JW.

  His official English summary:

  "Johannes S. Wrobel is a writer and researcher on the history of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany and their persecution during the national socialist and communist periods. In April 1996, he founded the Watchtower History Archive of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Selters/Taunus (Germany) and directed it until November 2008. Presently he lives close to Reutlingen city. He has lectured in Austria, England, Germany, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Israel, and the United States and contributed papers to Hans Hesse (ed.), Persecution and Resistance of Jehovah’s Witnesses During the Nazi-Regime 1933-1945 (Bremen, 2001) and Gerhard Besier and Clemens Vollnhals (eds.), Repression und Selbstbehauptung: die Zeugen Jehovas unter der NS- und der SED-Diktatur (Berlin, 2003). His most recent essays were published in Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte/Contemporary Church History (2003), in Wolfgang Benz and Barbara Distel (eds.), Der Ort des Terrors: Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager (vols 2 and 4, Munich, 2005 and 2006), and Religion, State & Society, The Keston Journal (no. 34, 2006)."

  This all sounds a bit strange.
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  What is the average age of those who no longer believe?

  by crapola in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been reading many posts today and some of you have mentioned your age and how long you have been away from the org.made me start wondering what the average age is for most on this site who no longer go along with the org.

  it would be interesting to find out..

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  GermanXJW

  Turning 36, soon. Turned 'apostate' at age 30.
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  no more bible study slip reports. WHY?

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i apologize if this has been discusses before.

  a few months ago publishers were told not to hand in individual study reports for bible studies.

  remember, we had to hand in a separate report for each bible study with name and address of bible student.

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  GermanXJW

  Was this the same time when they did away with the templates for the door-to-door ministry (where you would fill in "At Home but Hiding". Those were done away with because of the British Information Act in Europe.
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  JWD 2008 ... 218 Countries Served

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  wow, i just looked at the stats from last year and we had visits from 218 different countries!

  rankcountryvisits1united states1,199,9332united kingdom167,0173canada159,7444australia51,7955germany21,2056france16,3637ireland15,4438netherlands14,2769sweden11,74510brazil11,06311japan10,36512norway9,85213new zealand8,84514south africa8,27215italy7,67116belgium7,58417poland7,38618finland6,54519spain6,43320denmark5,97821puerto rico5,95722mexico5,65423philippines4,87224india4,53225portugal3,62826trinidad and tobago2,53827peru2,51528(not set)2,38929greece2,37030ukraine2,14231switzerland2,12632austria2,11533romania2,07734russia1,88835cyprus1,88036south korea1,79937singapore1,56038czech republic1,41639chile1,21440hungary1,17741china1,16142malaysia1,08243croatia1,06944argentina1,06945barbados1,05246colombia1,02647estonia1,02248indonesia94749nigeria94150turkey81051jamaica78952israel76853hong kong75454luxembourg75455venezuela74556united arab emirates69557ecuador68958saudi arabia55659ghana53460latvia53261slovakia51062taiwan46463dominican republic46264bahamas44165new caledonia43566egypt43567iceland42368thailand42069bermuda38870bulgaria34371pakistan33872kenya33073serbia and montenegro30074vietnam27975netherlands antilles27576costa rica26977iran26378el salvador26079lithuania25680serbia25481slovenia24882malta22083afghanistan21284ivory coast19685guatemala18486sri lanka18487lebanon17788nicaragua16789antigua and barbuda16790macedonia16191zambia15992moldova15793morocco15594ethiopia15595cameroon14096qatar13897panama13198mozambique12099kuwait120100fiji115101bolivia112102jersey111103u.s.

  virgin islands106104mauritius105105uruguay104106honduras96107zimbabwe94108madagascar92109jordan92110senegal87111bahrain86112martinique85113georgia79114guam79115albania77116uganda77117botswana74118guadeloupe70119tunisia70120bosnia and herzegovina69121grenada69122algeria69123bangladesh66124kazakhstan66125malawi62126aruba61127turks and caicos islands59128syria57129namibia56130tanzania55131belize53132iraq52133armenia51134guyana50135dominica50136angola49137cayman islands44138paraguay42139sudan41140french guiana41141belarus40142oman40143suriname40144gibraltar39145saint vincent and the grenadines36146benin33147saint lucia32148saint kitts and nevis31149palestinian territory30150haiti30151faroe islands30152reunion30153myanmar29154french polynesia28155yemen27156libya26157british virgin islands26158cape verde26159cambodia25160mali23161mongolia23162brunei22163togo22164macau sar china21165azerbaijan21166rwanda18167northern mariana islands17168nepal17169tonga16170congo - kinshasa16171montenegro16172lesotho15173liberia14174central african republic12175gabon12176guernsey12177seychelles12178eritrea12179maldives11180papua new guinea11181swaziland11182monaco11183anguilla10184burkina faso10185uzbekistan9186montserrat9187micronesia9188kyrgyzstan7189andorra7190cuba7191greenland7192solomon islands7193liechtenstein6194falkland islands6195laos6196samoa5197american samoa5198gambia4199vanuatu4200burundi4201sierra leone4202saint helena3203kiribati3204djibouti3205congo - brazzaville2206marshall islands2207turkmenistan1208east timor1209palau1210guinea1211cook islands1212niger1213tokelau1214guinea-bissau1215mauritania1216mayotte1217nauru1218norfolk island1 .

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  GermanXJW

  Germany is the first not English-speaking country on the list. :-)
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  Ozzie's first post on JWN

  by ozziepost in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, i was curious to see if i still had it in me!.

  i've got a thought.

  would i rather post here as first choice or there on jwd?

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  GermanXJW

  Happy new year from Germany. I am testing Opera 9.63
  right now and even the formats work fine.

  Thanks Simon.
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  How did you feel the 1st time you visited this or other "apostate" site?

  by Newborn in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i thought jehobar would struck me dead with a lightning right on the spot.

  seriously, i was so scared.

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  GermanXJW

  I used Anonymizer because I was afraid to be tracked.
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  A WT copycat

  by cawshun in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  wouldn't it be cool to make a look-a-like watchtower magazine and fill it full of things that expose the real wt ?

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  GermanXJW

  You might wish to take a look at those: http://svhelden.gmxhome.de/svh/reload.htm?satire.htm

  BTW: "Awake!" is "Erwachet!" in Germany, so this one is "Erbrechet!" which means "Vomit!"

  It is full of nonsense like applying Grimm#s fairy tales to modern day prophecy. But everything very WT-style.

  Click on the title to get the pdf.

  Blow there is the "bound volume" and "Our Pumpin Ministry" (Kürbisrechsdienst = does not make sense in Germany either)
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  In which year were publishers allowed to report only 15 minutes?

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am trying to account for some of the growth trends of jw's and was trying to find out when jw's were first allowed to report only 15 minutes field service in one month.

  i think it was early 2000's but can not be sure.. .

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  GermanXJW

  Should show an increase in publishers and a decrease in avg. hours.
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  If "the time left is reduced" ...

  by halcyon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ... and that was written 2000 years ago ... .

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  what possible meaningful value could that phrase have anymore?

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  GermanXJW

  I has never ever been reducter than now !