HONOR
AND REMEMBER JEHOVAH'S WITNESS VICTIMS OF THE NAZI ERA
PUBLIC PROGRAM
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM.ORG)
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington D.C. 20024-2126
EVENT
INFORMATION
DATE
October 5, 2006
10:00 AM to 5:30 PM
PLACE N/A
HONOR AND REMEMBER JEHOVAH'S WITNESS VICTIMS OF THE NAZI ERA
The Holocaust was the systematic state-sponsored murder of 6
million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World
War II. In Nazi Germany during the years 1933- 1945,
Jehovah’s Witnesses faced intense harassment, imprisonment,
and death for the sake of their faith. Their insistent dedication
only to God and their firm refusal to abandon their beliefs made
Jehovah’s Witnesses dangerous in the eyes of a regime that
tolerated no rivals for the allegiance of the German people. The
courage the vast majority of Jehovah’s Witnesses displayed
in holding to their beliefs, despite Nazi persecution, won them
the respect of many contemporaries.
On October 5th, the Museum offered a full day of programs and
small artifact display about Jehovah’s Witness Victims of
the Nazi era.
TICKETS All programs were free and no reservations were required.
Seating was on a first come, first served basis. The Museum is
open to the general public from 10:00 - 5:30.
AGENDA SCHEDULE
10:30
AM - 11: 15 AM
Lecture Presentation on history of Jehovah’s Witness Victims
during the Holocaust. Museum historian William Meinecke will
discuss the history between the years of 1933-1945 in Nazi
Occupied Europe.
11:30
AM – 12:30 PM
First Person with Magdalena Kusserow Reuter. A conversation with
Ms. Kusserow, whose family was persecuted by the Nazis for their
principles and beliefs as Jehovah’s Witness, and who was
imprisoned in the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp in Germany.
1:30
PM-2:15 PM
Lecture Presentation on art and artifacts of Jehovah’s
Witness Victims during the Holocaust. Curator Suzy Snyder will
discuss the artifacts, documents, and photos in the Museum’s
collections related to the Holocaust history of Jehovah’s
Witnesses.
2:30
PM – 3:30 PM
First Person with Franz Wolfhart. A conversation with Mr.
Wolfhart, who was sent to the German concentration camp Rollwald
Ragnau 2 and survived by working in a commandant’s house as
an artist.
3:45
PM - 4:30 PM
Lecture Presentation on Jehovah’s Witness Holocaust history
on the USHMM website, including the history of “Stand
Fast,” a song written by Witness Erich Frost while
imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in 1942.
(Interview with Johannes S. Wrobel, archivist and historian of
the History Archive of Jehovah's Witnesses at Selters/Taunus,
Germany.) Musicologist Bret Werb and Outreach Technology
Specialist David Klevan will present.
Display of Jehovah’s Witness related artifacts 10 –
5:30 p.m.
Rotating
Excerpts of Jehovah’s Witness Oral History Recordings 10
– 5:30 p.m.
Rotating
Film related to Jehovah’s Witness Holocaust History 10:30 -
4:30
Survivor's
Registry set-up for new entries and Collections Processing
–10 – 5:30
Original
Source (update 10/12/06):