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Why did Hitler hate Jehovah's Witnesses?

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In Nazi Germany, Jehovah's Witnesses refused to raise their arms in the “Heil, Hitler!” salute; they did not vote in elections; they would not join the army or the German Labor Front '(a Nazi affiliate, which all salaried employees were required to join after 1934). read more

Jehovah's Witnesses suffered religious persecution in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945 after refusing to perform military service, join Nazi organizations or give allegiance to the Hitler regime. An estimated 10,000 Witnesses—half of the number of members in Germany during that period—were imprisoned, including 2000 who were sent to Nazi concentration camps. read more

Hitler and the Nazis hated Jehovah’s Witnesses because they refused to become a slave to his totalitarian regime. The history of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany during the reign of Hilter is recorded in the Holocaust Museum. read more

Jehovah's Witnesses would offer NO support to Hitler or to his Nazi party, and so he saw them as a hindrance to his system, and wished to eliminate them. read more

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