Table of Contents |
List of Illustrations |
vii |
Translator's Note |
xi |
Preface to the German Edition |
xv |
Preface to the English Edition |
xix |
Abbreviations |
xxiii |
Introduction |
3 |
I: |
The International Bible Students Association |
1 |
The IBSA's Beginnings, 1874-1918 |
29 |
2 |
Teachings of the Denomination |
33 |
3 |
Development and Expansion in the German Reich, 1918-33 |
44 |
II: |
Jehovah's Witnesses in the Third Reich, 1933-34 |
4 |
Efforts to Adapt to National Circumstances, 1933 |
71 |
5 |
The Watch Tower Society, 1933-35 |
92 |
6 |
Judicial Conflict and Freedom of Religion |
119 |
III: |
Nonconformist Behavior and State Repression of Jehovah's Witnesses |
7 |
Intensification of the Conflict |
139 |
8 |
Instruments of Persecution |
149 |
9 |
Escalating Persecution |
169 |
IV: |
Self-Assertion of Jehovah's Witnesses until 1939 |
10 |
Courageous Conviction and Covert Measures |
207 |
11 |
Organized Resistance Activities |
224 |
12 |
Jurisdictional Conflicts between the Legal Authorities and Police |
251 |
V: |
Jehovah's Witnesses during the War Years |
13 |
Reorganization of Regional Resistance |
319 |
14 |
Conscientious Objection |
349 |
15 |
Prisoners with the "Purple Patch" |
394 |
16 |
Jehovah's Witnesses at the Neuengamme Concentration Camp |
459 |
VI: |
Conclusion |
17 |
Intensity of the Persecution |
477 |
18 |
Case Study: The IBSA in Hamburg |
485 |
19 |
Social Refusal and Resistance |
500 |
Epilogue |
529 |
Notes |
543 |
Bibliography |
753 |
Index |
793 |