Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom, “Noteworthy Events in the Modern-day History of Jehovah's Witnesses”
“1933 Jehovah's Witnesses are banned in Germany. During the intense persecution down to the end of World War II, 6,262 are arrested, and their combined time of imprisonment totals 14,332 years; 2,074 are sent to concentration camps, where their confinement totals 8,332 years”
The 1933 entry in the chronology that closes the organisation's 1993 history. The chronology runs from p. 718 to p. 723.
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Provenance and verification note for Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom, Noteworthy Events in the Modern-day History of Jehovah's Witnesses
Confidence note. Opened on the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026; the entry falls between the pageNum markers for pp. 720 and 721.
Notes. The entry gives no figure for deaths.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-de33-jv-chronology