Gray dress with prison number 1195 and id tag worn by a Jehovah's Witness inmate
gray dress and ID tag with her prisoner number 1195 worn by Frieda Koschmieder while interned in Amberg prison in Germany for being a Jehovah's Witness. The Nazi regime persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, who refused to put any authority before God. The missionary and outreach work practiced by members was viewed as subversive activity against the Nazi regime, leading to many arrests, as well as executions. No restrictions on access
Organisatie
Collectie
- EHRI
Type
- Archief
Rechten
Identificatienummer van European Holocaust Research Infrastructure
- us-005578-irn11087
Trefwoorden
- Jehovah's Witnesses--Nazi persecution--Germany--Biography.
- Object
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