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  • Identification picture of a prisoner accused of homosexuality

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    Identification picture of a prisoner, accused of homosexuality, who arrived at the Auschwitz camp on May 28, 1941. Auschwitz, Poland.

    Identification picture of a prisoner accused of homosexuality
  • Return to Europe of St. Louis passengers

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    Belgium agreed to accept some of the Jewish refugee passengers of the St. Louis after Cuba and the US denied them entry. Here, Belgian police escort some of the passengers after their arrival in Antwerp. Belgium, June 17, 1939.

    Return to Europe of St. Louis passengers
  • Portrait of Jehovah's Witness Aart Bouter

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    Aart Bouter, a Jehovah's Witness, was arrested by the Dutch police and deported to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. The Netherlands, 1946–47.

    Portrait of Jehovah's Witness Aart Bouter
  • Jehovah's Witness Hilda Kusserow

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    Hilda Kusserow, a Jehovah's Witness, was imprisoned for nine years for her religious beliefs. Eschborn, Germany, ca. 1979.

    Jehovah's Witness Hilda Kusserow
  • Jehovah's Witness Franz Kusserow

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    Franz Kusserow, a Jehovah's Witness, was imprisoned for nine years for his religious beliefs. Bad Lippspringe, Germany, ca. 1950.

    Jehovah's Witness Franz Kusserow
  • The Kusserow family

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    The Kusserow family was active in their region distributing religious literature and teaching Bible study classes in their home. They were Jehovah's Witnesses. Their house was conveniently situated for fellow Jehovah's Witnesses along the tram route connecting the cities of Paderborn and Detmold. For the first three years after the Nazis came to power, the Kusserows endured moderate persecution by local Gestapo agents, who often came to search their home for religious materials. In 1936, Nazi police…

    The Kusserow family
  • The Kusserow family home in Bad Lippspringe

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    The Kusserow family home in Bad Lippspringe. The family, Jehovah's Witnesses, kept religious materials in the trunk of the car and distributed them from it as well. The Kusserow family was active in their region distributing religious literature and teaching Bible study classes in their home. Their house was conveniently situated for fellow Witnesses along the tram route connecting the cities of Paderborn and Detmold. For the first three years after the Nazis came to power, the Kusserows endured moderate…

    The Kusserow family home in Bad Lippspringe
  • The Kusserow family home in Bad Lippspringe, Germany

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    This photograph shows the Kusserow family home in Bad Lippspringe and the tram tracks in front of it. The Kusserow family members were active Jehovah's Witnesses in their region. They distributed religious literature and taught Bible study classes in their home. Their house was conveniently situated for fellow Witnesses along the tram route connecting the cities of Paderborn and Detmold. For the first three years after the Nazis came to power, the Kusserows endured moderate persecution by local Gestapo…

    The Kusserow family home in Bad Lippspringe, Germany
  • Elisabeth, Hans Werner, and Paul Gerhard Kusserow

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    Elisabeth, Hans Werner, and Paul Gerhard Kusserow. Because they were the children of Jehovah's Witnesses, all three were forcibly removed from school on March 7, 1939, and kept separated from their family, which was accused of spiritual and moral neglect, until their liberation in April 1945. This photograph was taken at the Kusserow home in Bad Lippspringe, 1936-1939.

    Elisabeth, Hans Werner, and Paul Gerhard Kusserow
  • A group of Jehovah's Witnesses after their liberation

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    A group of Jehovah's Witnesses in their camp uniforms after liberation. These men were imprisoned in the Niederhagen bei Wewelsburg concentration camp. Niederhagen bei Wewelsbug, Germany, 1945.

    A group of Jehovah's Witnesses after their liberation

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