The Gradual Increase of Nazi Persecution of the jehovah's witness

  • Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler was made chancellor this led on to many of the other events that involved the Jehovah witness
  • Reichstag fire decree

    Jehovah witness could no longer read the news that wasn’t by the government
  • Dachau concentration camp opens

    Since the Jehovah’s witness organization opposed the Nazis they were taken there probably
  • Enabling act

    The reason they made this law was to make Hitler look like a good leader this most likely made them vote for Hitler
  • The burning of ‘un-german’ books

    Since Jehovah’s witness was book makers and publishing place their books were probably burned
  • Press censorship law

    Nobody could speak out or publish anything anti-nazi
  • Hitler becomes Fuhrer

    Hitler could now do whatever he wanted because he was the leader of Germany so this is pretty bad
  • Jehovah’s witness organization banned

    They were not complying with the nazis so they were shot and burned and stuff
  • Magdalena Kusserow's persecution

    She was arrested and went to a juvenile prison until she turned 18 she had the opportunity to go home if she signed her reassignment of faith she refused and went to a concentration camp.
  • First prisoners arrive at auschwitz

    The first prisoners at Auschwitz led to many other prisoners at Auschwitz this could include some Jehovah's witness
  • Announcement of Death Penalty for Aiding Jews

    If you helped jews you would die