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Stone 124

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES 

Between 1933 and 1945, Approximately
3,200 Jehovah’s Witnesses were
sent to concentration camps.  They
were deemed “voluntary prisoners”
because they could opt for release
if they agreed to sign a statement that
they had recanted their religious
beliefs. most Jehovah’s Witnesses
in the camps did not renounce their
religion. Many of those who remained
free lost their jobs, pensions, civil rights,
and custody of their children. More
than one in three died in the
concentration camps. At Least 1,900
Jehovah’s Witnesses were killed
under the nazi regime.