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You searched for: Subject Political persecution. Remove constraint Subject: Political persecution. Objects Clothing and Dress Remove constraint Objects: Clothing and Dress Dates 1939 Remove constraint Dates: 1939
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1. Concentration camp uniform jacket with purple triangle worn by Jehovah’s Witness
1989.271.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1989.271.1
Date:
use: 1938 September-1945 April
… persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose religious convictions led them to refuse to swear loyalty to a worldly government or serve in the armed forces. The Nazis…
2. Concentration camp uniform trousers worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1990.222.1.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.222.1.2
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… quickly established a Nazi dictatorship. The government actively persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose religious convictions did not permit them to swear…
3. Gray dress with prison number 1195 and id tag worn by a Jehovah's Witness inmate
1995.95.1_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1995.95.1 a-b
Date:
use: approximately 1939-1945
…'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…
4. Concentration camp uniform coat with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
1990.222.1.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.222.1.3
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… quickly established a Nazi dictatorship. The government actively persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose religious convictions did not permit them to swear…
5. Concentration camp uniform jacket with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate
Object | Accession Number: 1990.222.1.1
Date:
use: 1939-1945
… quickly established a Nazi dictatorship. The government actively persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose religious convictions did not permit them to swear…