More Interesting Facts

Yesterday, I discussed the treatment of the Jews in Holland. I’ve been doing more research today and have discovered that Hitler also hated Jehovah’s Witnesses. From: http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/netherlands.html

“However, one factor was certainly clear. Hitler could not control the Witnesses nor gain their allegiance. The Witnesses refused to serve in Hitler's army as they were already in the army of Jehovah. The Witnesses refused to salute Hitler as their allegiance was to God. As such, the Witnesses continued their teaching and publications in spite of increasing persecution and assault at the hands of the Nazis.

Additionally, the Witnesses established an underground network. This network served many functions including hiding Witnesses who were being sought by the Nazis and those who had recently escaped from neighboring countries. The underground also played a role in the transport and distribution of food. This included not only food for the body but spiritual food in the form of literature and readings.

Finally, one could argue that the Witnesses engaged in an occupation long strike against involvement in the Nazi war effort. Witnesses refused to serve in the military. They refused to be involved in the production of war materials and supplies. This resistance was consistently met with Nazi hostility and resulted in imprisonment and potential loss of life.

Acts of resistance on the part of the Dutch and Jehovah's Witnesses provide us with models of courage in the face of atrocities. They provide for us lessons in the value of belief, of community, and of involvement. “

I also was reminded by Glenn Beck about Corey Ten Boom and her book The Hiding Place. If you haven’t read it, please do. Of course, you have probably heard of Anne Frank who, with her family, was taken to the concentration camps from Holland by the Germans.

We must work to make sure this never happens again. Stand with Israel and against anti-Semitism.

Tomorrow, I head for Conway, SC, to attend the wedding of my friend Carolyn’s granddaughter Megan. I’m sure looking forward to seeing the whole family. It’s supposed to take a little over five hours.

In view of that, I’d better get to bed. I plan to leave by 7 am.

Until next time…