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Die Erklärung sagte, dass “the present government of Germany has declared emphatically against Big Business oppressors and in opposition to the wrongful religious influence in the political affairs of the nation. Such is exactly our position; and we further state in our literature the reason for the existence of oppressive Big Business and the wrongful political religious influence, because the Holy Scriptures plainly declare that these oppressive instruments proceed from the Devil, and that the complete relief therefrom is God’s kingdom under Christ”; dass “Instead of being against the principles advocated by the government of Germany, we stand squarely for such principles, and point out that Jehovah God through Christ Jesus will bring about the full realization of these principles and will give to the people peace and prosperity and the greatest desire of every honest heart”; und dass “the very high ideals held and promulgated by the present national government are set forth in and endorsed and strongly emphasized in our publications, and show that Jehovah God will see to it that these high ideals in due time will be attained by all persons who love righteousness and who obey the Most High”.

Claim ID claim-authority-de33-shared-aimsConcerns 25. Juni 1933Ausdrückliche Aussage

Die Aussage und ihre Belege

Ausdrückliche Aussage · 25. Juni 1933 Geprüft

Die Erklärung sagte, dass “the present government of Germany has declared emphatically against Big Business oppressors and in opposition to the wrongful religious influence in the political affairs of the nation. Such is exactly our position; and we further state in our literature the reason for the existence of oppressive Big Business and the wrongful political religious influence, because the Holy Scriptures plainly declare that these oppressive instruments proceed from the Devil, and that the complete relief therefrom is God’s kingdom under Christ”; dass “Instead of being against the principles advocated by the government of Germany, we stand squarely for such principles, and point out that Jehovah God through Christ Jesus will bring about the full realization of these principles and will give to the people peace and prosperity and the greatest desire of every honest heart”; und dass “the very high ideals held and promulgated by the present national government are set forth in and endorsed and strongly emphasized in our publications, and show that Jehovah God will see to it that these high ideals in due time will be attained by all persons who love righteousness and who obey the Most High”. Source: Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1934Source: Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1934Source: Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1934

Die Position der Organisation oder ihre spätere Erklärung: 1998 sagte die Organisation, die Erklärung “also reminded the government of its own promises”, die betreffenden Ideale seien Familienwerte und Religionsfreiheit gewesen, und “the Witnesses never expressed support for the Nazi Party”.

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Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Geprüft

Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses, “Germany”

1934 · p.135 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“The present government of Germany has declared emphatically against Big Business oppressors and in opposition to the wrongful religious influence in the political affairs of the nation. Such is exactly our position; and we further state in our literature the reason for the existence of oppressive Big Business and the wrongful political religious influence”

The third paragraph printed under the subheading “Our Literature”, in a passage answering the charge that the Society’s books were a danger to the state. The first paragraph of the same section concedes that “the same truths might be stated in a less blunt and more pleasing phrase”. The quotation stops at “influence”, where the print has a comma; the sentence continues at the foot of p. 135 and finishes at the head of p. 136: “… because the Holy Scriptures plainly declare that these oppressive instruments proceed from the Devil, and that the complete relief therefrom is God’s kingdom under Christ.”

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses, Germany

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Read on the page image of p. 135 (leaf 131) on 19 September 2026, whose own running head reads “Year Book 135”, and confirmed word for word; re-read on the page image for a second audit. The words “Such is exactly our position” are followed in print by a semicolon, not a full stop, and the sentence runs on past the end of the quotation to the head of p. 136; the words that follow are given in the context note.

Herkunft des Scans. Scan of the 1934 Year Book of Jehovah’s Witnesses held by the Internet Archive as item “1934-JwYearbook”. The item was uploaded to the Internet Archive in January 2012 by a private account; its “creator” field reads “watchtower”, but the upload is not by the publisher and the Internet Archive is not the publisher. The scanned title page names the corporate publishers as the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, Peoples Pulpit Association and International Bible Students Association, Brooklyn, New York, and carries the notice “Copyright 1933”. The volume is the Year Book for 1934: it carries the branch reports for the 1933 service year, and it is dated here by its edition year, the form in which the organisation’s own publications cite it (“1934 Yearbook, pp. 127-146”, The Watchtower, 1 August 1955, footnote h).

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Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Geprüft

Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses, “Germany”

1934 · p.136 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Instead of being against the principles advocated by the government of Germany, we stand squarely for such principles, and point out that Jehovah God through Christ Jesus will bring about the full realization of these principles and will give to the people peace and prosperity and the greatest desire of every honest heart.”

The closing sentence of a paragraph on p. 136. Two paragraphs earlier, on the same page, the Declaration states that “Our organization is not political in any sense” and asks “the freedom to believe and teach what we conceive the Bible to teach”.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses, Germany

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Read on the page image of p. 136 (leaf 132) on 19 September 2026, whose own running head reads “136 Year Book”, and confirmed word for word.

Herkunft des Scans. Scan of the 1934 Year Book of Jehovah’s Witnesses held by the Internet Archive as item “1934-JwYearbook”. The item was uploaded to the Internet Archive in January 2012 by a private account; its “creator” field reads “watchtower”, but the upload is not by the publisher and the Internet Archive is not the publisher. The scanned title page names the corporate publishers as the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, Peoples Pulpit Association and International Bible Students Association, Brooklyn, New York, and carries the notice “Copyright 1933”. The volume is the Year Book for 1934: it carries the branch reports for the 1933 service year, and it is dated here by its edition year, the form in which the organisation’s own publications cite it (“1934 Yearbook, pp. 127-146”, The Watchtower, 1 August 1955, footnote h).

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Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Geprüft

Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses, “Germany”

1934 · pp.137-138 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“A careful examination of our books and literature will disclose the fact that the very high ideals held and promulgated by the present national government are set forth in and endorsed and strongly emphasized in our publications, and show that Jehovah God will see to it that these high ideals in due time will be attained by all persons who love righteousness and who obey the Most High.”

The sentence begins at the foot of p. 137 and finishes at the head of p. 138, where the Declaration adds: “Instead, therefore, of our literature and our work's being a menace to the principles of the present government we are the strongest supporters of such high ideals.”

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses, Germany

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Read on the page images of p. 137 (leaf 133) and p. 138 (leaf 134) on 19 September 2026, whose own running heads read “Year Book 137” and “138 Year Book”, and confirmed word for word. The sentence breaks across the two pages at “in due time will be at-” / “tained”.

Herkunft des Scans. Scan of the 1934 Year Book of Jehovah’s Witnesses held by the Internet Archive as item “1934-JwYearbook”. The item was uploaded to the Internet Archive in January 2012 by a private account; its “creator” field reads “watchtower”, but the upload is not by the publisher and the Internet Archive is not the publisher. The scanned title page names the corporate publishers as the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, Peoples Pulpit Association and International Bible Students Association, Brooklyn, New York, and carries the notice “Copyright 1933”. The volume is the Year Book for 1934: it carries the branch reports for the 1933 service year, and it is dated here by its edition year, the form in which the organisation’s own publications cite it (“1934 Yearbook, pp. 127-146”, The Watchtower, 1 August 1955, footnote h).

Notes. The phrase “the present national government” is the Declaration's own; the resolution nowhere names the National Socialist party or Adolf Hitler.

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