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1960 lehrte die Organisation, der “König des Nordens” aus Daniel 11 sei Deutschland, das diese Rolle ab 1914 und erneut unter der Naziherrschaft ausgefüllt habe.

Claim ID claim-doctrine-chg-king-north-germanyConcerns 1. Februar 1960Ausdrückliche Aussage

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Ausdrückliche Aussage · 1. Februar 1960 Geprüft

1960 lehrte die Organisation, der “König des Nordens” aus Daniel 11 sei Deutschland, das diese Rolle ab 1914 und erneut unter der Naziherrschaft ausgefüllt habe. Source: The Watchtower, 1. Februar 1960Source: The Watchtower (Study Edition), Mai 2020

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Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Geprüft

The Watchtower, “Part 31—“Your Will Be Done on Earth””

1. Februar 1960 · p.88 · par. 2 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“When World War I began in 1914, the ruling power of the revived German Empire was found fulfilling the role of the “king of the north,” whereas the Anglo-American dual world power was fulfilling the opposite role of the “king of the south.””

A contemporaneous statement of the identification of Daniel's “king of the north” with Germany.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for The Watchtower, Part 31—“Your Will Be Done on Earth”

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Document opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026; the wording was read in full and the page number taken from the library's own page markers.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-chg-d-w-1960-0201-king-north-germany

Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Geprüft

The Watchtower (Study Edition), “Who Is “the King of the North” Today?”

Mai 2020 · pp.13-14 · pars. 4, 8-9 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Note why we can say that today the king of the north is Russia and its allies. … when Nazi Germany filled the role of the king of the north, particularly during the second world war … After World War II when the Soviet Union took on the role of the king of the north … in 2018 the Governing Body identified Russia and its allies as the king of the north.”

The study article sets out the organisation's own sequence of identifications — Germany, then the Soviet Union, then, from 2018, Russia and its allies — and ties the latest assignment to the 2017 ban on the organisation in Russia.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for The Watchtower (Study Edition), Who Is “the King of the North” Today?

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Document opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026; the wording was read in full and the page number taken from the library's own page markers.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-chg-d-w-2020-05-king-north-russia

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