Helene Gotthold (31 December 1896 – 8 December 1944) was a
Jehovah's Witness
Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity. The group reports a worldwide membership of approximately 8.7 million adherents involved i ...
who was guillotined by
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
at
Plötzensee Prison. She was charged with giving asylum to men who refused to fight for the Nazis
and for holding illegal meetings for her faith.
References
Further reading
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External links
Holocaust Encyclopedia: Helene Gotthold United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Museums—Why Are They Worth a Visit? database w/images (https://wol.jw.org/ : accessed 27 Aug 2019) Watchtower Online Library "Awake" 8 Mar 2005 pages 14-19
*Blades, Dr.Larry professor at Highline Community College. Education Advisory Committee, Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center
STUDYING THE HOLOCAUST: RESISTANCE, RESCUE AND SURVIVAL 3 May 2005 (http://www.holocaustcenterseattle.org/ : accessed 27 Aug 2019) Holocaust Center for Humanity
German Jehovah's Witnesses
Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
German people executed by Nazi Germany
People executed by guillotine at Plötzensee Prison
Executed German women
1896 births
1944 deaths
Protestants in the German Resistance
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