Wolfgang Kusserow
Wolfgang Kusserow
Wolfgang Kusserow (1 March 1922 – 28 March 1942) was executed by guillotine at Brandenburg-Görden Prison for conscientiously objecting induction into the German Army because of his religious beliefs as a Jehovah's Witness.[1][2]
Family[]
Kusserow was one of eleven children born to Franz Karl Paul Kusserow and Hilda Kusserow in Bochum, Germany, a family of Jehovah's Witnesses that were persecuted for their religion during the Nazi regime.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ "USHMM ID Card: Wolfgang Kusserow". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Last Letter of Wolfgang Kusserow". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Archived from the original on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Purple Triangles: The True Story of a German Family" Directed by Martin Smith, Peter Williams TV International Ltd., 1991. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive, Film, Accession Number: 1993.178.1, RG Number: RG-60.2715, Film ID: 414. A documentary about the fate of the Kusserow family in Germany during WWII. They are Jehovah's Witnesses.
- ^ Kusserow, Hans Werner (1998). Der lila Winkel : die Familie Kusserow : Zeugen Jehovas unter der Nazidiktatur. Germany: Bonn : Pahl-Rugenstein. p. 311. ISBN 3891442513. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
Further reading[]
- Murray, Hallie; Altman, Linda Jacobs (15 July 2018). Teen Victims of the Nazi Regime. Enslow Publishing, LLC. p. 128. ISBN 978-0766098398.
- Roth, John K (2016). Holocaust Politics. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 978-0664221737.
- The Holocaust: Lessons for Humanity. New Africa Books. 2004. p. 67. ISBN 9781869284466.
- Kusserow Reuter, Magdalena (1 September 1985), "My Family's Love for God Despite Prison and Death", The Watchtower, retrieved 26 August 2019
- Poetzinger, Martin (14 May 1985). "Opinion: Jehovah's Witnesses Were Hitler's Victims". New York Times. p. 26.
External links[]
- "Biografie Familie Kusserow". stolpersteine-bad-lippspringe.de (in German). 28 June 2020.
- "Exhibition: Parallel Journeys". Museum of History and Holocaust Education. Kennesaw State University. Retrieved 26 August 2019. Individuals featured in Parallel Journeys: Wolfgang Kusserow
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