@Norm
I think arguing about the figures of dead in this way is tasteless. It is not uncommon that historical figures are not accurate and in the beginning the WTS did not care. Firstly, they were reorganizing and did not count deaths - and how should they. So, all figures are estimates, while historians did differ in their very beginnigs.The Society started to care in the 90s. Garbe gives about 1.200. (BTW, it was Garbe who compared the suffering to the Jews. He is also a Protestant theologian and not as pro-JW as many may think.) Since the "Purple Triangles"-exbibition tours Germany and all congregations were encouraged to do research some new cases have been discovered so that the number is increasing again.But so what?
I think arguing about the figures of dead in this way is tasteless. It is not uncommon that historical figures are not accurate and in the beginning the WTS did not care. Firstly, they were reorganizing and did not count deaths - and how should they. So, all figures are estimates, while historians did differ in their very beginnigs.The Society started to care in the 90s. Garbe gives about 1.200. (BTW, it was Garbe who compared the suffering to the Jews. He is also a Protestant theologian and not as pro-JW as many may think.) Since the "Purple Triangles"-exbibition tours Germany and all congregations were encouraged to do research some new cases have been discovered so that the number is increasing again.But so what?