JWHESF

Haelcer

Do you know this WTS corporation?

Couple years ago they sent letters and the financial assistance to congregations to the amount of $200 for brothers which were Holocaust survivors.
Whether somebody knows about it something more?

Cheers.

talesin

Here's the PDF document, outlining their presentation for funding.

http://www.swissbankclaims.com/pdfs_eng/JehovahsWitnessHolocaustEraENG_0076_056.PDF

t

interesting, as this was not long after I saw an ad in a national Cdn. newspaper seeking holocaust survivors for a class action suit (originated in the US), and it specifically mentioned Jehovah's Witnesses.

talesin

and this thread, from 9 years ago, may be of interest to you ...

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/8705/1/Holocaust-letter

this one is really off-the-wall

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/108995/1/WTS-in-politics-and-upsetting-the-Armenians

I guess Austrian C-O's don't count?

Apparently, they have 'money in the bank',,, not much here, just under 10 grand.

http://www.implu.com/nonprofit/141829372

talesin

I found this interesting as well.

The JWHESF was the only organization identifi ed with the capacity to
locate and assist eligible members of this victim group. The JWHESF
declined the additional task of identifying and assisting survivors who
may have been Jehovah’s Witnesses during the Nazi occupation but
were no longer members of this community.

source: http://www.swissbankclaims.com/Documents/DOC_74.6_hsp_4.pdf

talesin

and, here's the money grab ....

The few remaining Witness survivors have used their waning vitality to speak to young people, educators, and scholars about their experiences and those of their martyred fellow believers. If the court sees fit to allocate a portion of the settlement fund to the Watch Tower to continue this work of remembrance, we believe it would constitute fitting recognition of individual Witnesses who suffered and died while maintaining their faith and human values.
Some Witnesses died prematurely and left no heirs to make a claim to the Swiss Bank Settlement Fund. However, the legacy of spiritual resistance that they left behind is of great value in the education of future generations about the importance of standing up for the dignity and value of human life. Representing these individuals, the Watch Tower would be pleased to devote any allocated moneys solely to the interests of Holocaust education and the remembrance of the prisoners who bore the purple triangle, according as the court might stipulate.
Realizing that thousands of survivors and heirs will apply to the court to receive a portion of the Settlement Fund, Watch Tower is not in a position to recommend a certain percentage to be allotted for the purposes outlined above, nor are we able to suggest what portion of the Fund should be allotted to individual Witness survivors. Watch Tower acknowledges that no amount of money can fully compensate for the losses of any victims of Nazi persecution. However, if the funds provided by the Swiss Banks Settlement can symbolically or practically mitigate the human suffering of survivors or their families, or if it can advance the work of education and remembrance, the money will have been well spent. In this allocation process, we rely on the court’s equity and fairness.
WHERFORE, in light of this information, Watch Tower, respectfully request an award in harmony with the just and equitable principles outlined in the settlement order.
December 7,1999.
Respectfully submitted,
signature
Carolyn R. Wah
Associate General Counsel
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
of Pennsylvania
100 Watchtower Drive
Patterson, NY 12563
Tel: (914) 306-0700
Fax: (914) 306-0709

I have to restate this from the above quote:

and the remembrance of the prisoners who bore the purple triangle

What? Honouring the GAY COMMUNITY? uh-huh

source: http://www.docbob.org/wordpress/?p=87

sizemik

The report also evidences that the Witnesses’ individual and organized stance in opposition to the violent ideology of the regime was a decisive factor in the severity of the persecution.

The above quoted sentence taken from the Watchtower Application for Holocaust Funds is highly questionable in light of their otherwise "strict neutrality" in the political affairs of "Satans wicked sytem"

The understanding surrounding their stance as represented to the congregation members is always in terms of a staunch refusal to renounce their faith.

It's a subtle difference in wording . . . but profoundly misrepresents the reason for their stance in such a way as to appear more honorable in the eyes of the audience. It's clear to me to be quite duplicitous to say this in light of what I was lead to believe as a JW.

The remainder of the document continues to reinforce this "alternative" motivation for witness resistance to Nazi Germany

AnnOMaly

I have to restate this from the above quote:
and the remembrance of the prisoners who bore the purple triangle
What? Honouring the GAY COMMUNITY? uh-huh

That was the PINK triangle. Pink was for 'sexual offenders.' The purple one was for the Bible Students/JWs.

Black Sheep

The purple one was for the Bible Students/JWs....... and Baptists & SDA

talesin

tkx for the correction. :D

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