Wolfgang Kusserow

Wolfgang Kusserow (1 Mar 1922-28 Mar 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]

Wolfgang Kusserow

Family

Kusserow was one of eleven children born to Franz Karl Paul Kusserow and Hilda Emma (Eichhorst) Kusserow in Bochum, Germany a family of Jehovah's Witnesses that were persecuted for their religion during the Nazi regime.[3][4]

References
  1. "USHMM ID Card: WOLFGANG KUSSEROW". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. "Last Letter of Wolfgang Kusserow". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  3. "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.
  4. 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 Jul 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 Sep 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.
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