Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Some WWII German 7th Day Adventists churches disfellowshipped Jews and posted lists of their names



Nazi collaborating 7th Day Adventists churches routinely disfellowshipped Jews and posted lists of their names.
Having fully bought into the Nazi narrative of Aryan race superiority, some German Adventist churches posted on-premises notices advising Adventists of Jewish ancestry that they no longer had a home within the church. And many, thus excluded, would leave, bereft of lifelong friendships and often the only fellowship they had known. Daniel Heinz, an archivist at Friedensau Adventist University, retells the gut-wrenching story of Max-Israel Monk, an Adventist of Jewish descent who, after being “disfellowshipped”, “was placed in two concentration camps by the Nazis. [But] he survived and returned to his church after the war. He said he did not wish to act toward his congregation in the way he had been treated.” (Mark A. Kellner, Church Leaders Say ‘We’re Sorry’) 
Matthew Quartey. "THE IMMORALITY OF SILENCE: ADVENTIST LEADERSHIP IN TIMES OF CONFLICT"Spectrum Magazine. Published 21 Nov 2019. Retrieved 07/21/2020 from: https://spectrummagazine.org/views/2019/immorality-silence-adventist-leadership-times-conflict

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