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August Dickmann, the Glossary

August Dickmann (January 7, 1910 - September 15, 1939) was a Jehovah's Witness and Conscientious objector from Germany, and the first person to be killed for rejecting military service during World War II.^[1]

13 relations: Auschwitz concentration camp, Conscientious objector, Dinslaken, Execution by firing squad, German Empire, Jehovah's Witnesses, Nazi concentration camp commandant, Nazi Germany, Oranienburg, Rudolf Höss, Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Schutzstaffel, World War II.
Conscientious objectors
German Jehovah's Witnesses
People from North Rhine-Westphalia executed in Nazi concentration camps
Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses

Auschwitz concentration camp

Auschwitz concentration camp (also KL Auschwitz or KZ Auschwitz) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust.

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Conscientious objector

A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of conscience or religion.

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Dinslaken

Dinslaken is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Execution by firing squad

Execution by firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading (from the French fusil, rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war.

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German Empire

The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

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Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses is a nontrinitarian, millenarian, restorationist Christian denomination.

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Nazi concentration camp commandant

The commandant (KZ-Kommandant, Lagerkommandant) was the chief commanding position within the SS service of a Nazi concentration camp.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Oranienburg

Oranienburg is a town in Brandenburg, Germany.

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Rudolf Höss

Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss (also Höß, Hoeß, or Hoess;; 25 November 1901 – 16 April 1947) was a German SS officer and the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

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Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Sachsenhausen or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year.

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Schutzstaffel

The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylised as ᛋᛋ with Armanen runes) was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Dickmann