The origins of the Jehovah's Witnesses can be traced back to the late 1870s with the religious group known as Bible Students.
After a power struggle within the group, there was a split, and those who remained supportive of the Watchtower Society adopted the name, "Jehovah's Witnesses" in 1931.
In 1922, house-to-house preaching began.
During World War Two, numerous Jehovah's Witnesses were imprisoned in concentration camps by Nazi Germany.
The Jehovah's Witnesses have been involved in numerous major court cases.
In 1943, the United States Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia State Board of Education vs. Barnette that school children of Jehovah's Witnesses could not be compelled to salute the flag.
The publishing arm of Jehovah's Witnesses is known as the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania.
The Watchtower has been published since 1879.
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