Germany’s highest court overturned a previous ruling denying official status to the Jehovah’s Witnesses and ordered a new study of their bid to be recognized as a religious body. In 1997, a lower court ruled that the Christian sect should be refused the status of a public body because it forbade its members from taking part in political elections.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
