As political totalitarianism and dictatorships spread from country to country and World War II broke out in September 1939, branch offices of Jehovah’s Witnesses were closed in one country after another.
Poliitiline totalitarism ja diktatuur levisid riigist riiki ning 1939. aasta septembris puhkes II maailmasõda, mistõttu Jehoova tunnistajate harubürood suleti paljudes maades.