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Over the past five years, hundreds of Jehovah’s Witnesses have been subjected to raids, arrests, and persecution in Russia. Many others have fled including one couple, Dmitrii and Nellia Antsybor, who flew to Mexico last year, walked across the U.S. border to seek asylum, and now hope to build a new life for themselves in Washington state.
A Russian court has sentenced a female member of Jehovah's Witnesses to six years in prison, a term the group says is the longest a woman has received there since 2017.
The archive documents the lives and suffering of the Kusserow family, who were among many from the religious group to be persecuted by the Nazis because of their faith.