FRANCE
(See also Basque [Language]; French [Language]; French Foreign Legion)
(Note centered heading below: Jehovah’s Witnesses)
abortion:
attitude change: g90 6/8 7
agriculture:
bamboo nursery La Bambouseraie: g00 1/8 31
book Raisons de la colère (Reasons for Wrath): w86 7/15 27
fertilizers pollute drinking water: g05 1/8 6-7; g90 10/22 29
animals:
gray wolf: g94 1/22 28
traffic lights for: g95 9/22 29
astrology: g90 8/8 28; g89 11/22 4
astronomy: g96 7/8 28-29
automobiles:
death rate from: g90 4/22 28-29
nonpolluting car: g99 1/8 28-29
roadside trees deemed dangerous: g02 4/22 28
Auxerre:
pagan themes in cathedral: it-1 181
aviation:
Concorde: g04 6/22 26-27; g02 10/22 31; g89 9/22 28
birds:
stork disappearing: g87 2/8 30
Catholic Church:
adherents’ doubts: g92 11/8 28-29
adult baptisms: w89 7/15 31
asks forgiveness of Jews: g98 4/22 29
attitude toward Bible reading: g86 6/8 3-6
Auxerre Cathedral: it-1 181
baptism of King Clovis (496): w02 3/1 26-30
baptisteries: g 9/07 13
bishops compromise with Nazis: g92 9/8 29
changes: g93 9/8 3-4
Crusade against “heretics”: w90 2/1 18
debate with Jews (1240): w97 4/15 20
decline: g 12/07 29; g92 6/8 28; g90 6/22 28; g87 7/8 29
disunity: g91 3/22 29; g87 12/22 2-12
during French Revolution: g89 12/22 27-28
Lourdes: g97 3/22 28; g89 3/8 3, 5-8; g89 7/22 28; g89 10/8 30
Notre Dame Cathedral: it-1 181
priests decrease: g96 10/8 29; g93 2/8 28
priests viewed as unhappy: g00 6/8 29
rebel archbishop Lefebvre: g87 12/22 5-10
World Youth Days (1997): g98 8/8 12-14
champagne: g02 1/8 13-15
children:
answers most desired by: g91 10/8 28
illegitimate: g92 9/8 29; g88 11/8 30
climate:
hot summer (2003): g05 7/22 3; g04 7/8 28
mistral (wind): g96 7/8 31
colporteurs: g01 12/8 24-27
crime:
increase: g92 10/22 29
occult-products fraud: g88 8/8 29-30
rape: g93 3/8 3
diving:
record depth: g88 9/22 29
divorce: g87 6/22 30
drugs: g88 4/8 29-30
Eiffel Tower:
centennial renovations: g89 1/8 10-11
families:
single-parent: g02 10/8 5; g86 10/8 29-30
food:
cheese: g86 8/8 25-27
health benefits of customs: g05 5/8 29
honey production endangered: g03 3/8 28
mustard: g96 8/8 22-24
sea salt (solar salt): g03 2/8 21-23
vinegar manufacture: g90 8/8 21
forests:
pollution toll: g87 6/22 3; g87 7/8 30
gambling: g05 9/8 28; g94 2/8 28
garbage:
Entressen garbage dump: g90 5/8 5
government:
antisect bill in National Assembly (2000): yb01 23
comments on world peace by delegates to Inter-Parliamentary Union (1986): w86 10/1 15
graves:
eccentric tombs: g01 8/22 28
health and disease:
AIDS: g93 5/22 28; g92 10/8 29; g86 4/22 4
hepatitis C: g98 5/8 28; g96 10/22 28; g93 10/8 29
loss of hearing from loud music: g97 2/22 31
lung cancer among women: g94 10/8 29
syphilis: g01 7/22 28
history:
Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642): w89 4/1 6; w89 9/1 4
Crimean War (1853-1856): w90 12/15 3, 5
encryption by Blaise de Vigenère (16th century): g 8/09 27
French Revolution (1789-1799): g90 10/22 30; g89 12/22 26-28
gabelle (tax on sea salt) (1340): g03 2/8 21
galleys (17th-18th centuries): g00 12/22 12-15
King Clovis (466-511): w02 3/1 26-30
King Louis XIII: g03 9/8 5
monarchy: g90 8/22 18-19; g90 9/8 27
Statue of Liberty (gift to U.S.): g86 6/22 12-13
Tower of Crest: g01 4/22 31
Treaty of Paris (1763): w88 5/15 25
troubadours: g98 2/8 18-21
voyage of Pytheas (4th century B.C.E.): w10 3/1 27-29
homes in caves: g92 12/8 23
illiteracy up: g87 1/8 29
law:
controversy over freedom of speech: g96 7/22 9
Louvre:
bronze calf: it-1 948
items from Persian capital Susa (Shushan): w88 3/15 28
mail (post): g00 6/22 29
maps: yb09 21; w91 6/15 23
Gaul: w02 3/1 27
Tour de France: g03 7/8 23; g93 7/8 16-17
marriage: g91 5/8 28; g87 6/22 30
prior cohabitation: g 5/09 30
medicine:
automatic tear pump: g88 9/22 29-30
blood from prisoners: g93 6/22 28
blood screening method blocked: g94 9/22 28
blood substitutes: g99 4/22 27
cosmetic surgery: g02 8/8 29
heart surgery using inserted video camera: g96 11/8 29
heart surgery using robotics: g99 1/22 28
hospital infections: g98 9/22 29
increased use of tranquilizers: g89 3/22 29-30
use of prescription drugs: g91 6/22 29
military:
finding munitions from previous wars: w92 4/1 11; g91 3/8 28
weapons sales: g89 11/22 29; g86 7/22 27
mining:
strike conditions (1930’s): w88 7/1 18
minitel computer terminals: g87 1/22 29
money:
currency changes: g96 3/22 5
Mont Blanc: g 4/10 22-25
Monte Carlo: g94 2/8 25-26
Mont-Saint-Michel: g92 11/22 31
moral attitudes changing: w03 4/15 4; g90 6/8 7
National Library: g05 5/22 21; g02 9/8 24-25
Codex Claromontanus: it-2 316
Codex Ephraemi: it-2 317; w09 9/1 16-17
Notre Dame Cathedral:
zodiacs: it-1 181
occult: g97 2/8 28
Olympic Games (summer, 2024): mrt article 119
Paris: w01 8/15 9-11; g94 1/8 6-7
catacombs: g99 12/8 26-27
graffiti: g00 9/22 28
perfume for Metro system: g99 7/8 29
sewers: g99 12/8 24-26
pollution:
air: g96 1/22 29
effect on forests: g87 6/22 3; g87 7/8 30
oil spill (1978): g99 4/22 29; g96 12/22 29
oil spill (1999): g00 6/22 18-19
toxic waste production: g88 5/8 7
water: g05 1/8 6-7; g01 1/8 29; g90 10/22 29
Pont du Gard (Roman aqueduct): g 11/14 8-9; g91 11/22 31
population: g87 6/22 30
births: g87 6/22 30
living alone: g02 5/8 29
printing:
Gutenberg Bible replicas: g86 4/8 29
religion:
Albigenses (Cathari): w95 9/1 27-30
Bible printing: g97 12/8 17
Bible reading: g02 7/8 28-29
Bibles by Robert Estienne: w95 4/15 10-14
clergy wealth (1774-1790): g87 4/22 5
dechristianization during French Revolution: g89 12/22 28
decline: g 11/15 3; g 5/09 30; g 2/07 6; g04 4/22 29; w03 4/15 3-4; g01 5/8 28; g01 8/8 29; g96 4/8 3-4, 8
Edict of Nantes (1598): g98 11/22 19-22
Father Christmas (Santa Claus) burned in effigy: g03 5/8 13
freedom of worship: g98 11/22 20
Huguenots: w98 8/15 25-29; g97 4/22 5-9; sh 325; g89 8/22 19
Inquisition: g86 4/22 20, 23
persecution of Bible distributors (colporteurs): g01 12/8 25-27
persecution of Protestants (16th-18th centuries): g 3/11 12; g00 12/22 14-15
Reformation opposed by the Sorbonne: w95 4/15 12-14
Trinity representations: ti 10, 31; w87 6/15 4
Waldenses: w12 1/15 8; w02 3/15 20-23; g97 4/22 5-6; w95 9/1 28
wars (1500’s): g97 4/22 4-9
“Year of the Bible” (2003): g03 9/22 31
science:
official kilogram: w01 6/1 3; g99 6/22 29
Pasteur, Louis: g96 12/8 24-27
ships:
tall sailing ships (Rouen, 1999): g00 5/8 10-11
smoking:
advertising banned: g91 7/22 28
space achievement:
Argos satellite system: g88 11/22 30
sports:
Tour de France (bicycle race): g04 3/8 30; g03 7/8 22-25; g93 7/8 17
storms, floods (1999): g01 7/22 28; g00 6/22 15-19
suicide: g00 9/8 28
surveys:
attitude toward money: g88 4/22 6
belief in paranormal: g02 6/22 28
Catholic affiliation: g90 6/22 28
generosity: g01 6/22 29
religion and war: g87 2/22 30
whether science can reveal the secret of nature: w88 3/1 5-6
youths’ use of alcohol, tobacco, drugs: g88 4/8 29-30
television violence: g89 2/22 29
tires used in construction backfills: g88 6/22 29-30
trains:
derailed by collapse of World War I underground vaults: g94 11/22 29
high-speed: g02 1/22 29
tunnel to Britain: g94 7/8 14-16; g91 3/8 29
World War I:
first battle of the Somme: yb16 173; re 190; g89 10/8 4; w88 11/1 3
World War II:
declares war on Germany: g87 4/8 19
first-person account of refugee and soldier: w88 7/1 18-19
invasion by Germany: g87 4/8 20-21
youths:
hearing damage from headphones: g97 2/22 31; g94 3/8 29
“phantom students” at university: g 3/07 22
student protests during 1960’s: g87 6/8 22
suicide: g91 4/22 29
survey on use of alcohol, tobacco, drugs: g88 4/8 29-30
Jehovah’s Witnesses
assemblies:
Polish language: w15 8/15 31-32
Villepinte (1997): yb99 28; w98 7/1 27-29
Assembly Halls: yb94 18; yb87 44; g87 9/8 25-26; g86 2/22 27
ban (1939-1947): w11 9/15 4
ban on Watchtower lifted (1975): yb07 252; g86 2/22 26
Bethel family: w21.05 29-30; w11 9/15 6; km 2/99 2; w98 7/1 27
Branch Committee: w21.05 30; w18.12 17; w12 4/15 21; w11 9/15 6
branch office: jv 375; g86 2/22 26
Beauvène (1905): w98 7/1 26-27
Enghien-les-Bains (1931): w98 7/1 27
Louviers (1973): w98 7/1 27
Louviers (1985): g86 2/22 26-27
Louviers (1997): w12 4/15 20; yb99 28-29; w98 7/1 26-29; yb95 32; g91 8/22 26
oversees French Guiana (2011- ): yb13 13
oversees Guadeloupe (2011- ): yb13 13
oversees Martinique (2011- ): yb13 13
oversees Réunion (1959): yb07 224
oversees Réunion (2011- ): yb13 13
Paris (1919): w98 7/1 27
Paris (1930): w98 7/1 27
Paris (1947) (Villa Guibert): w11 9/15 4
Paris (1959) (Boulogne-Billancourt): w98 7/1 27
translation: w12 4/15 21; jv 375
branch overseers: w12 4/15 20; w88 3/1 13
clergy opposition: jv 658
colporteurs: w15 11/15 31-32
commendation:
book Les Témoins de Jéhovah face à Hitler: w99 10/15 32
by former member of Parliament: w00 9/1 24
by police union: g 8/10 4
TV program praises help in deprived areas: g00 8/22 31
comments by press: jv 495
conventions: w21.05 28-29; w15 11/15 31; w12 4/15 20; yb02 7-8; jv 495-496; w90 1/15 29
quotes: g88 1/22 18-19; g86 12/22 25
courts:
access granted to documents used to label Witnesses as cult: g 7/06 29
child custody: yb05 11; g04 11/22 12; g98 11/22 20
early witnessing: jv 409-410, 430
Polish immigrants: w15 8/15 31-32; jv 429
exhibition “Mémoire de Témoins” regarding Nazi concentration camps (1995): g96 6/8 18-19
field ministry:
public displays with literature carts (2001): hdu article 26; w20.10 22
growth: w15 8/15 32; w11 9/15 4; w00 2/1 28; yb99 28; jv 95, 510; w91 6/15 26; w89 10/1 26
Arabic-speaking field: w95 12/1 27
Polish-speaking field: w15 8/15 32
since New World Translation: jv 612-613
World War II: jv 455
immigrant field: w15 11/15 32; w01 8/15 12
Arabs: w95 12/1 27
Poles (1920’s, 1930’s): w15 8/15 31-32; jv 429
Kingdom Halls: jv 327; yb87 44
bomb removed at risk of life: w99 11/15 29-30
congregation shares hall in Spain: w12 1/1 14-15
legal matters:
Bethel family members exempt from taxes (2007): yb08 15
ex-representative of National Assembly convicted of slandering Witnesses (2007): yb08 15-16
legal recognition (1947): w11 9/15 4
Lyon ordered to offer municipal hall for Memorial (2007): yb08 15
taxation (1998-2012): w25.07 26-27; kr 160; yb14 35; w13 8/15 30; yb13 34-35; w12 8/15 17; yb12 39-40; w11 8/15 20; yb10 24; yb09 27; yb08 16; yb07 24; yb06 15; yb01 22-23; yb00 24-26; g99 1/8 11; g98 11/22 20
life story of bicycle racer: g93 7/8 15-19
life story of deaf person: w13 3/1 10-12
life story of doctor: w22.02 26-29
Ministerial Training School: yb92 11-12
Nazi era:
love shown to neighbor who was responsible for arrest: g98 10/22 7; w95 6/15 6-7
opposition:
Louviers construction: w98 7/1 26
media misrepresentation: w97 3/15 24
religious status: g98 11/22 20
Witness response: w05 12/15 23
persons:
Apolinarski, Simon: w11 9/15 4-5
Arnold, Adolphe and Emma: brfi 18; jv 451
Bockaert, Jean-Marie and Danièle: w18.12 15-18
Breine, Louis and Angèle: w21.05 26-30
Cooke, Eric: jv 430; w89 4/1 26-27
Cooke, John: w15 11/15 31; jv 430; w89 4/1 26-28
Cregeen, Arthur and Annie: yb00 73
Danner, Ruth: w09 6/15 3-6
Filteau, Marcel: w00 2/1 28
François, Jean-Claude: g 11/06 21-23
Gomez, José: g03 1/8 18-20
Hamel, Olivier: w13 3/1 10-12
Hisiger, Joseph: w09 3/1 20-23
Krett, Józef: w24.10 4-5
Lefèvre, Joseph: yb16 173-174
Lequime, Théophile: yb16 174
Leroy, Marceau and Irène: w11 9/15 3-6
Liebster, Simone Arnold: brfi 9; jv 451; g93 9/22 15-19
Lolliot, Louis: g98 12/22 12-15
Morgou, Dominique: w05 11/1 8-12
Noll, Xavier: w88 7/1 18-22
Queyroi, Jean: w89 10/1 22-26
Rohner, Charles: kr 71-72
Ruhlmann, René and Lydie: w22.02 26-29
Séglat, René: w92 6/1 27-30
Skalecki, Antoine: w15 8/15 31-32
Smith, Leonard and Esther: w12 4/15 18-21
Soppa, André: w99 1/1 21-25
Stisi, Pascal: w99 4/1 23-27
Szumiga, Marian and Rosa: w04 9/1 19-25
Thérond, Elie: jv 409
Unglaube, Willy: jv 429-430
Unterner, Marcel and Margarete: brfi 18-19
Weber, Adolf: jv 409-410
“Photo-Drama of Creation”: kr 71
pioneers: w15 11/15 32; w11 9/15 4-5
special pioneers: w11 9/15 5
places:
Auchel: yb16 174
Bruay-en-Artois: w15 8/15 31-32
Dunkerque: w11 9/15 4-5
Nord-Pas-de-Calais: w15 8/15 31
Pleyel concert hall (Paris): w15 11/15 31
printing: jv 375, 592-593; g86 2/22 26-27
permission to use four-color press: yb92 15
publications: jv 375
Bible New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures: yb97 5; g97 12/8 18; jv 612-613; km 10/88 7; km 10/87 7
brochure Mission to Africa: yb98 45
countries shipped to: jv 375, 593
magazine The Watch Tower: yb16 174
magazine The Watchtower as booklet The Interior Bulletin of Jehovah’s Witnesses: w00 2/1 28
Polish: w15 8/15 31
tract Ecclesiastics Indicted: jv 427
tract Jehovah’s Witnesses—What You Need to Know: w01 8/15 13; w97 3/15 24; yb97 16
tract People of France, You Are Being Deceived!: w00 9/1 24; yb00 24-25; w99 8/1 9
tract What Is Brewing in France? Could Freedom Regress?: w01 9/1 19-21
putting spiritual things first rewarded: yb95 51-52
relief work: g01 7/22 9
Democratic Republic of Congo (1991): yb04 234
Democratic Republic of Congo refugees (1997-1999): yb04 244-247; w98 1/15 5-6; yb98 44-45
explosion in Toulouse (2001): g03 3/22 14-15
flood (1992): w93 12/1 12-13
refugees in Tanzania (2001-2002): w03 2/15 11
Rwanda refugees (1994): yb95 16-17
storms (1999): g00 6/22 18-19
service experiences: w01 8/15 11-13; w94 4/1 8; w91 6/15 22-26; w91 9/1 9; yb90 51; g90 6/8 9; yb89 8; w88 2/1 21; g88 1/22 20; g87 12/22 12
angry apartment caretaker: w15 11/15 31
Catholic World Youth Days: w01 8/15 13; w98 4/1 9
circus performers: w01 8/15 12
convention handbills: yb07 7
deaf, depressed woman: w02 3/15 25
kidney specialist: g 9/13 12-13
lost money returned: g 11/09 32
man with leukemia on Metro: w01 8/15 11
mother comforted over girl’s death: w08 7/15 10; w03 8/1 32
physicist: g03 8/8 32
Polish workers attend lecture despite priest’s warning (1924): w24.10 4
Stand Firm video: w01 8/15 13
testimony cards: w15 11/15 31
TV program showing branch office: w03 12/1 8
violent drug addict: wp16.3 10-11
Watch! brochure: yb06 7
Witness speaks at school on Witnesses in Nazi concentration camps: ijwex article 13
serving where need is greater:
emigrate from France: w18.01 3-4
traveling overseers: w21.05 28-29; w18.12 16; w15 8/15 32; w11 9/15 5-6
visits by—
Barry, W. L.: yb99 28; w98 7/1 27-28
Henschel, M. G.: jv 96; g86 2/22 27
Knorr, N. H.: jv 96
Rutherford, J. F.: w15 8/15 31-32; w15 11/15 31; jv 658
Sydlik, D.: yb99 28; w98 7/1 28
World War I: yb16 173-174