In the heart of the European continent a community [Germany]
which, as predicted by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, is destined, by virtue of its spiritual
potentialities and geographical situation, to radiate the splendour of the
light of the Faith on the countries that surround it, has been momentarily
eclipsed through the restrictions which a regime that has sorely misapprehended
its purpose and function has chosen to impose upon it. Its voice, alas, is now
silenced, its institutions dissolved, its literature banned, its archives
confiscated, and its meetings suspended.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated
25 December 1938 to the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, published as
"The Advent of Divine Justice"; compilation ‘Germany, France, Italy,
and Switzerland’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of
Justice)
