Choose two corrects answers. why were the jehovah's witnesses persecuted

a. jehovah’s witnesses conspired with the soviet union against germany
b. hitler believed that jehovah’s witnesses played a role in germany’s WWI defeat
c. jehovah’s witnesses were against military action and war
d. jehovah’s witnesses did not pay taxes and were a burden on the economy
e. jehovah’s witnesses refused to swear allegiance to hitler