In 1948, East Germany held a plebiscite, a direct vote by the people, and as Hacke explains, “the fundamental cause [of the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses] was that they did not participate in the plebiscite. ”
ऑगस्ट १९५० साली, यहोवाच्या साक्षीदारांवर पूर्व जर्मनीत बंदी घालण्यात आली.