During the first decade of intense persecution, from 1950 to 1961, a total of 60 Witnesses ​ — men and women — ​ died in prison from mistreatment, malnutrition, sickness, and old age.
काही तुरुंगे तर, नात्सी आणि श्‍टॉझी हे दोन्ही अधिकारी वापरत असत; पहिल्यांदा नात्सींनी वापरले आणि नंतर श्‍टॉझींनी.