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. ”
1948. gadā Austrumvācijā tika rīkots referendums jeb visas tautas balsošana, un, kā skaidro Geralds Hake, ” galvenais [Jehovas liecinieku vajāšanas] iemesls bija tas, ka viņi nepiedalījās referendumā ”.