He was accused of providing Witnesses with Bible literature and of giving financial help to Witness women whose husbands were in concentration camps. He was transferred to the same penitentiary near Berlin where Willi had been executed.
Viņu apsūdzēja tajā, ka viņš piegādā Jehovas lieciniekiem uz Bībeli balstītu literatūru, kā arī tajā, ka viņš materiāli atbalsta liecinieces, kuru vīri atrodas koncentrācijas nometnēs.