Some 325 of them had been incarcerated in Nazi concentration camps and prisons. Then, in the 1950 ’ s, they were pursued and imprisoned by the Stasi, the State Security Service of the GDR.
Apmēram 325 Jehovas liecinieki jau bija bijuši ieslodzīti nacistu koncentrācijas nometnēs un cietumos, bet 50. gados viņus izsekoja un apcietināja Stasi — VDR valsts drošības dienests.