Alfermann was one of some 13,400 Witnesses ​ — in Germany and in countries occupied by the Nazis — ​ who suffered reprisals because of their faith.
این شاهدان به آنچه کتاب مقدّس گفته است عمل کردند ؛‏ از نظر سیاسی بی‌طرف ماندند و اسلحه به دست نگرفتند .‏