Modern Christians held in Nazi concentration camps with possible death facing them were given repeated opportunities to gain their freedom by signing a declaration renouncing Jehovah. But few signed.
اخیراً نیز شاهدان یَهُوَهِ قبیلهٔ توتسی و قبیلهٔ هوتو در کشور روآندا طی نسل‌کشی‌هایی که در کشورشان رخ داد ،‏ از یکدیگر محافظت کردند .‏