During the 1950 ’ s, in what was then Communist East Germany, Jehovah’s Witnesses who were imprisoned because of their faith risked prolonged solitary confinement when they handed small portions of the Bible from one prisoner to another to be read at night.
बाइबल के महत्त्व को समझते हुए, अनेक लोगों ने इसे प्राप्त करने और पढ़ने के लिए क़ैद, यहाँ तक कि मृत्यु का जोखिम भी उठाया है ।