For example, German politician Steffen Reiche, former cabinet minister in the state of Brandenburg and later member of the German parliament, said: "The conduct of Jehovah's Witnesses in the camps and prisons embodies virtues that are as essential today as they were in the past for the existence of a democratic constitutional state: namely, their steadfastness against the SS and their compassion toward their fellow prisoners.
Ngokwesibonelo, usopolotiki weJarimani uSteffen Reiche, ogade angundunakulu kurhulumende weBrandenburg kamva owaba lilunga lepalamende yeJarimani, wathi: 'Ukuziphatha kwaboFakazi bakaJehova emakampeni nemajele kutjengisa iimfanelo ezihle, eziqakathekileko namhlanje njengesikhathini esidlulileko, ekubeni khona komthetho sisekelo wentando yenengi: okutjho bona ukuthembeka kwabo ekujamelaneni nama-SS nomusa abawutjengisa kezinye iimbotjhwa ebezikunye nabo.