Concerning the uncompromising stand that Jehovah’s Witnesses took in the former Soviet Union, including those in Estonia, Lutheran theologian and Bible translator Toomas Paul writes in his book Kirik keset küla (The Church in the Middle of the Village): “Very few have heard of what happened in the early hours of April 1, 1951.
Sellest, millise kompromissitu seisukoha võtsid Jehoova tunnistajad Nõukogude Liidus, sealhulgas Eestis, kirjutab luteri teoloog ja piiblitõlkija Toomas Paul oma raamatus „Kirik keset küla ”:„ Väga vähesed [teavad]... sellest, mis toimus ööl vastu 1. aprilli 1951.