Linaba ngalo mbandela lithi: “Ngokomzekelo, ePoland unqulo lwazimanyanisa nabemi belo lizwe, ibe icawa yaba liqela elineenkani eliphikisa iqela elilawulayo; kwilizwe ebeliyiMpuma Jamani ngaphambili (GDR) icawa yavula indawo ngaphandle kwentlawulo ukuze abavukeli-mbuso basebenzele kuyo ibe yabavumela ukuba basebenzise izakhiwo zecawa ukuze baqhubele kuzo iintlanganiso zabo; eCzechoslovakia, amaKristu nabalweli bolawulo-melo badibana entolongweni, omnye waqala ukuba noxabiso ngomnye, yaye ekugqibeleni bamanyana kumzabalazo wabo.”
It elaborates: “In Poland, for example, religion allied itself with the nation, and the church became a stubborn antagonist of the ruling party; in the GDR [former East Germany] the church provided free space for dissenters and allowed them the use of church buildings for organizational purposes; in Czechoslovakia, Christians and democrats met in prison, came to appreciate one another, and finally joined forces.”jw2019 jw2019