His arrest was the first of 19,147 arrests of Jehovah’s Witnesses from 1938 to 1992 for breaking the law that had been imposed by Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas.
Eré la pè é, bí ìjọba ṣe bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í nawọ́ gán àwa Ẹlẹ́rìí Jèhófà nìyẹn o. Láàárín ọdún 1938 sí 1992, wọ́n mú ẹgbẹ̀rún mọ́kàndínlógún, ọgọ́rùn-ún kan ó lè mẹ́tàdínláàádọ́ta (19,147) àwọn ará wa.