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Richard Wurmbrand Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, who founded Voice of the Martyrs in 1967, was born on March 24, 1909 in Bucharest, Romania. While he was still young his parents both died. He grew up a bitter orphan, and at the age of 14 he was a convinced and determined atheist. On October 26, 1936 he married Sabina Oster. Later that year while they were on vacation, Richard and Sabina were converted and became believers in the Christian faith. Because Richard and Sabina were in charge of a Protestant church in Romania they were arrested several times by the Nazis. Although they were beaten and abused many times while captive to the Nazis, Wurmbrand said that the Nazi terror was only a taste of what came under the Communists. These arrests forced them to start an Underground Church which met secretly. Even though they met secretly, they were still very bold about sharing the Gospel on the streets. One Sunday on February 29, 1948 Wurmbrand was on his way to church when he was stopped by the secret police, shoved into a van, and taken captive for more than eight years. While he was captive, his wife was visited by secret police who told her that they had attended his burial. As a prisoner, Wurmbrand experie