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Richard Wormbrand was a Romanian Jew who described himself as an atheist and a Marxist.

He stole to get food as a child, became a very successful self-made businessman, married Sabina Oster,

also a Jew, and lived a life of self-indulgence. Worned down by destructive behaviors,

he contracted tuberculosis. while in recovery, Richard began

reading the Bible. And shortly after, in 1938, he and Sabina converted to Christianity.

Richard became a Lutheran minister and began work to expand the church in Romania. In 1948,

Wormbrand publicly stated communism and Christianity were incompatible.

As a result, he was imprisoned and tortured by the communist regime of Romania.

After serving a total of 14 years, he and his wife Sabina, who had also been imprisoned,

were ransomed for $10,000 and immigrated to America.

Wormbram wrote more than 18 books, the most widely known being tortured for Christ,

which was also made into a motion picture.

He founded the International Organization Voice of the Martyrs,

which continues to aid Christians around the world who were persecuted for their faith.

We'd like to thank the voice of martyrs for the story.

You are about to hear from Richard Wormbran while he lived in the United States.

The greatest crime which communists commit is not the murder of bodies.

The communists have killed 60 million men in the Soviet Union alone. They have

killed another 60 million in Red China. They have killed one million in little Cambodia.

They have killed one million in communist Ethiopia.

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