The Rev. Richard Wurmbrand, 91, an evangelist who founded an international ministry to support persecuted Christians in Communist countries.

“Richard Wurmbrand endured two terms of prison totaling 14 years. Sabina continued their underground church work, but was also incarcerated for three years in Romania’s terrible labor camps.

Richard Wurmbrand became an ordained minister, and the couple began doing missionary work in Romania. During World War II, Sabina’s parents, two brothers and sister were killed in Nazi ...

Releasing in theaters Nov. 8-10, Fathom Events’ latest special, “Sabina: Tortured for Christ, the Nazi Years,” tells the powerful true story of Sabina (Oster) Wurmbrand and her husband, Richard.

Richard Wurmbrand was born on March 24 1909 into a Jewish family in Bucharest, Romania. He married Sabina Oster, also Jewish, in 1936 and they became Protestant evangelical Christians under the ...