'That's enough for tonight,' Moravetz finally said, confiscating Richard's pencil.Īfter numerous similar interrogations, Richard soon learned his captors' methods and strategy. Like his interrogators, Richard also had once been an atheist before his heart was changed. We've brought you here to confess to us.'įor the better part of an hour, Richard scribbled down his story, covering the major milestones of his spiritual biography. 'As a priest,' the inspector continued, 'you've heard any number of confessions. Take your chair over and write about your activities and your life.' 'You'll find paper and pen on that desk,' Moravetz said. Seconds later his face materialized, and Richard recognized him as Moravetz, a former police inspector who had recently been promoted to conducting interrogations. The silhouette of a man across the table came into focus. One of the guards named Appel strapped blacked-out goggles over Richard's face and led him through a long corridor to a room containing a table and a spotlighted chair.Īs Appel removed the blindfold, Richard squinted into the light. On a night in 1948 in the Calea Rahovei prison, at 10 pm, three guards burst into Richard's cell and demanded he get dressed. This is a second extract from an inspiring new biography.
His wife Sabina was also imprisoned and brutally treated. He was to spend 14 years in prison, undergoing torture and abuse. His 'crimes' were leading Christian worship and witnessing to his faith, both of which were illegal under the Communist regime. On February 29, 1948, Romanian pastor Richard Wurmbrand was arrested on his way to a church service.
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