Other severe trials faced by Rudolf were the loss of his beloved mother, who died of typhus in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, and seeing his father weaken in faith to the point that he signed a document in which he renounced being one of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Rūdolfam bija jāpieredz arī citi smagi pārbaudījumi: Rāvensbrikas koncentrācijas nometnē ar tīfu nomira viņa māte, savukārt viņa tēvs atslāba ticībā un parakstīja dokumentu, kurā paziņoja, ka vairs nevēlas būt Jehovas liecinieks.