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.
ایمان پدرش نیز ضعیف شد به حدّی که مدرکی را که هویت او را به عنوان شاهد یَهُوَه تکذیب می‌کرد ،‏ امضا کرد .‏ رودولف پس از آزادی از زندان اجازه یافت که به عنوان سرپرست حوزه خدمت کند و پس از آن به مدرسهٔ جِلْعاد دعوت شد .‏