Rudi wobbe biography of christopher
Rudolf Gustav Wobbe or more commonly known as Rudi Wobbe was born on February 11, in Hamburg, Germany..
During the 1920s and early 30s the German missions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon) experienced unprecedented success.
When the Nazis came to power in 1933, Church membership in Germany had grown to over 12,000, the largest pocket of Mormons outside the US.
The Church was never officially banned in Germany as some other religious groups were, most noticeably the Jehovah's Witnesses.
The other two, Rudolph Wobbe and Karl-Heinz Schnibbe, were supported by church members during their time of imprisonment in concentration camps.
To the contrary, the Church received rater favorable treatment from the Nazi government; although Gestapo agents did frequently observe Church meetings, and most local leaders were thoroughly interrogated about Mormon doctrine, beliefs and practices.
But as long as they didn't overtly cause trouble, the Third Reich tolerated Latter-day Saints in much the same way it tolerated Baptists and Methodists. All were warned, however, to stay out of political matters and by 1935 were all forced to drop their Scouting and youth programs, replacing them with the state-mandated