en ' ▁was ▁in ▁fact ▁Hel ene ▁( L ena ) ▁Sen ok os nik ova , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁born ▁in ▁Moscow ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 1 4 . ▁She ▁had ▁been ▁afraid ▁to ▁reve al ▁her ▁true ▁identity , ▁since ▁Rus si ans ▁were ▁not ▁popular ▁in ▁the ▁Third ▁Reich , ▁but ▁after ▁a ▁thorough ▁investigation ▁into ▁her ▁background ▁and ▁ra cial ▁ancest ry , ▁she ▁received ▁her ▁German ▁citizens hip ▁on ▁ 1 5 ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 1 . ▁They ▁were ▁married ▁on ▁ 1 0 ▁September ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁in ▁Well ings b ütt el , ▁Hamburg . ▁The ▁marriage ▁produced ▁two ▁daughters . ▁Christ ina ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁ 6 ▁June ▁ 1 9 4 2 ; ▁the ▁second , ▁Hel ma , ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁ 6 ▁October ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁shortly ▁after ▁her ▁father ' s ▁fatal ▁crash . ▁ ▁Both ▁of ▁Hel mut ' s ▁older ▁brothers , ▁Jo achim ▁and ▁Werner , ▁as ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Conf ess ing ▁Church ▁( G erman : ▁Bek enn ende ▁Kirche ), ▁encountered ▁trouble ▁with ▁the ▁Naz i ▁Party . ▁The ▁Conf ess ing ▁Church , ▁led ▁by ▁Past or ▁Martin ▁Niem öll er , ▁was ▁a ▁sch ism atic ▁Protest ant ▁church ▁which ▁opposed ▁the ▁Reich ' s ▁efforts ▁to ▁" N az ify " ▁Germany ' s ▁Protest ant ▁churches . ▁It ▁stood ▁in ▁out sp oken ▁opposition ▁to ▁National ▁Social ist ▁principles , ▁particularly ▁those ▁emb