M. Ralf Bartsch

M. Ralf Bartsch was born in Dresden of a fourth-generation LDS family. After studying engineering and economics in Chemnitz, he worked for the East German Railways. Having been born very close to Karl G. Maeser’s hometown, he developed an interest in the educator’s early career and is leading an effort to acquire ownership of the Maeser family home. A longtime resident of Berlin, where he served as a bishop, Ralf is currently a family history missionary in Salt Lake City along with his wife, Beate. They have five daughters.