1st Edition

The Witness of the Brothers A History of the Bruderhof

By Yaacov Oved Copyright 1996
352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

This extraordinary history of the Bruderhof shows how its commitment to religion, family, and community has enabled it to maintain its way of life since its inception over ninety years ago. Although Yaacov Oved identifies social tensions in the movement, he still considers it to be a shining example of communal stability. After the horrors of World War I, German adolescents sought new directions... Read more
Introduction; 1: The Bruderhof Commune at Sannerz and the German Youth Movements; 2: The Rhönbruderhof: Recovery and Consolidation; 3: The 1930s in Germany; 4: The Bruderhof in England; 5: Isolated Communities in Paraguay; 6: The Bruderhof in England and Germany: 1943–1960; 7: The Move to the United States; 8: The Great Crisis; 9: After the Crisis—Rehabilitation; 10: A Window to the Outside World

Biography

Yaacov Oved