It is summer, 1940. As Hitler s armies turn mainland Europe into a mass graveyard, his feared Luftwaffe rain bombs on England. Meanwhile, amid the green hills of the Cotswolds, a nest of enemy aliens has been discovered: the Bruderhof, a Christian commune made up of German, Dutch, and Swiss refugees, and growing numbers of English pacifists.Having fled Nazi Germany to escape persecution, the Bruderhof had at first been welcomed in England. Now, at the height of the Battle of Britain, it is feared. Curfews and travel restrictions are imposed; nasty newspaper articles appear, and local patriots initiate a boycott. Debates over whether the community should be allowed to exist go all the way to Parliament.Determined to remain together as a witness for peace in a war-torn world, the little group of 300 half of them babies and young children looks for a new home. No country in Europe will allow them to stay, and Canada and the United States refuse to take them. Where should the refugees try to resettle next? This is their story.
Author(s): Emmy Barth
Publisher: Plough Publishing House
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 214
Tags: Библиотека;Зарубежная литература;На английском языке;
contents......Page 8
maps
......Page 5
foreword......Page 10
voyage......Page 14
up the river......Page 30
mennonites in the chaco......Page 40
paraguayan nazis?......Page 52
chaco......Page 62
the search for a home......Page 70
regrouping......Page 89
first losses......Page 112
primavera......Page 126
christine......Page 148
building up......Page 158
repentance......Page 169
felix......Page 179
christopher......Page 184
christmas......Page 189
appendix 1: crossings
......Page 198
appendix 2: deaths......Page 204
appendix 3: peace declaration......Page 206
endnotes......Page 210
for further reading......Page 211
