{"product_id":"pacifists-in-chains-the-persecution-of-hutterites-during-the-great-war-paperback","title":"Pacifists in Chains: The Persecution of Hutterites During the Great War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDuane C. S. Stoltzfus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDocuments the disturbing history of four pacifists imprisoned for their refusal to serve during World War I.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Hutterites and members of other pacifist sects, serving the military in any way goes against the biblical commandment \"thou shalt not kill\" and Jesus's admonition to turn the other cheek when confronted with violence. \u003ci\u003ePacifists in Chains\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of four young men--Joseph Hofer, Michael Hofer, David Hofer, and Jacob Wipf--who followed these beliefs and refused to perform military service in World War I. The men paid a steep price for their resistance, imprisoned in Alcatraz and Fort Leavenworth, where the two youngest died. The Hutterites buried the men as martyrs, citing mistreatment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing archival material, letters from the four men and others imprisoned during the war, and interviews with their descendants, Duane C. S. Stoltzfus explores the tension between a country preparing to enter into a world war and a people whose history of martyrdom for their pacifist beliefs goes back to their sixteenth-century Reformation beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDuane C. S. Stoltzfus\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of communication at Goshen College and the copy editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Mennonite Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9.03 x 5.97 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52624133128499,"sku":"9781421411279","price":68.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/KytRRmJJU2xwaWF6Tm5yUnpJOXhvUT09.webp?v=1761998251","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/pacifists-in-chains-the-persecution-of-hutterites-during-the-great-war-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}