Description: Here for the first time in print is the story of a
small group who dared to confront Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich
with the love of Jesus Christ. Avoiding covert resistance on the
one hand and complicity and compromise on the other, the Rhon
Bruderhof, under the courageous leadership of Eberhard Arnold,
boldly witnessed to the politics of the Kingdom of God in Nazi
Germany. Although "less than a gnat to an elephant," in Arnold's
words, they believed that as God's ambassadors love could overcome
hatred-even of Adolf Hitler himself. This is an amazing account of
a community who stayed true to the nonviolent way of the Cross, and
how, despite relentless Nazi opposition, God protected and
victoriously led them along the way. Endorsements: This
meticulously documented story of faith serves as a handbook of
heroism for believers today. God knows, we too are "besieged" by
forces of untruth and duplicity. May we, like the Bruderhof, be
found faithful. -Daniel Berrigan Scripture tells us that we are to
be a counter-cultural community, living out the radical teachings
of Christ. This book sets a pattern for those who want to live
faithfully in opposition to the dictatorial consumeristic culture
of our age. -Tony Campolo, Eastern University, St. Davids, PA In An
Embassy Besieged, a small community of Christians courageously and
graciously refuses to compromise their faith in the face of the
worst human evil. Their witness has much to teach us today in a
world so riddled with prejudice, so tired of militarism, so starved
for grace, and so desperate for imagination. -Shane Claiborne,
author, activist Seeking to embody the Sermon on the Mount and
articulating a clear Anabaptist theology of church and state, the
early Bruderhof movement gives a courageous testimony to
nonviolence in a harsh totalitarian state. Emmy Barth tells a
compelling and well-crafted story that is hard to put down. -Donald
B. Kraybill, author of The Upside Down Kingdom About the
Contributor(s): Emmy Barth is senior archivist for and member of
Church Communities International (formerly known as the Bruderhof
Communities). Her earlier book No Lasting Home (2009) tells the
story of the Bruderhof's first year in Paraguay when they were
forced to leave Europe during World War II.
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