An Embassy Besieged

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Emmy Barth. An Embassy Besieged

An Embassy Besieged

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Historical Background

Hitler’s Rise to Power

March to April 1933

May to June 1933

June to October 1933

October to November 1933

Plebiscite and Raid

November to December 1933

January to February 1934

February to May 1934

June to July 1934

Romans 13

July to August 1934

September to December 1934

January to March 1935

March to October 1935

The Revelation of John

November 1935

December 1935 to July 1936

August to December 1936

January to April 1937

May to July 1937

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Emmy Barth

With a Foreword by Johann Christoph Arnold

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After weeks of discussions and arguments, Eberhard and Emmy sold or gave away all they possessed and rented a large house in the village of Sannerz in Hesse. They were determined to put their words into practice and live in community with anyone who cared to join them. Although the house was not immediately available, they could wait no longer. In June 1920 they moved into the barn with their five children. Emmy’s sister Else and a few others joined them. The house became the Neuwerk Community, Sannerz. Emmy, who was a true partner to Eberhard, wrote of the reactions of their former friends:

There was no financial basis of any kind, either for starting this proposed business venture or for buying the villa at Sannerz and realizing our dream of a community house. But that made no difference. We decided it was time to turn our backs on the past and start afresh in full trust. Well-meaning friends shook their heads. What an act of rash irresponsibility for a father of five little children to go into the unknown just like that! Frau Michaelis, the wife of the former chancellor of the Reich, visited me and offered to help the children and me should my husband really take this “unusual” step. After talking with me, she reported to a mutual friend: “She is even more fanatical than he is! There is nothing we can do.”19

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