Pacifists in Chains: The Persecution of Hutterites during the Great War

Documents the disturbing history of four pacifists imprisoned for their refusal to serve during World War I.

To 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. Pacifists in Chains tells the story of four young men—Joseph Hofer, Michael Hofer, David Hofer, and Jacob Wipf—who followed these beliefs and refused to perform milit...