“Why would the descendants of Swiss and Dutch Anabaptist martyrs identify themselves with one of the most evil regimes in human history?  A very good question. The short answer: God has no grandchildren.” 

In “Why did the German Mennonites Become Nazis?” Chester Weaver traces cultural and historical moments on the road that led to descendants of Anabaptist martyrs taking up the Nazi cause. 

“And then World War 1 happened. By 1914 the loss of non-resistance was largely complete. One hundred years had erased the non-resistance. Jesus was replaced with German. German was the new heady ideal. The German Volk!” 

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