ABSTRACT
The Bruderhof movement originated in Germany in 1920, in a country suffering the impact of military defeat, political disintegration of the Wilhelmian regime, and the economic chaos caused by galloping inflation. In the history of the Bruderhof there would again be periods of renewed activity and of links with the youth movements, especially when many of their members came to join the community, but henceforth Sannerz, and later the Bruderhof at Rhon, became the sole ideological center. They had no organized or spiritual leadership outside the commune. The church youth organizations, the activities of which began to resemble those of the youth movements, adopted the tradition of meeting in the heart of nature—but the gap between their goals and dogmas remained. Although the enthusiasm of 1921 and 1922 had waned, many visitors from the youth movements continued to come to Sannerz.
