There is a farmhouse on up the mountain from Trub, Switzerland that provided a hiding place for Anabaptists in that area. We drove on past Trub and Fankhaus and kept going up the mountain. Finally we reached this little farm. The building is typical for Switzerland as the house and the barn are in the …
We drove past Trub on the way to Hinterhütten and on the way back we stopped to look around, shoot some footage and eat a bite of lunch. As with most of the villages, the church here is in the center of the village. It is a Reformed State Church which seems to be very …
We visited the castle called Trachselwald which is located near a village called Trachselwald and Sumiswald. NOTE: In an earlier edition of this blog post I stated that there are private residences here and people live here. Even though it appeared so, nobody lives here now. Plans by the board that holds this treasure are …
We visited the village and the museum at Schleitheim, seen here from the hills above the village. This area was the home of many Wiedertaufer (Anabaptists) and many over the years were driven from their homes and prosecuted for not agreeing with the church that was in power. Michael Sattler was an early Wiedertaufer (Anabaptist) …
Our first day here we drove from the airport in Milan Italy to our first night stay at Hombrechtikon. Above is a photo of the remains of a castle in the Swiss Alps that we drove by today. We did stop near Maienfeld and visited Heidiland. We will have more coming on another post of …
As Stacie and I are doing research in preparation for our trip to Switzerland next month, we came across this website about the Trachselwald Castle. During the days of the Reformation in Switzerland, some of the many Anabaptist leaders who were imprisoned were imprisoned here at Trachselwald. One of the primary goals of imprisoning …
It has been a great summer! We have made much progress on Breaking the Silence. We are on schedule to complete this film project by February of 2015. I have really enjoyed meeting and spending time with many former Amish as we were interviewing them this summer. Peter has seen so many Amish buggies and …
Edit on January 1, 2016: We are deeply grateful to all who gave to help in this project. Thanks! Original Post: We have teamed up with Imaginative Art Ministries, a 501c3 nonprofit that allows our friends to give tax deductible gifts toward the making of Breaking the Silence. Watch the short video update of our …
Toward the beginning of Breaking the Silence I explain that for 450 years the Grabers were Amish, but in 1994 my father left, then I ask the question, “What is the heritage that I’m passing on to my son?” In order to answer that question I’ve been going back to the places where the Graber …
After watching Papa work the Guttenburg press at the Passages exhibit, Peter decided he wanted to be in the movie too. But I forgot to bring a miniature worker’s costume…