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The Society of Brothers communal life in Norfolk Conn
An essay on the Bruderhof in Norfolk Connecticut detailing the Society of Brothers home to some 240 people. It describes communal ownership living without private property and the daily routines from child care to education and work in toy making. It contrasts with Shakers and notes their history in Germany Britain Paraguay and the United States and their aim to live in harmony under God.
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Norfolk
Conn
Connecticut
Society of
Brothers
America
Ephrata
Noyes
Oneida
Rappite Settlements
Waldensians
Hutterians
Anawa Society
Shakers
France
England
Massachusetts
New York
Anna Lee
Jesus
U.S
Bruderhof
Society of Brothers
Germany
Eberhard Arnold
Sannerz
Hitler
Lichtenstein
Britain
Paraguay
Rifton
N.Y
Evergreen
Farmington
Society
Michael
Pupin
Brothers and Sisters
Winsted
God
Vietnam
Alany
Thhey
Bruderhot
Israel
The
Michael Pupin