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The German Mennonite Peace Committee
The German Mennonite Peace Committee (in German: Deutsches Mennonitisches Friedenskomitee, DMFK) is the peace office of those German Mennonites who are united under the name Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mennonitischer Gemeinden in Deutschland (AMG). The peace office is financially supported by the congregations of the AMG and by interested lay persons. Its work is organized by the director, the DMFK board and active persons from the Mennonite congregations. The DMFK characterizes its vision for the world in the words "divine peace and justice taking on concrete forms" (Gottes Frieden und Gerechtigkeit sollen in dieser Welt Gestalt annehmen). The DMFK works with Mennonite and other congregations, seeking to nurture peace practices as well as theological reflections on it.〔http://www.mennoniten.de/dmfk.html〕 The current director is James (Jakob) Fehr. The offices are located in Bammental, near Heidelberg.
==History==
The DMFK was established in 1956 as a response to the resumption of conscription in the wake of the rearmament of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)) during the Cold War.〔(Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online )〕 German Mennonites saw the need to provide counsel and support to their young men in conscientious objection to military service, at a time when German conscriptors made it difficult for young men to gain CO status.〔MCC Peace Office Newsletter: Military Counseling Network: Helping Military Sevicemembers Lay Down Their Arms (MCC Peace Office Newsletter ).〕 The DMFK was established during a period of renewed peace witness among German Mennonites. In the aftermath of the German collapse at the end of World War II, the influence of North American Mennonites led to a recovery of the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition and a transformation in theological thinking toward peace church theology.〔(Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online )〕
During the 1980s DMFK was very active in protesting the buildup of American military arms in Germany. DMFK planned and participated in protests and demonstrations. In 1986, while Mennonites were celebrating the tricentennial anniversary of the first Germans emigrating to America, the German and U.S. governments were developing close ties that led to the present military alliance of NATO. DMFK joined the protests, pointing out that good German-American relations need not be a "brotherhood in arms". DMFK informed the public that among the early emigrants to the USA were Mennonites and Quakers from Krefeld, Germany, who crossed the Atlantic to find religious freedom, including the right to refrain from military involvement.〔MCC Peace Office Newsletter: Military Counseling Network: Helping Military Sevicemembers Lay Down Their Arms (MCC Peace Office Newsletter ).〕
In October 1984, DMFK established its permanent office under the directorship of Wolfgang Krauß and became active in uniting American and German peace movements. The anti-nuclear movement in Germany was particularly strong in Germany during the 1980s, some demonstrations being attended by more than 300,000 people. A human chain extended from Stuttgart to Neu-Ulm to protest against the new middle-range missiles that NATO and the Warsaw Pact wanted to deploy on both sides of the “Iron Curtain”. The concern that a nuclear holocaust could be imminent was widespread. The protest movement was denounced as “anti-American” by the German government. But the protesters formed their own alliance with American friends, peace groups and churches, in the conviction that transatlantic cooperation need not be guided by military prerogative.〔MCC Peace Office Newsletter: Military Counseling Network: Helping Military Sevicemembers Lay Down Their Arms (MCC Peace Office Newsletter ).〕 In 2003, shortly before the beginning of the Iraq War, DMFK re-established the Military Counseling Network to provide support and information to American military members stationed in Europe who were questioning their willingness to participate in warfare. DMFK ended its formal connection to Military Counseling Network in 2013.
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