European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I1 return of the Brethren ancient religious group comes Back to Germany from the . \ by Ernie Weatherall staff writer right bearded worker with a shy refugee. After the thirty yours War i Europe 1g18-1g48 a religious group arose called the i exists in what is no West Germany. However since they were persecuted for their beliefs they sought Refuge in the or null principality of Witt Angenstein an built a Church in the Village of Schwarzenau. Changing Borders soon found the Sec persecuted again so in 1719 Peter Becker led a group of the Brethren to Pennsyl Vania. Other groups soon followed and after 1729 no organized body remained i  was not until after world War ii that the Church of the Brethren returned to Germany. Now they have built an imposing training Center in Kassel not far from the Birthplace of the sect. Since members of the Brethren along with Quak Crk and mennonites have religious beliefs against taking up arms under the present draft act the government exempts conscientious objectors. Many of them instead Volunteer to spend their two years in some Church project at Home or overseas. A Volunteer for overseas work first spends two months Basic training at the Brethren service Center at new Windsor my. If he is sent to Europe he will go to the Church Center at Kassel to learn More about the project they Are to work on. To melt the language Barrier the Brethren volunteers live with German families in town and spend several hours each Day in the Church learning the language. Many volunteers have chosen to work on the material Aid project which brings them into refugee Camps. Many Brethren work in Camp Friedland near the zonal Border helping process the Hom Comers from the polish administrated Oder Neisse territories of Germany. Almost every Refu gee Camp in West Berlin has one or More Church of the Brethren Volunteer  help the overflowing Stream of Refu gees the volunteers have built a Home for retarded children in marburg dormitories at bad Godesberg for youths who fled from the Baltic countries a kindergarten at Camp Friedland and other projects. In Austria the Brethren have put up Achurch in a refugee Community a building for albanian refugee children in Greece and Are helping refugees from communist Bulgaria learn to work the land in a farm amp in Turkey. The Church s work is not limited to Refu gees by any Means. Their program includes Many other projects but since thousands of refugees Are fleeing from the communist countries each Day there is much to Bedone in this Field. Brethren volunteers Are also aware that its members were once refugees from persecution themselves. Now they have re turned to Europe to help those who have followed them to Freedom. Brethren Volunteer Servic worker greets Oder Neisse area refugee on arrival at Camp Friedland. Greek kindergarten being built by group s Aid. Church volunteers study a foreign language. Woman worker supervises youngsters at West Berlin refugee Camp. Fag 12 the stars and stripes sick Are tended by Brethren workers. Ii m right Hans Linck explains the f theory of radio to class. Army photos below sp4 Jarrell and a Morse code class which is monitored by sgt Ciullo. Shams one of the fastest growing Ham radio clubs in Europe is now fitting out new clubroom classrooms and its radio equip ment in spacious new quarters the entire top floor of the Darmstadt Post he building. Founding father of the Cambrai Fritsc Amateur radio club is sgt Bruno v. Ciullo an ardent Ham himself who decide about six months ago that a Large number of germans and americans in the Darm Stadt area had a genuine interest in radio operation and would like to join together in a common Center of Mutual interest and Fellowship. His theory turned out to be right an today the Cambrai Fritsch club has 110 members.sp4 Don Jarrell of v corps radio school in Darmstadt teaches International Morse code two evenings a week. He. Says it takes the would be licensed Ham two to three months to master both the code and theory to pass the License  and american requirements for licensing Amateur operators on certain As signed frequencies Are very similar. Ger Man Law requires 12 words per minute transmitting and receiving against 16 for americans. A German civilian Hans Linck teaches radio theory and two William Stroebel acts As adviser for the group. Stroebel operated a Ham station in Panama for seven years before he shipped to  the cooperation of it col Gustav h. Franke jr., Darmstadt Post co the club a few weeks ago began moving into its new quarters where there will be plenty of room for new  sgt Jack w. Hampton of d co 32d Sig in club vice president and Rudol Menzl Secretary said the club will Wel come newcomers with a genuine interesting radio. At the moment until it receives its own Call the club uses the Call do 4 by issued to one of its members. Above sp4 Jarrell tapes code. Below sgt Ciullo Horst Appel. Friday Novena a 7, 1958 the stars and stripes Page 13