▁and ▁to ▁enemies . ▁ ▁Arnold ▁wrote ▁articles , ▁published ▁a ▁period ical , ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁popular ▁speaker ▁in ▁t une ▁with ▁the ▁curr ents ▁of ▁the ▁time . ▁When ▁Adolf ▁Hitler ▁seized ▁control ▁of ▁Germany ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁he ▁was ▁immediately ▁concerned , ▁recogn ising ▁that ▁his ▁own ▁Christian ▁philosophy ▁was ▁on ▁a ▁collision ▁course ▁with ▁Hitler ’ s ▁world view . ▁R ather ▁than ▁fle e ▁the ▁country , ▁however , ▁Arnold ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁Br uder hof ▁had ▁a ▁mission ary ▁task . ▁He ▁wrote ▁personal ▁letters ▁to ▁Hitler , ▁H inden burg , ▁and ▁other ▁high - ran king ▁officials , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁appe aled ▁to ▁them ▁to ▁protect ▁innoc ent ▁lives . ▁He ▁war ned ▁his ▁community ▁to ▁prepare ▁for ▁per sec ution . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁the ▁community ’ s ▁license ▁to ▁run ▁a ▁private ▁elementary ▁school ▁was ▁rev oked . ▁Un w illing ▁to ▁submit ▁their ▁children ▁to ▁Naz i ▁influence , ▁they ▁took ▁them ▁to ▁the ▁independent ▁princip ality ▁of ▁Lie chten stein , ▁where ▁they ▁established ▁a ▁daughter ▁community . ▁A ▁year ▁later , ▁when ▁comp uls ive ▁military ▁cons cription ▁was ▁introduced ▁in ▁Germany , ▁the ▁Br uder hof ’ s ▁young ▁men ▁similarly ▁escaped ▁to ▁Lie chten stein . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 6 ▁a ▁third ▁community ▁was ▁begun ▁in ▁England , ▁the ▁C ots w old ▁Br uder hof . ▁ ▁E ber