75th Anniversary of Initiatives of Change in Caux
2021 marks the 75th anniversary of Caux as the European conference centre of the worldwide movement of Initiatives of Change (then called Moral Re-Armament)
Throughout the year, under the theme of ‘75 Years of Encounters’, we will celebrate, take stock and look towards the future.
A kaleidoscope of events, predominantly online, will recall the rich history of the centre and the impact of the reconciliation work, training programmes and conferences held here.
Look forward to our new series "75 Years of Stories" – one story for each year – of people whose lives were changed by a visit to Caux, a festival of films from the archives, plenty of artistic input, another Caux Forum Online, and much, much more....
Stay tuned!
1956 – The Zellers: A family invested in Caux
‘We had the great joy of deciding to sell our house and give the money to Caux,’ Anneli Zeller told…
1955 - Freedom: 'Do you think you could write a play?'
‘We were catapulted into history,’ said Manasseh Moerane, one of the writers of Freedom. The play…
1954 - Saidie Patterson: ‘Bury the hatchet or bury the dead’
When Saidie Patterson, a trades union organizer from Northern Ireland, spoke at the conference…
1953 – Mohamed Masmoudi: 'Stop cursing the French!'
In 1953, Mohamed Masmoudi, a young Tunisian nationalist living a semi-clandestine existence, came…
1952 - Elsbeth and Adam McLean: A Caux wedding
When Elsbeth Spoerry from Switzerland helped to clean up the derelict Caux Palace for the first…
1951 - Maurice Mercier: 'Not one cry of hatred'
‘He would have looked at home serving behind a bar down the street,’ the Swiss Jean-Jacques Odier…
1950 - Yukika Sohma: 'Japan can become reborn'
The Japanese flag was flying outside the conference centre as 64 Japanese arrived in Caux in 1950.…
1949 - Max Bladeck: Beyond class war
Max Bladeck joined the Communist Party as a young German coal miner in the 1920s. He remained loyal…
1948 - Paul Misraki: Soundtrack for a new Germany
Germany was in ruins. Europe was in ruins. Millions had been killed; millions more wounded and…
1947 - Peter Petersen: ‘All our defences crumbled’
‘At that time, even a dog would have refused a bit of bread from the hand of a German,’ remembered…
OUR STORY
75 years of stories that have changed the world of today
Navigate through the milestones of the rich history of Initiatives of Change Switzerland from the beginnings of the global movement in the 1920s to today's latest developments.
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