Negative also. Arrest of Catherine Mueller from the Knonau district near Zurich. Taken by WLU from Martyrs' Mirror, 1685 ed. (from CGC Archives) for bookcover: Profiles of Anabaptist Women, Sixteenth-Century Reforming Pioneers.

This is a photo of an etching showing Hans Bret, a pious Englishman who lived in Antwerp, after his arrest as an Anabaptist, being tortured with a tongue screw, preventing him to witness aloud for his faith before being burned alive. [HR 3]

Negative also. Maria of Monjou moments before being drowned in the Netherlands. Taken by WLU from Martyrs' Mirror, 1685 ed. (from CGC). Plate 10 in book: Profiles of Anabaptist Women Sixteenth-Century Reforming Pioneers.

A copy of a first edition of the martyrology "Het bloedigh tooneel" open to the title page, and displayed with a large skeleton key and jug on a rough wooden table against a brick wall. A small sign on the table reads "Dordrecht 1660." Possibly a museum display in western Europe or North America.

Negative also. Members of Anabaptist congregation in the Netherlands being arrested; child in cradle at right. Taken by WLU from Martyrs' Mirror, 1685 ed. (from CGC). Plate 9 in book: Profiles of Anabaptist Women, Sixteenth C....

This is a photo of great numbers of our forebears being slaughtered like animals because of their faith. [HR 3]

Three plaques on a wall on a side street (Sonnenfels gasse) near the Jesuitenkirche (Jesuit Church) in Vienna commemorate Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (who first proposed an academy of sciences in Vienna), reformer Ulrich Zwingli and Anabaptist Conrad Grebel. The text reads: "Erster vorschlag fur eine Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien durch Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646-1716, Philosoph, Mathematiker, Physiker, Theologe, Geologe, Techniker, Philologe, Jurist, Historiker und Diplomat. Ulrich Zwingli, Reformator von Kirche u. Gesellschaft studierte 1498/99 u. 1500 in Wien. Konrad Grebel studierte von 1515-1518 in Wien. Als erster Glaubenstaufer der Neuzeit wurder er zu einem Vorlaufer der freikirchlichen Bewegung."

A portrait of Menno Simons, likely taken from a photo reproduction of a painting by Willem Bartel van der Kooi found in John Horsch, "Mennonite History, Volume I: Mennonites in Europe," 1950.

Formal pose of Queen Divara of Muenster, 1535 or '36, photo of woodcut by Heinrich Aldegrever from Westfaelisches Landesmuseum. Plate 8 in book: Profiles of Anabaptist Women Sixteenth-Century Reforming Pioneers.

This is a photo of the Anabaptist, Simon, standing in front of his shop about the year 1553. Catholic priests were carrying their images along the street. Everybody knelt at their approach. Only Simon remained standing because he felt it was wrong to give divine honor to these man-made images. He was arrested, confessed his faith freely and openly, and was burned alive. Many people were deeply impressed by Simon's courage and steadfastness. [HR 3]