The Entire History of the Amish Community | Documentary

In the summer of 1693, in the mountains where Switzerland meets France, a tailor turned preacher named Jakob Ammann did the thing his church had always dreaded most. He split it. His enemies needed a name for the rebels, so they took his name and bent it: Ammann's people. The Amish. The insult stuck for 333 years, and the people it named outlasted every empire that tried to kill them. In this video, we tell the entire story of the Amish, from a secret baptism in Zurich to more than four hundred thousand people in thirty-two states. We'll explore: - The first adult baptisms in Zurich in 1525, and the Anabaptists who were drowned and burned for them - The Martyrs Mirror and the story of Dirk Willems, the founding legend of the Amish temperament - Jakob Ammann's quarrel over shunning and the 1693 split that created the Amish - The Charming Nancy, William Penn's Pennsylvania, and the first Amish settlers in Lancaster County - The Old Order split of the 1860s and 70s, and the Swartzentruber and Beachy Amish divisions - The Amish in two World Wars, and the school wars that ended in Wisconsin v. Yoder in 1972 - The IRS seizing an Amish farmer's horses, and the Social Security exemption that followed - Why a people expected to vanish started doubling every 20 years - The church district, three languages, and The Budget: the machinery that holds the Amish together - The shadow side: genetic disease, shunning, and the cost of leaving The Amish are often called a people stuck in the past. The history says otherwise. They looked at the future arriving, century after century, and chose to walk the other way, together. If you're new here, this channel goes deep into the real Amish world, the parts no documentary slows down long enough to explain properly. New videos every week. Subscribe and hit the bell so you don't miss the next one. #amish #amishhistory #amishlife #anabaptist #amishdocumentary