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- ↑ John A. Hostetler: Hutterite Society, Baltimore, MD, 1974, page 279.
- ↑ Rod Janzen and Max Stanton: The Hutterites in North America, Baltimore, MD, 2010, page 253.
- ↑ Julius Kubassekat anabaptistwiki.org