Yuli 6, 2018
A ranar 28 ga Yuni, 1914, an kashe Archduke Ferdinand kuma bayan wata guda Turai ta fada cikin yaki. Kamar yadda Steve Longenecker ya bayyana, Edwin L. Turner Distinguished Professor of History at Bridgewater (Va.) College, shi ne karo na farko da al'ummomin masana'antu na zamani suka tsunduma cikin yaƙin da ya shafi dukan jama'a da masana'antu gabaɗaya. Dubun dubatar sojoji ne suka mutu a fada guda. Tattalin arziki ya durkushe. Rayuwa ta canza.
A cikin gabatarwar da ya gabatar don wani zama mai fa'ida wanda ɗakin karatu na tarihi da Archives na 'yan'uwa da Kwamitin Tarihi na 'Yan'uwa suka dauki nauyi, Longenecker ya mai da hankali kan kwarewar yaƙi da tasirinsa ga 'yan'uwa.
An kiyaye Amurka daga mummunan bala'i na ɗan lokaci, amma a cikin 1917 Amurka ta shiga yaƙi kuma ta kafa wani daftarin aiki tare da keɓancewa kaɗan. Zazzabin yaki ya kai ga makwabta suna leken asiri ga makwabta. Wani lokaci majami'u masu jin Jamus fentin launin rawaya. Tutocin Amurka sun bayyana a cikin majami'u. An gallazawa Jamusawa-Amurkawa da tsanantawa. Daruruwa sun shiga kurkuku.
’Yan’uwa, Mennonites, Hutterites, da wasu majami’u da ba sa juriya sun gano cewa tabbacin da suka yi tsammani daga gwamnati kafin a yi yaƙi ba shi da amfani. Tare da nasu jagorancin da aka kama, Ikilisiyoyi na Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi sun ba da shawara kaɗan ko ba su da shawara ga matasan su, waɗanda aka kwashe zuwa sansani. Wasu daga cikin masu shirya cocin zaman lafiya sun zaɓi hidimar yaƙi. Wasu kuma sun bijirewa duk wani hadin kai da sojoji. An azabtar da da yawa wasu kuma sun mutu sakamakon jinyar.
Longenecker ya sake ziyartar Taro na Musamman na Shekara-shekara na ’yan’uwa da aka yi a Goshen, Ind., a cikin Janairu 1918, wanda ya tsaya tsayin daka ga dabi’un ’yan’uwa na gargajiya. Duk da haka, cocin ta yi watsi da wannan “Shawarar Goshen” bayan da gwamnati ta yi barazanar daure shugabannin cocin don tayar da fitina. An bar ’yan’uwa matasa maza da ke sansanin ba su da jagora ga abin da suka fuskanta.
Ɗaya daga cikin sakamakon da aka samu shi ne ƙarni na shugabannin coci masu tasowa da suka ƙwazo a yin aiki da gwamnati kafin yaƙin duniya na gaba don shirya hidimar Jama’a (CPS), shirin da coci-coci ke ba da kuɗi ba gwamnati ba. CPS ta ba da hanya don hidimar tashin hankali ga waɗanda bangaskiyarsu ta hana su zuwa yaƙi.
Longenecker ya ba da labarin wannan labari ba da da ewa ba, tare da bayar da wasu takaddun ta hanyar hannu. Maganar nishadantarwa ta dauki awa daya.
- Frank Ramirez ya ba da gudummawar wannan rahoton.
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