Huguenot Refugees

• 1. A Leap into the Unknown

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  French King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685, a document that had protected the rights of French protestants for almost one hundred years. The decision prompted a mass exodus of French Protestants with many going to Prussia.

• 2. Unknown Lands

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  French protestants were forced to flee France as dragoons were given free reign to rape, assault and terrify their communities. Among them, the Loyal family, poor cloth-makers desperate for mercy, safe passage, and a new place to call home.

Cast

Anja Antonowicz

Suzanne Loyal

Björn von der Wellen

Abraham Loyal

Isabelle Barth

Mechthild Vogel

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Ingo Abel

Oswald Vogel

Nils Brunkhorst

Pierre Boué

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Peter Boué

Descendant de huguenots, Self

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Dierck Loyal

Descendant de huguenots, Self