Jakob and Charlotte Rippert (Paperback)

Pilgrims, exiles and witnesses to a century of upheaval...

Jakob and Charlotte Rippert were German missionaries whose life together became an extraordinary pilgrimage through the upheavals of the twentieth century. From the horrors of the Western Front in 1918 to 'mission fields' as far apart as Nubia (Egypt) and Hermannsburg (Australia), and finally to their fate as Palestine Germans in the 1930s and 1940s - their story blends Christian commitment with unusual challenge, courage and adventure.

Beyond the fascination of their lives, their experiences open rare windows into chapters of history in Palestine, Germany, and Australia - episodes now fading from collective memory yet rich in human drama and significance.

Paul Kiem (www.paulkiem.net) is a former history educator and past president of the History Teachers' Association of Australia. He researches Australian and European social history and has published numerous articles and book chapters. In 2024 he received the Ivan Barko Award from the Institute for the Study of French Australian Relations for his article 'The Huybers and Loureiro Families: A Case Study in the History of Australia's French Connection', published in "The French Australian Review". Most recently, he contributed a chapter, 'Why Should Public Men be Held up to Ridicule?', to Scully, Fernandes and Khanduri's "Cartoon Conflicts" (2025).

Karl Klaus Rippert, a former engineer, is vice-chairman of the Hessian Family History Association (www.hfv-ev.de) and has been involved in genealogy for many years. He has published two books: "Chronik der Familie Ripper(t)" (Chronicle of the Ripper(t) Family) and "Familie Hufenbach aus Ostpreußen" (The Hufenbach Family from East Prussia). He writes regularly for "Hessische Genealogie", journal of the Hessian Family History Association.