‘A succinct and inspiring presentation of IofC values, but also a plea for its mission. Photo: Book cover of 75 Years of Stories: Caux 1946-2021, by Initiatives of Change Switzerland

Author: Initiatives of Change Switzerland. Review by Daniel Clarke-Flynn.

75 Years of Stories: Caux 1946-2021, by Initiatives of Change Switzerland

Author: Initiatives of Change Switzerland. Review by Daniel Clarke-Flynn.

by Daniel Clarke-Flynn 2nd June 2023

This is a remarkable book of personal stories, all of which took place at the Caux Palace Hotel in Switzerland. In 1946 this 500-bed hotel was about to be pulled down. It had been a refugee centre through much of world war two, and was in disrepair. But 100 Swiss who were active with Moral Rearmament (MR), today known as Initiatives of Change (IofC), bought and rehabilitated it as an international conference centre for peacebuilding. It has been doing that ever since.