Foundation Board

Our Vision

Promote awareness and understanding of anabaptiste life and culture in Switzerland.

Our Mission

  • Create and maintain an interdisciplinary center for the preservation and exhibition of Anabaptist objects and documents
  • Encourage encounters an exchange through exhibitions and events
  • Facilitate the connection between the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition and research as well as interested cultural stakeholders

Foundation Board

President
Markus Jost, representative of the Swiss Mennonite Association of Anabaptist History; scientific librarian at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland)

Vice-president
Nicolas Gerber, representative of the Swiss Mennonite Conference (SMC); musician, piano teacher at the Biel/Bienne School of Music

Treasurer
Béat Gerber, notary

Secretary
Sibylle Habegger, records managerin within the Biel/Bienne City Administration

Assessor
Nelly Gerber-Geiser, representative of the Evangelical Mennonite Community of Sonnenberg; pastor, member of the SMC-Archive Committee

Assessor
Hansuli Gerber, retired minister, member of the Anabaptist Forum for Peace, Justice and Creation

Assessor
Emeline Perret-Gentil, Sindependent MA conservator-restorer of archaeological and ethnographic objects, SBB train driver

Foundation Committee

Markus Jost
Nicolas Gerber
Béat Gerber
Sibylle Habegger

Governance

Bylaws of the Foundation (in French)

Entry in the Commercial Register of the canton of Bern

Entry at StiftungSchweiz