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Johannes Bair, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was taken prisoner in early November 1528 at Lichtenfels in Franconia ([[Germany|Germany]]) "for the faith and the divine truth." To the fellow members of his congregation he wrote a short letter in 1548 from the Toren, the prison in Bamberg where he was held, requesting them to send him a [[Bible  |Bible]]. He remained a prisoner in this dungeon for 23 years, never denying his faith. In 1551 he died in prison.
= Bibliography =
Braght, Thieleman J. van. ''Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk''. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 107.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. ''The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660.'' Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 503. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm].

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 112.
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