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Volkmar Fischer, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] peasant of Rohrborn, a village in the district of Erfurt, Hesse, [[Germany|Germany]], baptized by [[Römer, Hans (16th century) |Hans Römer]], apparently took part in an attack on Erfurt, escaped all persecution, arrived at [[Basel (Switzerland)|Basel]], where he stayed in the home of Michael Schürer, a tailor from Freiburg. Here he renounced all ideas of revolution and joined the quiet Anabaptists. He left for Bohemia six weeks later, and was imprisoned in Prague for a while. For about a year he was a distiller of whiskey at Kaaden on the Eger, and then worked as a day laborer in various villages in the Erz Mountains. On 1 November 1534 he was arrested by the council of Erfurt and probably executed the following March.
= Bibliography =
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon, </em>4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 649.

Wappler, Paul. <em>Die Täuferbewegung in Thüringen von 1526-1584</em>. Jena: Gustav Fisher, 1913: 41 ff.
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