Taizé over the years has developed the Taizé community and dozens of companions joined Frère Roger, the first three between 1944 and 1945, during the war, during which Frère Roger, from Switzerland, has helped many refugees to enter the Free Zone. The community has over a hundred brothers, including 80 living in Taizé, coming from around thirty nations and various Christian origins. Some brothers also lived or live in small fraternities,