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Janzen, Waldemar, 1932-

  • CA-MHC-2016
  • Person
  • 1932-

Waldemar Janzen was born in the Ukraine during the Stalin era, in 1932 to Woldemar Janzen and Helena Dueck. At the age of three, he lost his father, a Mennonite teacher and minister, to a Soviet concentration camp. In 1943, during World War II, he escaped with his mother to Germany, where he was a refugee until his immigration to Canada in 1948.
Encouraged by his mother, he was able to study. He earned the degrees of B.A. (University of Western Ontario), B.D. (Mennonite Biblical Seminary, then in Chicago), M.A. (German; University of Manitoba), Th.M. (Old Testament; Harvard Divinity School), and Ph.D. (Near Eastern Languages and Literatures; Harvard University).
He married Irene Marie Warkentin (popularly known as Mary Janzen) and they had three children. In 1956 Janzen began to teach at the Canadian Mennonite Bible College, Winnipeg, serving the College also as academic dean for many years. While at CMBC, he taught many courses in Old Testament and in German at the University of Manitoba, and in Old Testament at the University of Winnipeg. Other teaching assignments were in Ontario, Paraguay, and Switzerland. He has also lectured and preached in many institutions and churches. He is the author of several popular and scholarly works.

Sudermann, Jacob

  • Person
  • 1888-1940?

Russian Mennonite artist

Reimer, Geetruda, 1828-1915

  • Person
  • 1828-1915

Gertude Reimer was the daughter of Jacob Peter Reimer and died in Felsenthal, Molotschna area.

Wiebe, William, [192-?]

  • CA-MHC-2016
  • Person
  • [192-?]

William Wiebe was born ca. 1920, likely lived in Manitoba, and served as a conscientious objector at Riding Mountain National Park during the Second World War.

Schroeder, William, 1933-2013

  • CA-CMBS-2016
  • Person
  • 1933-2013

Teacher, historian, map maker (cartographer), author. Grew up in the Rosenheim district, west of Rosenfeld, Manitoba and moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Worked with Helmut T. Huebert to produce the "Mennonite Historical Atlas." Schroeder authored "The Bergthal Colony."

Kroeker, David K., 1875-1963

  • Person
  • 1875-1963

David was the youngest child of Klaas Kroeker and Maria Koslowsky, who moved to Canada in 1903. After a brief stay in Reinland, Manitoba he and his parents settled in Lost River, Saskatchewan.

Winkler Bible School (Winkler, Manitoba)

  • CA-CMBS-2016
  • Organisation
  • 1925-1967

The school was a continuation of the Mennonite Brethren Bible School in Tschongraw, Crimea, Russia and was a private institution. The first leaders and teachers were Abraham H. Unruh, Gerhard J. Reimer, and Johann G. Wiens . In 1944 it became directly accountable to the Manitoba Mennonite Brethren Conference. In 1968 the name was changed to Winkler Bible Institute. The school closed in 1997.

Dueck, Margaret, 1922-2009

  • CA-CMBS-2018
  • Person
  • 1922-2009

Magaret Dueck was born to Gerhard Dueck and Maria Dyck in Neu Samara, Russia. In 1926, the family moved to Canada. In1945, she married Abram Froese and they had 4 children and lived in Boissevain, Manitoba. She attended Winkler Bible School.

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