Blumenort (Molotschna, Russia)

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Abram Berg

File consists the following items:
1) "Insel in der Steppe: Erlebnisse des Haeftlings", Autobiography, 98 pages
2) A list of 91 residents of Blumenort and neighbouring villages who were forced into prison camps and eventually perished.
3) "The World of Abram Berg (1912-1993)", an essay translated and edited by John B Toews
4) Correspondence from Olga Berg to John B. Toews. March 3, 1995.
5) Eight photographs of Abram Berg in Karaganda
6) One 4" floppy disk of "Insel in der Steppe"
-- all documents in one file, - (1 file) Box 233

Berg, Abram, 1912-1993

Abram Berg, Blumenort, Molotschna Russia

This file contains the following articles:
1) Abram Baerg, Reflections and Recollections on Blumenort, 1919. 11 pages
2) Die Tragoedie von Blumenort, Part 1. Lists of the murdered citizens. 19pages.
3) Harry Dyck, Blumenort; An Episode related at Harry Dyck's Golden Wedding. - (1 file) Box 255

Berg, Abram, 1912-1993

Bergen and Duerksen families posing for photo

Family and friends pose outside in front of a house. To the left of the center are the parents of Elvera, Lydia and Jakob Bergen. Elvera’s oldest sister Hedwig is on her mother’s lap. On the right is the Martin Duerksen family and their 5 children: Martin Duerksen is seated to the right of Jakob Bergen, his son Gerhard stands to his right. (This boy had health problems as a result of the measles and consequently the Canadian government would not let the family come to Canada.) To the right of her son Gerhard is Mathilda Duerksen, sister to Lydia and aunt of Elvera (Bergen) Goerz. To the right of Mathilda is their son Peter and seated in front of him at the small table are their daughters Anna (called Njuta) at the right and Lydia to the left. In the middle is Martha, youngest daughter of the Duerksens (she has a white bow in her hair). David Duerksen? unmarried, stands behind his brother Martin. The family at far left are also Duerksens, Gerhard, his wife Lisa? and their daughter Annchen. Standing behind Lydia Bergen is Mariechen Duerksen with her husband.

Dutch style windmill in Blumenort, Molotschna

This photo is a reproduction from the book <i>They Seek a Country</i> page 308 showing the back side of a Dutch style windmill and another windmill in the background. To the right is a Russian Mennonite house with three people, one adult and two children, posing for a photo. The mill and yard are in Blumenort, Molotschna.

Gerhard Jacob Toews memoirs

File consists of the following items:
1) Memoir of Gerhard Toews, 1903-1984, titled "Notitzen und Erinnerungen". German. 40 pages. Box 236
2) Translation of memoir "Gerhard Toews, Notes and Reminiscences" edited and translated by John B. Toews. 31 pages. Box 236
3) Gerhard Toews - letters to his children from 1927 to 1931. Box 236
4) Family Record sheet. Box 236
5) Hand drawn map of the village of Ohrloff, Molotschna as it was in 1918. Box 236

Toews, Gerhard J., 1903-1984

Gerhard Weiss farmstead

This is a photo of an old farmstead in the village of Blumenort, Molotschna. The owners, Gerhard Weiss and wife, son Gerhard, and daughter are standing in front of their home with a wagon horse and donkey. [HR 51]

Mass burial at Blumenort (Molotschna)

This photo shows a large group gathered at the site of a mass burial in the village of Blumenort, Molotschna. The deaths happened at the hand of Nestor Makhno's contingent between Monday, November 11 and Wednesday, November 13, 1919, and the burial happened on Thursday, November 14, 1919.

Mass burial at Blumenort (Molotschna)

This photo shows a large group gathered at the site of a mass burial in the village of Blumenort, Molotschna. The deaths happened at the hand of Nestor Makhno's contingent between Monday, November 11 and Wednesday, November 13, 1919, and the burial happened on Thursday, November 14, 1919.

Mass grave in Blumenort

Mass grave in Blumenort, Molotschna after the Makhno massacre. The deaths happened at the hand of Nestor Makhno's contingent between Monday, November 11 and Wednesday, November 13, 1919, and the burial happened on Thursday, November 14, 1919.

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Mennonite mass grave

With the revolution, in too many of our Mennonite cemeteries, appeared the mass graves. In some of them as many as sixty brothers and sisters, cruelly murdered, were laid to rest. This one is found in the village of Blumenort, Molotschna [HR 258] (2 prints)

People of Blumenort are gathered around the mass

  • CA MAO M2004Goe 6
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  • 1920

People of Blumenort are gathered around the mass grave of 27 men. One night they were all herded into the basement of a house and shot to death. Two men related to Elvera’s husband were among those who died.

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