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First "Dutch" windmill (Blumenort, Molotschna)
this is a photo of the first "Hollander Windmill" at Blumenort, Molotschna. A smaller windmill can be seen in the background. To the right of the windmill is a house with 3 [males?] posing next to the fence in front of the house.
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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.
Group of people gathered by mass grave of 27 men
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. Much of the village of Blumenort was destroyed by fire that night.
People of Blumenort around the mass grave
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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The property of Gerhard Klassen in Blumenort
The property of Gerhard Klassen in Blumenort, a house with two gates. Mr. Klassen owned the General Store in Blumenort where Elvera’s father, Jakob Bergen and her uncle, Martin Duerksen worked. The Bergen and Duerksen families fled to Blumenort for safety and lived on this property.
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Self-defense unit in Blumenort, Tiege and Ohrloff
This is a photo of the Mennonite Selbschutz (self-defense unit) posing in two rows of men-- front row kneeling and back row standing -- each man with his rifle.
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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.
Part of Gerhard Lohrenz fonds
This is a photo of a Dutch windmill in Blumenort, Molotschna [HR 189].
Part of Gerhard Lohrenz fonds
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]
Part of Gerhard Lohrenz fonds
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)
Mass burial at Blumenort (Molotschna)
Part of Gerhard Lohrenz fonds
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)
Part of Gerhard Lohrenz fonds
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.
Villagers remembering the victims of the Blumenort massacre
Part of John B Toews fonds
Villagers remembering the victims of the Blumenort massacre.
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Part of John B Toews fonds
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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Abram Berg, Blumenort, Molotschna Russia
Part of John B Toews fonds
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