- CA MHC PP-4-044-145.0
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Part of Gerhard Lohrenz fonds
-Chortitza [HR 133. N:345]
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Part of Gerhard Lohrenz fonds
-Chortitza [HR 133. N:345]
The high school (Zentral schule) in the village of Chortitza, founded in 1842. Notice the Nazi flag; the photo was probably taken around 1942 when the German army occupied this territory for a short time.
Chortitza Zentralschule, Russia
This is a photo of a part of two buildings. In the background is the Chortitza Zentralschule in the village of Chortitza, Russia.
Chortitza Zentralschule, Teachers and Students 1922-23
This is a photo of a large group of students of the Chortitza Zentralschule, posing with some of their teachers. Most are dressed in winter coats and caps. One of the girls in the very front is a daughter of the teacher, Abram. J. Wiebe. The teachers are seated in the second row, (left to right): 9th from left is Abram J. Wiebe, 10th unknown, 11th is Dietrich H. Epp, 12th Anna David Sudermann, 13th Charlotte Wassmuss. These are the students from the year 1922-23.
Construction of the tunnel and dam in the villages of Chortitza and Rosenthal
The construction of the tunnel and 84-foot high dam in 1905 in the villages of Chortitza and Rosenthal. This was done so that the railroad could be built from the city of Zaporozhye through these villages to Nikopol.
Stoesz, Dennis, 1954-
Chortitza
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Portrait of Isaak Dyck (1847-1929), son of Gerhard P. Dyck (1809). His wife was Margaretha Hamm (1850-1931) and children : Gerhard, Maria, Agatha, Peter, Margaretha, Helene, Heinrich, Anna. Isaak was elected as minister in 1876 and was elder 1876-1929. He lived in Rosenthal, Russia. This is Generation 3 of the Peter Dyck 1760 Ancestry Display.
The village elementary school in Chortitza in 1914.
Emigration to Canada, 1924, 1925
Part of John B Toews fonds
This file consists of the following
1) Franz Friesen " Die Erste Immigranten-Gruppe von Sibirien, Slawgorod Kreis, nach Kanada", 1925, 4 pages; Report of Emigration from Rosental, 1923.
2) E. Janzen , " Unsere Auswanderung nach Canada", 1924. 16 pages
3) Bernhard B. Wiens, " Unsere Auswanderung nach Canada" 1924. 11 pages
4) Janz, B.B., Soldaten und Kassenpaaengiere, 1923, 5 Pages, B.B. Janz. "Die Soldaten, 1923,
5) H. Bartel, Auf! Nach Canada! 1923, 18 pages, via Minnedosa
6) P.F. Froese , "Usere Bauren in Moskau " 1928, 7 pages. (Taken from Der Bote June 19, 1962
7) Eine Mai-Ferien im Sovietalnde 1924. 9 pages. A group of 5,000 Mennonites was travel-ready to emigrate to Canada. B.B. Janz and B.H. Unruh assisted in making arrangements with CPR.
Terror im Molotschna-Gebiet, 5 pages; B.B. Janz hesitatingly agrees to classify that Mennonite ancestry is Dutch (not German).
Franz Friesen
Part of Gerhard Lohrenz fonds
This is a photo of the factories of Lepp and Wallman. (HR 53). N:336
Here is a view of the Lepp and Wallmann factory in the village of Chortitza. They produced agricultural implements such as threshing machines, winnowers, horse racks, and reapers.
Stoesz, Dennis, 1954-
First Immigrant Train, Chortitza, Russia
This is a photo of the landscape of the train station in Chortitza, Russia, with horses and wagons scattered on the left side and a large number of people standing alongside the train getting ready to board.
First Immigration Train from Russia, 1923
This is a photo of a group of people, mostly men, standing along side the railway track in Chortitza, Russia. It is the first group of immigrants to leave Russia in 1923.
First Immigration Train, Chortitza
This is a photo of the freight train in Chortitza beside another train track. There are a few men walking about. This is labelled as the "1st Immigrant Train" that left from Chortitza, Russia, in 1923. The cars are described as ordinary freight cars 16.5 tons capacity - 4 wheels. 25-28 persons traveled in each car.
Recovery of debt from the Chortitza Mennonites.