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- 1931-07-17 - 1938-12-31 (Creation)
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5/16” stack. As a way to travel abroad more cheaply for himself and fellow-Mennonites, especially to and from Mennonite-related destinations, Bender had gotten himself recognized as a travel agent. According to Albert N. Keim, on page 253 of his biography Harold S. Bender, 1897-1962, Bender formed the “Bender Travel Agency” as he arranged to be travel agent for a few North Americans attending the 1936 Mennonite World Conference (and, in addition, travel in Europe as tourists). Being the agent meant he could afford to attend the conference. However, already in 1929 he had led a group of Mennonites on a “Heart of Europe Tour”, after which he and a member of the group flew to Moscow in the interests of connecting with Mennonites in the Soviet Union. [See Keim’s book at pages 193-196.] The first letter of this file, from 1929, mainly offers Bender’s account of the travel into eastern Europe.
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