This is a photo of a pig butchering in Russia (HR 95)

This is a photo of the threshing on the Fehdrau estate (HR 253)

This is a drawing of threshing grain with flail [HR 49]

This is a drawing of churning butter and cheese press [HR 48]

This is a photo of a Christmas booklet (HR 265), often referred to as a Weihnachtswuensch which contained a child's Christmas wish for the parents written in verse form These booklets also were created for New Years and contained good wishes for New Years.

This is a photo of a refugee memorandum of thanks prepared by Mennonite refugees in Moelln, Hammerstein, Germany expressing their thanks to the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization. It is signed by H. Loewen, Joh. Klassen, F. Goertz, Abr. Dyck, A Loewen and P. Klassen.(HR 263).

This is a photo of a tunnel in the Caucasian mountains, leading to Proval Lake near Pyatigorsk, known for mineral spas. (HR 232)

This is a photo of the Jakob Hoeppner monument in the Chortitza Island. This monument was later removed and set up at the Mennonite Village Museum in Steinbach, Manitoba (HR 106).

This is a photo of the medal given to district mayor Franz Peters in 1881 upon the coronation of Czar Alexander III. [HR 177]

This is a photo of a Russian monument in Neu-Halbstadt, in recognition of Mennonite services during the Crimean War [HR 106].

This is a photo of a threshing stone (HR 248).

This is a photo of a Mennonite box wagon HR 249

This is a drawing of a Mennonite "droschka" (HR 249).

This is a drawing of a Mennonite covered wagon (HR 249).

This is a photo of a Dutch windmill in Blumenort, Molotschna [HR 189].

This is a photo of a windmill near Rosental, Chortitza [HR 247. N:358] (2 prints)

This is a photo of threshing on Abram Wieler's estate, in the Kharhov area. (HR 254)

This is a photo of a windmill at Spat, Crimea. (HR 188)

This is a photo of a windmill (HR 193)

This is a photo of Johann Dyck with two animals. He and his wife Maria originated from Ladekopp, but had to make ends meet after they were relocated to the Ural region (HR 268).

This is a photo of the Abram Wieler estate in the Kharkov area [HR 110] - see electronic collection for scan.

This is a photo of a herd of cattle (HR 253)

This is a postcard photo collage of the factories of Lepp and Wallman. (HR 53). N:336

This is a postcard of Chortitza village provides an overview of the village, as well as a view of the Mennonite Church, the telephone and post office, and the great oak tree (HR 53). N:335. (2 prints).

This is a drawing of an early house in Russia [HR 48].

This is a drawing of sowing seed by hand [HR 48].

This is a photo of the "century old oak" tree of Chortitza. HR 46. N:338.

This is a photo of a farmstead in Rueckenau, Molotschna (HR 49).

This is a photo of an old building in Chortitza (HR 49).

This is a photo of a Mennonite farmstead on the Kamp on the island of Chortitza (HR 49).

This is a photo of the Village Kronsgarten, Chortitza. The first home to the right belonged to Heinrich Dyck, and the second to the owner of the flour mill, Jacob Dyck (HR 52).

This is a photo of Franz Thiessen (HR 61)

This is a photo of Jacob J. Unger (HR 173)

This is a photo of Mr. Fast from Blumstein, Molotschna (HR 97).

This is a photo of Johann M. Janzen, Memrik (HR 117)

This is a photo of A.A. DeFehr, Kronsweide [HR 117].

This is a photo of Benjamin Unruh, Halbstadt [HR 183].

This is a photo of Gerhard Neufeld (HR 182).

This is a photo of Jakob Reimer (HR 186).

This is a photo of Martin Langemann, Spat, Crimea [HR 249]. He was a factory- and flour mill owner. He was exiled in the USSR.

This is a photo of Elizabeth Peters, (HR 177).

This is a photo of Dr. Victor Peters, (HR 177).

This is a photo of Franz Martens, elder of the Allianz congregation of Zagradovka. He later came to Canada. (HR 233).

This is a photo of Jakob Kroeker, Spat, Crimea. Later he lived in Germany and was the well-known theologian and author of many books [HR 233].

This is a photo of Justina Dick. She later married Jacob J. Unger. [HR 173]

This is a photo of Cornelius DeFehr (HR 109).

This is a photo of Justina Wiebe, Rosenort, Sagradowka [HR 253].

This is a photo of Johann Bueckert (HR 253).

This is a photo of Paul Schaefer (HR 246).

This is a photo of Mrs. C. (Dyck) DeFehr (HR 109).

This is a photo of Karl Peters, born 1953 [HR 177].

This is a photo of Bernhard Peters, who lived 1817-1912 [HR 140].

This is a photo of Wilhelm Enns, Samojlowka. He died in 1974 [HR 144].

This is a photo of Elizabeth Wiebe, of Old Samara. [HR 101]

This is a photo of Dr. Johann Dyck, Halbstadt [HR 133].

This is a photo of Isbrand Friesen, Berdjansk [HR 149].

This is a photo of Abram Unger, Einlage [HR 143].

This is a photo of Johann Cornies IV. [HR 151]

This photo is a portrait of Peter Froese. This is what he looked like when he returned from exile (see 044-068). [HR 174]

This photo is a portrait of a young female Mennonite refugee (HR 260).

This is a photo of Philipp Isaak, Tiege [HR 145]. He was an earlier influential leader of the Mennonite Brethren Church.

This is a photo of Dietrich Wiebe, known as the bone setter of Lichtfeld. [HR 148]

This is a photo of Rev. Peter Rempel, Kronsgarten. He died in Hanley, Saskatchewan [HR 153].

This drawing consists of a girl washing her feet in a round wash basin. (In the village of south Russia, it was practically obligatory to wash one's feet in the evening.) Sketch by D. Neudorf. [HR 237]

This is a photo of Maria Kornelsen, Tiegenhagen [HR 166]. She is standing with a bike.

This is a drawing called De Pracha or "the beggar" [HR 120].

This is a drawing of a Mennonite housewife cooking. [HR 120]

This is a photo of Peter Froese. This what he looked like after he had recuperated in Germany from exile (see 044-059). [HR 174]

This is a photo of Johann J. Janzen, who served as moyor of the city of Orekhov for 25 years. [HR 149]

This photo is a portrait of young Hulda Reimer, Velikoknjaschesk on the Kuban [HR 180].

This is a photo of Gerhard Ewert. [HR 178]

This is a photo of Maria Nikkel, well-known midwife in Siberia. [HR 180]

This is a photo of Cornelius Unruh, minister and educator, writer of several school text books.

This is a photo of Cornelius Unruh (1849-1910) minister and educator. He has written a number of school texts. [HR 141]

This is a photo of Valentin Sawatzky. [HR 171]

This is a photo of Dr. Anna Martens. She was a native of Crimea and graduated in Simpferopol; came to Canada after World War II [HR 133].

This is a photo of Jakob Cornelius Reimer, model farmer and public worker [HR 152].

This is a photo of Katharina (Schroeder) Janzen. [HR 149]

This is a photo of Heinrich Goetz. [HR 146]

This is a photo of Heinrich Aron Langemann. [HR 166]

This is a photo of Bernhard Paul Schellenberg, first doctor in Chortitza Colony and Kharkov. [HR 104]

This is a photo of D. Benjamin Unruh. [HR 184]

This is a photo of Margarete (Dyck) Cornies, wife of Johann Cornies IV. [HR 151]

This is a photo of Johann Lepp, general director of the factory, "Lepp and Wallman". [HR 152]

This is a photo of Dr. Tavonius, Molotschna (Halbstadt). He was a noble man and a philanthropist. [HR 128]

This is a photo of Thomas Wiens , estate owner. He died of typhoid fever. [HR 148]

This is a photo of Johann Cornies III (1843-1912), grandson of Johann Cornies I (1789-1846). He was the owner of the "Taschtschenak" estate. [HR 150]

This is a photo of Daniel Peters (1794-1879). He was born in Prussia, came to Russia as a young man and founded the estate "Petersdorf" in the vivinity of the Chortitza colony. [HR 176]

This is a photo of Mrs. Caroline (Kuipers) Nikkel from the Netherlands. She was the wife of missionary Gerhard Nikkel. [HR 179]

This is a photo of Justina (Warkentin) Bergen, wife of Abe Bergen. [HR 153]

This is a photo of Jakob Reimer of Lichtfelde. [HR 182]

This is a photo of Mrs. Thomas Wiens. She and one son were murdered in 1918. [HR 148]

This is a photo of Gerhard Nikkel, missionary on Sumatra. [HR 143]

This is a photo of Gerhard Rempel, who was a factory owner is Rosental. [HR 155]

This is a photo of Mrs. Elizabeth Langemann of Tschunajewka, Siberia. Her husband was Henry Langemann. [HR 180]

This is a photo of Katherina (Epp) Cornies. She was the wife of Johann Cornies III, born Epp, from Fuerstenwerder, Prussia. [HR 150]

This is a photo of Herman Isaak, born in Prangenau, Prussia. He came to Russia in 1870 and lived in Koeppental on the Trakt. [HR 155]

This is a photo of Peter Fehdrau from Halbstadt. He was a victim to the revolution. [HR 250]

This is a photo of Rev. David H. Epp, editor of "Der Botschafter". [HR 145]

This is a photo of Pastor Eduard Wuest, (1818-1859). He was not a Mennonite, but since he, through his friendship with elder Lenzman and his preaching, has had a very decisive influence on our brotherhood in Russia, he cannot be denied a place among our people. [HR 143]

This is a photo of David Johann Claassen, plenipotentiary of the Mennonites of Russia in matters pertaining to the forestry service and chairman of the Molotschna school board. [HR 146]

This is a photo of Peter Neufeld (1824-1909), teacher at the Halbstadt and at the Gnadenfeld Central Schools. Neufeld was the founder of the publishing house, "Raduga". [HR 145]

This is a photo of Jakob Janz (1834-1917), elder of the Mennonite Brethren church at Friedensfeld, South Russia. [HR 142]

This is a photo of Franz Peters (1843-1919), son of Daniel. He was murdered. [HR 176]

This is a photo of Heinrich Unruh (1845-1927), elder of the Halbstadt congregation from 1896 to 1927. A solid leader in our brotherhood. He, as well as his wife, were physically mistreated during the Revolution. [HR 145]

This is a photo of Elder Abram Goerz. He represented the ministers on the Moloschna school board. [HR 138]

This is a photo of Philip Wiebe, son-in-law to Johann Cornies. A noble character and progressive mind distinguished him. He continued to build on the foundation laid by Johann Cornies. During the time of the struggle between the land owners and the landless, he became the counselor and advisor of the landless. Although well-to-do, even rich, he defended the poor and sided with them. [HR 147]

This is a photo of Isaak Dyck, elder of the Chortitza Mennonite congregation from 1896. [HR 138]

This is a photo of Abram A. Neufeld (1862-1909), principal of the Chortitza Central School from 1890 to 1905, and Director of a Realschool at Berdjansk from 1905-1909. [HR 146]

This is a photo of Johann Cornies I (1789-1846). This picture was made by a contemporary of Cornies. Cornies has probably influenced our brotherhood in Russia, and far beyond that, more than any other individual. [HR 150]

This is a photo of Johann Claassen (1820-1876) from Liebenau. One of the founders of the Mennonite Brethren Church. [HR 143]

This is a photo of Jakob Janzen (1878-1950), D.D., teacher, preacher, and writer. Janzen was a brilliant man. Among his publications are included: "De Bildung" and "Aus meinem Leben". He died here in Canada. [HR 144]

This is a photo of Abram A. Bergmann (1853-1920). When still a child, he came to Russia with his parents. He was an estate owner and served many years on the Board of "Bethania" institute. [HR 98]

This is a photo of Adam Kroeker, editor of "Die Friedensstimme". [HR 147]

This is a photo of Heinrich Heese I (1787-1868). Born a Lutheran, he joined the Mennonite Church when a young man. He was a teacher and founder of the Chortitza Central School. [HR 146] N:341

This photo is a portrait of Olga Lepp (nee Janzen), while a student at the local secondary school ("Gymnasium"). [HR 160]

This is a photo of Abram A. Friesen, teacher at the Commerce School. Later on he was a delegate for the Mennonites of Russia when they were seeking a way to emigrate. He died in Rabbit Lake, Saskatchewan. [HR 183]

This is a photo of Hans Cornies V (1898-1919). The last male in the direct Johann Cornies line. He was brutally murdered by bandits. Here we see Cornies in the uniform of a student of the Commerce School. [HR 151)]

This is a photo of Herman Abram Bergmann, estate owner. He was a member of the Duma (Parliament) into which he was elected several times, from 1906 until the Revolution. He perished during the revolution with several of his sons and other relatives. [HR 149]

This is a photo of Johann Quiring, born in West Prussia in 1851. He came to Russia in 1855. He was a teacher and minister and became the elder of the Mennonite congregation at Samara. He died in 1912. He was considered "an exceptional man". [HR 147]

This is a photo of Martin Klassen, from Gruenfeld. [HR 147]

This is a photo of Bernhard Harder (1832-1884), teacher, minister, and poet. Harder was probably the most effective evangelist our brotherhood in Russia has produced. Several of his songs have found their way into our song book, among them the significant "Die Zeit ist kurz, o Mensch sei weise". [HR 140]

This is a photo of Justina (Niebuhr) Lepp, Chortitza. [HR 172]

This is a photo of Margarete (Thiessen) Schroeder. She was born 1856, Ekaterinoslaw (Dnjepropetrovsk). [HR 179]

This is a photo of Mrs. Peter Rempel (born Grunau), Kronsgart. She died in Rosthern in 1960. [HR 153]

This is a photo of Mrs. Dietrich Wiebe of Lichtfelde. [HR 148]

This is a photo of Maria Ewert. [HR 178]

This is a photo of Abram Bergen. He was murdered in 1919 in Suworowka. [HR 153]

This is a photo of Daniel Enns, teacher at the Alenanderkrone High School, Molotchna. Here in Canada he served as bookkeeper of the Board in Rosthern. [HR 173]

This is a photo of Jakob Enns in front of the home of the Peter Enns family. Jakob was brother-in-law to the owner. [HR 250]

This is a photo of Emily, 9 years old, attending the third grade in a Siberian public school. She sends her school photo to her grandmother who lives in faraway Winnipeg. [HR 272]

Many of our people were sent deep into the sparsely populated primitive forests of the north. Here we see Maria Dyck, formerly Ladekopp, in a primeval forest of the Ural region to which she had been banished. [HR 268]

This is a photo of Elder Franz Enns, Terek, later on in Canada. [HR 232]

This is a photo of Mrs. Helene (Epp) Theissen, Ekaterinoslav. [HR 56]

This is a photo of Elder Leonhard Sudermann (1821-1900). A leader in the emigration of the 1870s. Later on he lived in Whitewater, Kanses. [HR 48]

This is a photo of Cornelius Jansen (1822-1894) Berdjansk, one of the leaders in the emigration of the 1870s. Later on he lived in Beatrice, Nebraska. [HR 48]

This is a photo of Agata Martens, dressed in the national costume of a Ukranian peasant girl. [HR 49]

This is a photo of Herman Janzen, the well known "land-surveyor". Born in 1829 in Danzig, he came to Russia in 1839. For a time he taught at the Halbstadt Superior School. [HR 49]

This is a photo of Peter P. Letkemann, teacher at the Commerce School. In 1918 he was shot by individuals claiming to be the government and without a reason. [HR 184]

This is a photo of the horses of Heinrich Dyck, Brodsky estate. [HR 248]

This is a photo of Peter Johann Penner, minister and for many years teacher at the Chortitzer Central School. [HR 144] N:343

This is a photo of Hermann Niebuhr, owner of a large flour mill in Chortitza. [HR 152]

This is a photo of Heinrich Franz I. He is one of those teachers who have molded our schools in Russia. [HR 181]

This is a photo of the Halbstadt Wolost Office. One important reason for our success in Russia was the fact that we enjoyed far-reaching self-government. (rear view) [HR 133]

This is a photo of the Jakob Dick family residence on their estate, Steinbach. [HR 110]

-Chortitza [HR 133. N:345]

This is a photo of the Central school at Spat in the Crimea [HR 183]

This photo shows a railway track heading through a gate at the Latvian border. [HR 261]

This is a photo of a flour mill belonging to Mennonites in Halbstadt, Moloschna [HR 246]

This is a photo of the view of Millerowo, the city in which many Mennonites lived. [HR 109]

This is a photo of the Central School in Karassan, Crimea. [HR 183]

This is a photo of the home of Peter S. Peters family in Einlage. [HR 115]

This is a photo of the street of Ohrloff, Molotschna. [HR 194]

This is the front view of the School for the Deaf and Mute in Tiege. Completed in 1890, its capacity was 40 pupils. The pupils boarded in the school. [HR 126]

This is a photo of Dr. Tavonius's twenty-fifth anniversary about to be celebrated, the hall that was decorated for the occasion. [HR 128]

This is a photo of the home of the Jakob Fehderau family in Neu-Halbstadt, Molotschna. [HR 106]

This photo shows a street in Altonau, Molotschna. [HR 108]

This is a photo of the home of the H. Hamm family in Blumstein, Molotschna. [HR 98]

This photo is of the Franz Klassen home. The house barn is a sturdy structure built of bricks. There are 3 groupings of people on the photo. There are also two horses, hitched to wagons. Donskaja [HR 61]

This photo shows the home of Johann Wiebe in Ohrloff. The home previously belonged to Johann Cornies. Note the German flag flying in the front. [HR 99]

This is a photo of the city of Millerowo. The white house in front was the home of the A. A. DeFehr family which was built in 1906. [HR 107]

This is a photo of a home on the "Voronaja" estate. It belonged to Abram H. Bergmann. On the front steps sits the Bergmann family. [HR 111]

This is a photo of the first building of the Halbstadt Central School, built 1835. After a number of years this building was replaced by another one. [HR 182]

This is a photo of the homestead of the Cornelius Fast family in Blumstein, Molotschna. [HR 98]

The third building of the Halbstadt Central School, erected 1895. It still stands and serves today as office for the local party organization. The fence in front of the building is no more. [HR 182]

This is a photo of a Mennonite church at Ohrloff, Molotschna. [HR 138]

This is a photo of the farm machinery factory in Martens, DeFehr and Dyck in Millerowo. [HR 109]

This is a photo of the Mennonite church at Einlage [HR 139]

This is a photo the entrance to the estate Reimerhof in the vicinity of Altonau. [HR 105]

This is a photo of the High School for girls at Tiege, Molotschna [HR 187]

This is a photo of the flour mill owned by Wilhelm Dyck, elder of the Mennonite Brethren Church at Millerowo. [HR 189]

This is a photo of the station "Sarabus" in the Crimea. Here lived very many Mennonites. The station is still there, but our people, to whom this area once was home, are scattered all over the world. [HR 194]

This is a drawing of the Wolost office in Gnadenfeld. The secretary of the Wolost played an important part in the administration. [HR 133] (2 prints)

This is a photo of the Mennonite church at Ohrloff, Molotschna. NB. Lohrenz described it as a church [HR 138]

This is a photo of a Mennonite church at Schoensee, Molotschna. NB. Lohrenz described it as a church [HR 138]

This is a photo of the A. Wieler family on their estate in the Kharkow region. [HR 103]

This is a photo of the Mennonite hospital in Ohrloff, Molotschna. [HR 119]

This is a photo of a house of prayer of the Mennonite congregation at Dolinskaja. NB. Lohrenz described it as a prayer house. [HR 250]

This is a photo of the central school at Gnadenfeld, Molotschna. [HR 184]

This is a photo of a Mennonite farmstead in the village of Hamberg, Molotschna [HR 99]

This is a photo of the Brodsky estate, property of the Dick family. [HR 110]

This is a photo of the high school for girls in Neu-Halbstadt. [HR 187]

This is a photo of the estate Reimerhof in the vicinity of Altonau. [HR 105]

This is a photo of the Siemens flour mill in Nikopol. It has been totally destroyed. [HR 117]

This is a photo of the home of Peter S. Peters in the new Einlage on the heights in 1925. In front of the entrance stands Johann Peters from New Halbstadt and his son. [HR 116]

This is a photo of the orphanage at Grossweide. It was established in 1906 by Mr. And Mrs Abraham Harder. They invested all their property and gave their labour to this act of faith. The necessary funds for maintaining the institution came from voluntary donations and they came generously. The orphanage had its own school where 27 children attended in 1910. [HR 122]

This photo shows two refugees standing in a camp in Neustadt, West Prussia. [HR 263]

This is a photo of a prayer house of the Mennonite Bretheren congregation in Millerowo. [HR 139]

This is a photo of the mute and deaf school, rear from above. At this school they offered a nine-year course. The teachers were remarkably successful in their work. The children learned to speak, to read and write and acquired a good general education. The building still exists but the fence and trees have vanished. The building itself serves the local party-organization as headquarters. [HR 126]

This is a photo of a modern farmstead in Chortitza. [HR 100]

This is a photo of the church at Rudnerweide, Molotschna. [HR 137]

This is a photo of the Muntauer Hospital. It originated in 1889 as a private undertaking by the minister and farmer, Franz Wall from the Crimea. In 1906 his son took over the responsibilities. The oldest daughter of Franz Wall, Liese, served as head nurse. The hospital had 60 beds. Franz Wall was sent into exile. [HR 126]

This is a photo of the high school for girls at New York, South Russia. [HR 187]

This is a photo of the barn of the estate, Steinbach. [HR 110]

This is a photo of a second view of the centennial monument in Chortitza. 1789-1889. It was erected by the Chortitza municipality. It must have been 1938 when the Soviets secretly removed the monument and had it buried one night. On the place where this monument had been, another one, in honor of Lenin, was set. During the German occupation the burial place of the centennial monument became known. It was excavated and set on its original place. There it stood when our people had to leave. Today there is no trace of it left. [HR 113]

This is a photo of a church in Nikolaipol, Old Colony. Today still in good condition, but serving in another capacity. [HR 138]

This is a photo of the Mennonite church in Neu-Halbstadt, Molotschna [HR 136]

This is a photo of the Church of the Mennonite congregation at Rosenhof, S. Russia. [HR 140]

This is a photo of the prayer house of the Mennonite Brethren congregation in Lugowsk, Neu-Samara. NB: Lohrenz described it as an MB prayer house. [HR 140]

This is a photo of a flour mill of A.A. DeFehr and Co. in Millerowo. [HR 117]

This is a photo of the rear view of the Central School at Schoenfeld [HR 184]

This is a photo of "The Harbor" at the Island of Chortitza. For more than one century this island was the property of our people. [HR 174]

This is a photo of the residence of Abram Janzen family in Sofiewka. It was built in 1903. [HR 104]

This is a photo of a typical Mennonite farm in the Molotschna settlement. [HR 98] (2 prints)

This is a photo of the Zentralschule in Pavlovka (Neu-Osterwick) which opened in 1912. Individuals, like D. Schulz and B. Rempel, as well as local women's organizations, contributed significantly toward its construction. [HR 183]

This is a photo of the Jakob Janzen family in Neu-Schoensee, Sagradowka. The owner, Jacob Janzen, was shot by bandits in his home in 1920. [HR 100]. Note: The following additional information has been provided by Anne Janzen March 7, 2011. This large "Wirtschaft" was sold in 1925 by his son Peter Janzen, and purchased by our grandfather, Heinrich J. Janzen. It was also confiscated in 1929 (Feb) by the Soviets, and turned into a Collective Farm.

This is a photo of the new prayer house of the Mennonite Brethren Church at Rueckenau. [HR 137]

This is a photo of the view of Millerowo, the city in which a goodly number of Mennonite families lived. Tina Froese is standing in the foreground. [HR 194]

This is a photo of the monument erected to commemorate the first centennial by the Mennonites in Chortitza 1789-1889. [HR 106]

This is a photo of a public school in the village of Rosenort, Molotschna, built 1895. The time came when our people realized the value of education, and they began to strive to bring their schools on a high level. To a very significant degree they succeeded. Our schools and our teachers, in general, were not only good, but very good. [HR 181]

This is a photo of a home of a Mennonite family standing in the bleak steppes of Kasachstan. [HR 269]

This is a photo of a home of a Mennonite family. The exiles at first lived under conditions that mock description. In the course of time, things improved. Our hard working folks, acquired their own homes. They were not like the ones they were born in, but they were not too bad. [HR 269]

This is a photo of a Mennonite home in the new "homeland". It is said that if you drive through a Russian village in Siberia, the homes owned by Germans attract attention. There is a fence around the yard, trees have been planted; the wooden part of the house is painted; and everything is in good order. Thus these homes are saying something about the folks that own them. [HR 269]

This is a photo of the dam on the Dnieper river. 1927. [HR 96]

This is a photo of the Kornelius Loepp family's house as seen from the yard. Notice the platform in front of the door, a device our people brought with them from Danzig. Tiegenhagen, Molotschna. [HR 58]

This is a photo of the home of the Schroeder family on their estate in Jelanaja. [HR 103]

This is a photo of a Mennonite farmstead in the village of Ohrloff, Molotschna. [HR 58]

This is a photo of the Alexandrowka Mennonite congregation in Siberia. [HR 139]

This is a photo of a Mennonite farmstead in Koeppental on the Trakt. [HR 101]

This is a photo of Gerhard Ewert's first mill in Tschunajewka, Omsk. To the left stands the family residence. [HR 247]

This is a photo of the Wolost Office in Welikoknjashesk, Kuban. [HR 136]

This is a photo of a public school in the village of Margenau, Molotschna. [HR 181]

This is a photo of a Mennonite residence. One can notice a certain similarity with the traditional Mennonite courtyard. [HR 272]

This is a photo of the home of the Peter Siemens family in Nieder-Chortitza. The Peter Siemens' were the grandparents of Mrs. Maria Siemens of Winkler and later of Winnipeg. [HR 103]

This is a photo of the front view of the Central school at Schoenfeld. [HR 184]

This is a photo of a typical but better-than-average home of a Russian farmer in northern Russia. [HR 175]

This is a photo of a Mennonite home in the village of Altonau. Homes were being neglected and looked every bit so. This one had two suites. [HR 259]

This is a photo of the farmyard and home of the Wilhelm Schulz family in Tiegenhagen, Molotschna. [HR 107]

This is a photo of a Mennonite church in Arkadak. [HR 139]

This is a photo of the "chutor" of the Unger family in the Omsk region. [HR 102]

This is a photo of the old folks home at Rueckenau. In 1895 M.P. Friesen donated a building and a garden for this purpose. Old people and feeble individuals were accepted. The home had a capacity of 15 persons. [HR 122] (2 prints)

This is a photo of a picture of Menno Simons and the famous Kroeger clock hung side by side in Mrs. Siemens' room. Mrs Maria Siemens was formerly Mrs. Peters and was born a Siemens. The clock has the inscription "P.S. 1887" P(eter) S(iemens) was the grandfather of Maria Siemens and he lived in Nieder Chortitza. Kroeger, as well as his descendants among our people, were referred to as the "Klockenmoakakrejasch". [HR 175]

This is a photo of the estate Taschtschenak, it was founded by Johann Cornies and it remained the property of the family until the Revolution changed all things. [HR 105]

This is a photo of a factory belonging to the Fast family, in the village of Blumstein, Molotschna. [HR 247]

This is a photo of a typical Mennonite home in the village of Altonau. The house and barn are connected and both surrounded by trees. [HR 108]

This is a photo of the school for the poor in Beresowka. This school was founded by Jakob Martens. At the left is the teacher's residence. [HR 119]

This is a photo of the "Morija" institution for the training of deaconesses. It was a private charitable institution. The initiators were: Franz Wall, Muntau; the estate owner, Peter Schmidt, Steinback; and Dr. Tavonius. Just before the outbreak of World War One this establishment was greatly enlarged and was moved to a new two-story building. [HR 122]

This is a photo of the general view of Bethania Mental Hospital. [HR 129] [Original coloured postcard entitled "Heilanstalt Bethania -- Gesamtansicht")

This is a photo of the Central School at Pretoria, Orenburg, built 1903. [HR 185]

Another view of the Mennonite church in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna. [HR 137] (2 prints)

This is a photo of a modern Mennonite estate residence in Southern Russia Steinbach, Molotschna. [HR 104]

This is a photo of a public school in Jekaterinowka. [HR 181]

This is a photo the flour mill of W. Dyck, Friesen, Siemens, and Nikkel in Millerowo. [HR 109]

This is a photo of the Central School at Ohrloff, Molotschna. It is obvious that the builders of this house were not only concerned with the practical, but also with the aesthetic aspect. [HR 182]

This is a photo of the Mennonite church at Gnadenfeld, Molotschna. [HR 137]

This is a photo of a well-house, somewhat different from the average, could be seen on the Peter Rempel yard in the village of Rosental, near Zaporoshye. [HR 101]

This is a photo of Alexandrabad on the Dnjeper, not far from Zaporoshye. [HR 254]

This is a photo of the home and business establishment of Cornelius Isaac in Koeppental, Samara. [HR 102]

This is a photo of a Mennonite church in Einlage. [HR 136]

This is a photo of a four room Central School at Nikolaipol. Built in 1905, it serves as a school to this very day. [HR 185]

This is a photo of a modern Mennonite residence in Neu-Halbstadt. It was built before 1914. [HR 104]

This is a photo of the flour mill of Peter Dyck, Tiege, Sagradowka appears to be copied from a postcard with the caption "Dampfmuehle des Herrn Peter Dick." (steam-powered mill of Mr. Peter Dick). This mill was constructed in 1896 by Peter Dorloff, a non-Mennonite, and Heinrich Goerzen. It was subsequently taken over by Peter Dueck who substantially enlarged it, increasing its value to 100,000 rubles. [HR 246]

This is a photo of the home of the Johann Thiessen family in Halbstadt, Molotschna. [HR 104]

This is a photo of the Mennonite Church at Kalinovo, Memrik. [HR 140]

This is a photo of the high school for girls in Chortitza, South Russia. [HR 187[ (N:356)

This is a photo of the teacher training institute in Chortitza. We had two of them. Towards the end they were offering a three year course. Thorough work was being done. The building was still serving the same purpose in the early 1970s. [HR 188]

This is a photo of the residence of the Johann Janzen family in Orechow. [HR 106]

This photo is another view of the Old Folks home. "Kuruschan". The residents of this home who were poor, were supported by their home villages. The last "house father", Rev F Willms, from Tiegenhagen, was arrested during one night in 1925 and was shot together with four other Mennonite men. The limbs of the five persons were later found in a gravel pit between Halbstadt and Petershagen. [HR 122] (2 prints)

This is a photo of David Kroeger's watch [clock] and motor factory in Rosental near Chortitza. [HR 175] (N:357)

This is a photo of the home of the Martin Schmidt family in Gruenfeld. [HR 52]

This is a photo of a street in Rosental. The large building to the right is Heinrich Dyck's flourmill. [HR 52]

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]

This is a photo of the home of the Schapansky family in the village of Steinfeld, near Krivoj Rog. [HR 51]

This is a photo of a smaller farmstead with smithy in the Molotschna. (A small farmstead found in the Molotschna villages had about 42 acres while a regular farmstead had 182 acres). [HR 51]

This is a photo of the time when the mighty Dnjeper was saddled and forced to work. [HR 50]

This is a photo of the dam as the building of it came to an end. Soon the ancient freedom of the river will be a thing of the past. [HR 50]

The caption is Gerhard Lohrenz's book reads: "In the course of time Mennonite settlements came into being in the eastern provinces of the Russian empire. Out there it was not the Orthodox church but the Mohammedan temple that dominated the village scenery. [HR 46]

Everywhere in the usually desperately poor Russian villages stood large and sometimes also beautiful churches. The time came when such a church was built also in the Mennonite village of Rosental. The Russian national church always very zealously guarding its members from any outside influence, had this church built for the many Russian factory workers in Chortitza-Rosental. [HR 46]

This is a photo of a Mennonite farmstead in the village of Hamberg, Molotschna. [HR 56]

This is a photo of the H. Penners from the village of Nikolaifeld coming for a visit to the Vladimirover Forestry. [HR 56]

This is a photo of P.J. Kaethler's home in Liebenau, Molotschna. This photo was taken during the time of the Soviets when things were no longer in traditional order. [HR 56]

This is a photo of a Mennonite farmstead in the Molotschna settlement in Southern Russia. [HR 57]

This is a photo of the Abram Paetkau residence and family in Central. [HR 57]

This is a photo of the David J. Duerksen family in Hierschau, Molotschna. [HR 57]

This is a photo of a Mennonite farmstead in Warwarowka, Nikolaipol Wolost. [HR 60]

This is a photo of the farmstead of the Abram Martens family in Steinfeld, in the vicinity of Krivoj Rog. [HR 60]

This is a photo of the rear view of a Mennonite farmstead in the village of Hamberg, Molotschna. [HR 60]

This is a photo of the farmstead of the Jacob Daniels family in Akkermen, Molotschna. [HR 59]

This is a photo of the farmstead of the Neustaedter family in the village of Warwarowka, Nikolaipol Volost. [HR 59]

This is a photo of the farmstead of the Fast family in Blumstein, Molotschna. [HR 59]

This is a photo of flooding in Halbstadt, Molotschna. At the left is the residence of Benjamin Unruh. [HR 97]

This is a photo of the flooding in Halbstadt, Molotschna. The man in the barrel is Mr. Herman Dick, a teacher. [HR 97]

This is a photo of a fruit garden belonging to the Fast family in Blumstein, Molotschna. [HR 97]

This is a photo of how they traveled in winter in northern Russia. In the sleigh sits the Klassen family, Henry, the future editor of the Mennonitsche Rundschau, guides the horses. [HR 95]

This is a photo of the home of the Johann Aron Dyck family in Dolinsk, New Samara. [HR 61]

This is a photo of the home of the Aron Janzen family in Chortitza. This photo was taken just before the family fled to the West. [HR 94]

This is a photo of Franz Richert's home in Nikolaidorf, Molotschna. [HR 94]

This is a photo of the home of the Franz Martens family in Rueckenau, Molotschna. [HR 94]

This is a photo of a "Backloader" that was pulled by four horses. The loader was room-like. This one belonged to David Dick of Apanlee. [HR 248]

This is a photo of the funeral of Katherine Doerksen from Davlekanovo. Near the coffin are Johann Doerksen, Jakob Doerksen, and the husband of the deceased, Mr. Peter Doerksen. [HR 255]

This is a photo of the Loepp's children ready to go in a horse drawn carriage. [HR 251]

This is a photo of Peter Isaak from Sagradowka. After an accident he was operated on in the Muntauer Hospital, Molotschna, but he died. L-r.: His aunt Mrs. Wall; Korn. Wall; Mrs Klassen; Mrs. Giesbrecht; H. Klassen; son Peter Isaak; W. Loewen; his widow Helena Isaak; his sons David and John; and his daughter Margareta. [HR 257]. Note: The following additional information has been provided by Anne Janzen March 7, 2011.Correction: As per a notation in David P. Isaak's copy of the book, the man on the far right is his "Onkel", Jakob J. Isaak (25 Aug 1871-1931), not W. Loewen. Jakob was the younger brother of the deceased Peter J. Isaak (1863-1903) of #2 Neu-Schoensee. They were the sons of Jakob Peter Isaak #18864 and Helena Loewen #127284. We also have other photos of Jakob and his wife, Anna (geb. Reimer) which confirm his identity. They were exiled in 1930 and fled to her Reimer family in the Siberian Barnaul (Slavgorod) where they both died about a year later of illness and starvation. We also have the collection of his oldest son, Jacob J. Isaak (29 Nov 1893) and his family in BC. And we recently found another notation in a copy of the book, owned by his younger son, Peter J. Isaak (05 Mar 1906) of St. Catharines, ON which also identifies this Jakob J. Isaak as his father, not W. Loewen.Correction: From the Isaak Family Register, we know that Peter J. Isaak #683080 and Helena Harder #982574 had 8 children: Helena (07 Dec 1889-29 Jun 1890) @ 6 mos.; Margaretha (18 Apr 1891); David (27 Aug 1892-02 Oct 1896) @ 4 yrs.; Peter (28 Feb 1894); Maria (29 Dec 1895), Jacob (23 Nov 1897); David (05 Nov 1899); and Johann (19 Apr 1903). The infant, John was born 2 months after his father's death in 1903 (Feb), so he is not the little boy pictured beside his mother. At that time, the 5 surviving children would have been, Greta (11), Peter (9), Maria (7), Jake (5) and David (3). Therefore, we believe these are the 3 youngest (l-r), Jake (5), David (3) and Maria (7) on this picture. We're not sure why Greta (11) and Peter (9) are not on this picture, but they were alive at this time.We're also not sure who the young man is behind Mrs. Isaak. He's mentioned as "son Peter Isaak", but he's clearly not the son of Peter & Helena (Harder) Isaak. So far we have not been able to identify all of the other adults and are still working on that. We'll let you know if we find anything more. Peter's widow Helena (Harder) Isaak (22 Mar 1865-1909) passed away a few years later, and the children were all fostered out to other relatives.

Funeral of Mrs. Maria Dick from Fuerstenau. Her husband and the father of the family sits near the coffin. The many children stand respectfully and in deep sorrow around the coffin of the departed.[HR 258] (2 prints)

This is a photo of the Abram Janzen family from Sofiewka. Janzen passed away before they could send him into exile, but his son lost his life. [HR 257]

This is a photo shows a coffin on a sleigh being pulled by horses in the winter with a group gathered around for the funeral ceremony. [HR 257]

This is a photo of Mrs. Dietrich Neufeld, Dolinowka, Orenburg, and her children from left to right: Henry Hildebrand, Maria (Bergen), Jakob Hildebrand, druggist, and son-in-law Peter Bergen. [HR 271]

This is a photo of six fellows from the village Dolinovka, Orenburg. L-r Frist row: Jakob Paetkau, teacher, died in the Soviet Union; Peter Rempel, passed away in Ontario; Isaak Friesen, school inspector in the Soviet Union; Jakob A. Dyck, Brooks; Hans Hildebrandt, specialist in cattle breeding; Jacob Penner, teacher. Penner and Friesen were sent into exile and died there. Only Jakob A. Dyck is still alive. [HR 167]

This is a photo of students from the school for girls at Halbstadt. Sitting at the right in the white blouse is Margarethe Kroeker, now Winnipeg. At the bottom to the right is Mariechen Dyck who was later an instructress in the High School; she came to Paraguay where she, like all women, had to work very hard. Others had a similar fate. [HR 119]

This is a photo of Gerhard Nikkel and his wife Anna Caroline, born Kulpers, from Holland with their children. They served as missionaries on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, where Anna died. Gerhard was a chaplain at the Razin Forestry camp. Around 1901 her married a sister to his firs wife, and they lived in Gnadenfeld, Molotschna. A son Franz was murdered in 1919. [HR 157]

This is a photo of Mr. and Mrs. Jakob Goossen, the latter born Kaethler, with their children on their "Wintergruen" estate in 1900: Maria, Mrs. A. Friesen, died in Rabbit Lake, Sask., Aganetha, Mrs. Willms was sent into exile, Katharina - died, Anna - died, Helene, Mrs. A Friesen, lives in Winnipeg, Elsie is now Mrs. H. Willms. [HR116]

This is a photo of a group of Mennonite young people from the village of Altonau, taken in 1928. Twelve years later only two of those shown on the photo were free. All the rest were in jail or exiled to Siberia. [HR 108]

This photo shows many workers on the field of J. T. Dick, a 2100 acre farm in Russia on the River Saal 120 miles from Volograd. [HR 253]

This is a photo of the Heinrich Friesen family, Halbstadt, Molotschna. Ten of those shown in this photo died in exile. [HR 164]

This is a photo of a picnic in the Crimea in 1919. [HR 251]

Mennonite families who formerly made their home in southern Russia but have now found a home in Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Heinrichs, teacher; Jakob Dyck, Johann Wichert and Nikolai Driediger. All four men are serving here as pastors (elders) of Mennonite congregations. Heinrichs in St. Catharines, Dyck in Niagara, Wichert in Vineland and Driedger in Leamington. [HR 266]

This is a photo of from left to right Justina Lepp, Miche Lepp, Miche Braun, Margaret and Helene Braun, Tiegenhagen, Molotschna. [HR 167]

A group of such exiles in the Ural region. Those that have survived find life today much easier than in the first years. Their clothing witnesses to this. The man is Otto Rauh, formerly of Sagradowka. [HR 276]

This is a photo of a Mennonite wedding in the Soviet Union, now that the economic situation has improved. [HR 266]

This photo shows departure day scene at the Lichtenau train station. The train is in the background against the horizon; a crowd has gathered to bid the emigrants farewell; an empty wagon is seen in the foreground with several boys sitting on the wagon side rail. This photo is a slightly different photo than the one published in Gerhard Lohenz's Heritage Remembered ( HR 261).

This photo shows a departure day scene at the Lichtenau train station. The train is in the background against the horizon; a crowd has gathered to bid the emigrants farewell; empty wagons are seen more in the foreground is a group of boys, several sitting on the wagon side rail, but the wagon they are on cannot be seen. [HR 261]

Johann Rempel family, Neu Halbstadt, Molotschna. At the back: John, student of the School of Commerce, now in Ontario; next to him his sister Susie, now in Windsor. Her married name is Peters. Near the mother is Corny and near the father, Peter. [HR 117]

This is a photo of the Isaak Regehr family. Mr. Regehr was a teacher and minister in the Mennonite Brethren Church. [HR 118]

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)

This is a photo of Heinrich DeFehr, J. Klassen, C. A. DeFehr and A. A. DeFehr in the office of their flour mill in Millerowo [HR 118]

This is a photo of Jakob Fast's funeral in Kasachstan. Our people have adopted the local custom of carrying the flowers in front of the coffin. [HR 278]

This is a photo of teachers and pupils of the School for the Deaf and Mute at Tiege. Second row from left to right are Andreas Sudermann, Wilhelm Sudermann, Mrs. Schroeder, Malvina Dirks, Heinrich Janzen, Heinrich Peters. The teachres, W. Sudermann and Hein. Janzen, each served in this institution for thirty years. [HR 127]

This is a photo of Mennonite students in Leningrad. They are from left to right : H. J. Epp, A. J. Sudermann, K. T. Klassen, I. I. Regehr, J. J. Dyck, H. Wall [HR 189]

This is a photo of Peter and Margaret Isaak with their children. They are the parents of David Isaak from Sagradowka. HR 169. Note: The following additional information has been provided by Anne Janzen March 7, 2011.Correction: Peter Jakob Isaak's wife's name was Helene (geb. Harder), not Margaret. Addition: This family portrait was taken in 1896, and they lived in #2 Neu-Schoensee.The 3 children are: Margaretha (18 Apr 1891), Peter (28 Feb 1894) and Maria (29 Dec 1895).This information was written in a copy of the book owned by David P. & Helena (Janzen) Isaak of Saskatoon, SK They are pictured at the bottom-left on the same page.

This is a photo of people from Orenburg. [left to right] Helena Dyck (Heininger), Isaak Penner, Alize Penner (Guenther), Franz Guenther, [standing, left to right] P. Funk, Kath. Hildebrand (Penner), Hein. Dyck [HR 189]

This is a photo of Johann and Elise Isaak with their children. They lived in Ohrloff on the Trakt and came to Canada. Children on ths photo are most likely Peter, Neil, Richard and John. More children born in Canada (not on this photo) would inlcude: Herman, Anna, Henry, Ernie and Albert. [HR 154]

This is a photo of famine victims in the Ukraine. Such sights as the above were quite common on railway stations. Life had become very cheap. [HR 259]

This is a photo of the Gateway into the yard of Abram Matthies, Caucasus. From left to right are Isaak Matthies, Jakob Reimer, Mrs. C. Reimer, Abram Matthies [HR 102]

This is a photo of the Nikolai Friesen family of New Samara. In the second row in the middle stands the son Nikolas, the well-known elder N.N Friesen, British Columbia. [HR 159] (2 prints)

This is a photo of Austrian war prisoners as mill workers. In the middle is Gerhard Ewert and to his left is H. Froese, the owners of the flour mill in Tschunajewka, Omsk [HR 159]

This is a photo of Jakob and Maria Epp. Mrs. Epp's maiden name was Hildebrand. [HR 102]

This is a photo of famine victims in Ukraine. Especially the children died in great numbers. [HR 259] (2 prints)

This is a photo of Johann Peters and family, estate owner whose photo appeared on the previous page. He was murdered in 1919 and his wife died in exile in 1932. [HR 177]

This is a photo of Katharina Krahn with her children. Her husband was away serving as a Red Cross soldier. Thousands of women had to manage the family and the farm alone during those long years when their husbands were away. [HR 156]

This is a photo of the estate of Peter and Margareta Enns in the Schoenfelder region. It was called: "Kowalicha". The photo was taken in 1910. [HR 254]

This is a photo of six children in an automobile in front of a house. The automobile belonged to Johann Janzen in the vicinity of Pologie. The automobile appears to be a 1908 TYP -A1 Brennbor manufactored in Germany. [HR 252]

This is a photo of Franz and Elizabeth Richert, born Penner, with their family. Nickolaidorf, later Sagradowka. [HR 96]

From the south of Russia our people were forcefully moved to the north or the east of the large country and scattered among strangers. Here we see the tent dwelling of Kalmiks and the family of the owner of the tent in front of it. But the Kalmiks too were forced to give up their traditional ways and accept a new way of life. HR 268

This photo shows a large group outside of a tent at a "Tent Mission" in a thickly forested area. Young, enthusiastic people carried the Gospel into the Russian villages. Jakob Dyck, the leader, and his co-workers were murdered in 1919. HR 174

This is a photo of the Peter Klassen family from Spat, Crimea [HR 165]

This is a photo of a hiking party in the Muntau forest, at a time when the world was still smiling at us. HR 168

This is a photo of Mrs. Wedel (with glasses) from Alma Ata visiting with her relatives. People again are dressed quite well. The names of the children are in part traditional German names, in part they are Russian. HR 270

This is a photo of the Jakob Wiens family of Neu-Schoensee. Sagradowka. Wiens served many years as village mayor. His son Peter served many years as a missionary to India. [HR 105]

This is a photo of Jakob Unger, Ontario; Loewen Unknown; Funk -- disappeared; Andres, Ontario. This photo was taken in the Molotschna in 1920. HR 168

The Memrick settlement had bought its land from a Russian nobleman. On the property was an old park with a chapel and the burial place of the family. Mennonite youth liked this place and assembled here quite often. HR 100

This is a photo of David and Margarete Fehr with their children in Siberia [HR 272]

This is a photo of [left to right]: Aganetha (Janzen) Neufeld, Mrs. W. Janzen, Wilhelm Janzen, Mrs. Sperling and her children, Mrs. Peter Neufeld, Peter Neufeld, [HR 115]

This is a photo of the Froese siblings from Schoeneberg. Seated [left to right]: Maria Derksen, Brazil; Hans Froese, Brazil; Margarete Friesen, Manitoba. Standing, [left to right]: Maria Klassen, Soviet Union; Susie Schmidt, Maniloba. [HR 179]

This is a photo of a Mennonite team. The coachman is a non-Mennonite. [HR 195]

This is a photo of a donkey team at the Johann Janzens. [HR 195]

This is a photo of H. Koop, Alexanderkrone, Molotschna. [HR 99]

This is a photo of the first automobile of the Klassen family on the Reimerhof estate. The automobile appears to be a 1908 TYP -A1 Brennbor, manufactored in Germany. [HR 252]

This is a photo of a Mennonite "droshka" and team. Such teams were quite common among our people. Left to right: Jakob Dyck from the "Tent-mission" who was murdered; Gosemann from Germany who is visiting with the Dycks; Dr. Johann Dyck, who disappeared. [HR 248]

This is a photo of the teachers (and their wives) from Davlekanovo Zentralschule. Back row (left to right): Mrs. Friedrichson, Mr. and Mrs. and Franz Thiessen, Anna Isaak (Neprash), Mr. and Mrs. Jakob Toews. Middle row (left to right): Carl Friedrichson, Mrs. A. Suderman, Peter Harder, teacher and novelist, and Mrs. Harder. Front row (left to right): Anna (Dyck) Braun and the Russian lady teacher. [HR 95]

Seated on the ground around a samovar, this photo shows Ukrainian farmers having a rest. [HR 46]

This is a photo of Bernhard Schellenberg and his family. Schellenberg was the first physician of the Old Colony. He had graduated as a "Feldscher", possibly equal to a medical nurse of today. He became skillful in surgery. [HR 51. N:337]Back row (l-r): Katharina (1871), Helena (1863); middle row: Katharina (wife of Dr. Schellenbert), Bernhard Schellenberg, son Bernhard (1865); front row: twins Anna and Maria (1876)

This is a photo of Peter Sawatzky (1850-1925) and his wife, born Niebuhr. Sawatzky was a businessman in Chortitza. Four of their six children were exiled. Two of these have died. The fate of the others is unknown. [HR 157]

This is a photo of Mrs. Margareta Sawatsky, (centre), formerly of Felsenbach, and her family, all living in Russia. The photo, as far as appearance is concerned, could just as well have been taken here in Canada. [HR 274]

This is a photo of piled up bodies of victims of famine in a snowy field. In the spring they were dumped into a common grave. No one bothered to find out the names of the dead. [HR 260]

This is a photo of a grade 7 class. The children are attending school in which the language of instruction is naturally Russian and the world view that is being taught is Marxist. The teacher is a Russian lady. Most of the children, but not all, are children of Mennonite parents. The red neckerchief that some of the children are wearing indicates that they are members of the Young- Pioneers (Marxist). [HR 270]

This is a photo of the Peter Enns family from Grigorievka. They came to Canada and Enns served here as elder of the St. Elizabeth congregation. He died suddenly in 1944. [HR 142]

This is a photo of five Reimer brothers and their wives from Sagradowka, South Russia. 1905. Left to right: Jakob Reimer, widower, District mayor of Sagradowka and later on Barnaul, Siberia, Abram Reimer, Peter Reimer, Heinrich Reimer, David Reimer. [HR 157]

This is a photo of a school in Siberia. Of the family in front of the building the woman is a child of Mennonite parents, but she was brought up in a government orphanage. She hardly knew her parents. [HR 276]

Left to right: Susie Peters, Lena Janzen, Tina Janzen, Tina Wiebe, Greta Wiebe, Miche Peters, Sara Peters. [HR 166]

This is a photo of Dr. Thiessen, responsible physician of the "Bethania" institution, with his family. [HR 128]

This is a photo of a group of Mennonite fellows. They covered long distances on their bikes, 1936. [HR 266]

This is a photo of Johann j. Dyck, teacher and a Russian lady teacher with some of their pupils of the Lichtenauer public school. [HR 165]

This is a photo of grandmother Janzen and the Peter Schroeder family on their estate "Jelanaja", in the Memrick vicinity. [HR 167]

This is a photo of Mennonite girls taking a course in cooking in the city of Berdjansk. [HR 166]

This is a photo of Mennonite girls in service. When the Mennonites from Russia came to Canada in the twenties, their daughters, often mere teenagers, had to serve in the homes of the well-to-do. Remuneration was pitiful, but these girls gave what they earned to their parents and their families. The great service rendered by these girls demands recognition. Here we see several of these serving girls. The date is 1924. [HR 249]

This is a photo of Mennonite students in Leningrad. Left to right are: Jakob Klassen, Koehn, Martens, Unger, Janzen. [HR 186]

This is a photo of the Secondary school in Karassan. The teachers are the ones with the black hats. From left to right are: Alexander Friesen, Karl Friedrichsen, Johann Wilmsen. [HR 198]

This photo shows teachers and students of Alexanderkrone High School including Isaak Regehr, F. K. Thiessen, A. J. Friesen. [HR 181]

This photo shows Mennonite refugees on board the Empress of Scotland. All were desperately poor and sailing into a strange country, but very thankful to have been able to leave the country where terror stalked through the land. [HR 262]

This is a photo of Mennonite nurses in "Bethania". We have always had young people willing to serve their fellow man "in the name of Christ". [HR 129]

This is a photo of Mennonites in Southern Russia boarding trains. They were leaving for Canada. Parting was bitter. Many knew that it was for life. [HR 264]

This is a photo of the Kornelius Loepp family inTiegenhagen, Molotschna. [HR 58]

This is a photo of a group of young people from the village of Franzfeld, Jasikowo. [HR 156]

This is a photo of the five Schroeder siblings on the estate, "Jelanaja". [HR 247]

This is a photo of Rev. and Mrs. Abram Klassen, daughter and son-in-law Friesen and their son. Klassen and Friesen both died in exile. Mrs. Friesen died in Canada. [HR 141]

This is a photo of the five Regehr brothers (left to right): Heinrich Regehr, Gerhard Regeh (mill owner in Nikopol), Peter Regehr, Isaak Regehr (teacher and preacher of the Mennonite Brethren), Jakob Regehr. [HR 158]

This is a photo of the Heinrich Mierau family, formerly Molotschna, now living in Isik Kulj, in the vicinity of Alma Ata. The time came when our people in exile began to live a little better. [HR 270]

In Apanlee shown here are the teachers of the Alexanderkrone High School. Back row (left to right): Heinrich Neufeld, Isaak Regehr, Daniel Enns, Gerhard Peters. Front row (left to right): Dr. Nicolai Klassen, Jakob Sudermann, David Dick, Bikov (principal). [HR 170] (2 prints)

This is a photo of the cemetery in a Mennonite settlement. Like everything else, the cemetary was kept in the best of order. [HR 258]

This is a photo of a funeral procession. Flower bearers lead the procession. The coffin rests on a truck. Members of the immediate family ride on the truck, too. This is practically the only possibility of moving the coffin to its final destination. [HR 278]

This is a photo of some of the former students of the Halbstadt Maedchenschule (girls school) in the garden of Elder Unruh. At the back stands the teacher Kornelius Wiens and Miss Katharina Willms (second from left in the first row). Next to her, in the centre sits Agatha Unruh, now Mrs. J. J. Enns, Winnipeg. [HR 166]

This photo shows nine Mennonites gathered around a table for tea in the Froese residence of Moscow. [HR 173]

This is a photo of young men from the Old Colony who at the beginning of the 30's confessed themselves to be non-resistant and consequently had to suffer in exile. Standing ( left to right): Johann Klassen, Jakob Rempel, David Rempel. Seated (left to right): Abram Neudorf, Johann Vogt. [HR 172]

This is a photo of the Johann Toews family from Sagradowka and later on of Alexanderkrone, Omsk. [HR 164]

This is a photo of flooding in Spat in the Crimea, Spring of 1918. [HR 175]

This is a photo of the Jakob Wiebe family from the Old Colony, now living in Bad Drilburg, Germany. [HR 264]

This is a photo of the Jakob Fehdrau family, New Halbstadt. Fehdrau was an estate owner. During the Revolution their property, one son and two sons-in-law were destroyed. Jakob Dyck, leader in the mission among the Russians, was murdered and Dr. John Dyck was forced to go with the Whites, never to return. [HR 160]

This is a photo of a group of Mennonite children in the new "native place". The terrible suffering has led many of our folks into an early grave, but at the same time the old commandment has not been forgotten: "…be fruitful and multiply". A new generation that knows little about the past and will probably have no desire to know about it, is growing up and is approving life as they have come to know it. [HR 278]

This is a photo of Wilhelm I. Dyck (1854-1936), Millerowo. In front of him is his young son Willie (later a businessman and minister of the Niverville Mennonite Brethren Church. Each of the others married one of Wilhelm Dyck's daughters. The photo shows (left to right): David Klassen, Cornelius DeFehr, Wilhelm Dyck, Willie Dyck, Jacob Riediger, Cornelius Martens. [HR 160]

This is a photo of labourers and owners of the "Raduga" Publishing House in Halbstadt, Molotschna. 1911. Owners, seated from the left (4th to 7th): David Isaak, Heinrich Braun, Abram Kroeker, Perk. [HR 117]

This is a photo of Johann Penner, teacher, and his family. [HR 159]

This is a photo of Johann and Anna Warkentin with their children. Warkentin was exiled and perished. Some of his children shared the same fate. [HR 164]

This is a photo of singers at Christmas in the Muntau Hospital. [HR 128]

This is a photo of (seated left to right): Dr. Julius Heinrichs, eye specialist; sister Liese Heinrichs, Tina Boldt, Mrs. Berg, the well-known midwife; and standing, Dr. Eisenbraun. [HR 157]

This is a photo of Johann Janzen, the owner at the wheel. Next to him is the teacher, Mr. Peter Schellenberg. The automobile appears to be a 1908 TYP -A1 Brennbor manufactored in Germany.[HR 252]

This is a photo of the board and the teachers of the Commerce School. [HR 188]

This is a photo of the Gerhard Warkentin family from Mariawohl, Molotschna. [HR 165]

This is a photo of the Heinrich Ewert family from Rosenort, Sagradowka. One of the three boys was later "taken" and never heard from again. When the five girls married, two of their husbands were also "taken" and never heard from again. [HR 120]

This is a photo of the Johann Janzen family of Orekhov. Janzen was owner of a flour mill. He served for 25 years as mayor of the city. [HR 160]

This is a photo of students from the Ohrloffer School for girls. [HR 189]

This is a photo of girls from the village of Mariawohl: Tina Schoenke, Tina Andres, Marusja Sudermann, Liese Boese, Greta Boese, Lenchen Sudermann, Susie Andres. [HR 172]

This is a photo of Mennonite refugees in Leer, East Friesland have been baptized. [HR 264]

This is a photo of Rev. Gerhard Harder and family, Neu-Halbstadt, Molotschna. [HR 158]

This is a photo of students of the Central School of Nikolaipol doing gymnastics. [HR 185]

This is a photo of Peter and Maria Hooge and their children. They made their home in the city of Nikopol. [HR 102]

This photo shows a group of nine children -- one is holding a cup, another a saucer or bowl. [HR 262].

This is a photo on the "Wintergruen" estate. Here are the young people at the silver wedding of Jakob and Aganetha Goossen, born Kaethler. [HR 115]

This is a photo of Abram Kroeker and his wife Aganetha, born Langeman, with their children. Kroeker was the editor of "Die Friedensstimme" (The voice of peace). [HR 96]

This is a photo of the Peter Regehr family from Terek. Like all others of that settlement, they had to flee and leave their homes and all their possessions behind. [HR 96]

This is a photo of Isaak and Liese Dyck, son, Wolodja Dyck, and niece, Liese Rempel posing in front of their house. They built the house themselves after their involuntary return from Germany. [HR 271]

This photo shows 5 Mennonites and a dog posing for a picture outside a snow-covered wooden building. [HR 272]

This is a photo of Franz and Sara Balzer and their daughter Agatha, now Mrs. A. Langemann, Reedly, California. Balzers were in the group of six families which settled in Tschunajewka, Omsk., 1899. [HR 154]

This is a photo of Johann and Elizabeth Dueck and their son Johann, Menlertschick, Crimea. [HR 99]

This is a photo of the three Janzen siblings: Jakob from Crimea; Peter from Elbing near Danzig; Maria from Elbing. The latter two are visiting their brother is Russia. [HR 115]

This is a photo of students from the Ohrloff School for girls. The uniform for these schools was not ordered by the state, as in the case of the School of Commerce, but it was our own order. The intention was to obliterate as much as possible the distinction between rich and poor. [HR 187]

This is a photo of Mr. and Mrs. Jakob Schulz and their child in Halbstadt. They came to Canada where Schulz passed away in 1958. [HR 113]

This is a photo of four young women. At the age of 16 life seems to be very rosy. This picture was taken in New Halbstadt, Molotschna. Second from left is Maria Klassen, later on Mrs. Maria Friesen of Glenbush, Saskatchewan. She died in 1974. [HR 168]

This is a photo of a quartet from Velikoknjasheskoe. (Left to right): Hans Reimer; David Reimer; Daniel Reimer; Hans Martens. [HR 168]

This is a photo of from left to right: Deacon Isaak Thiessen, Rosenhof, Rev. Jakob Ens, Tiegenhof, Rev. Kornelius Epp, Neu-Rosenhof, South Russia. [HR 142]

This is a photo of David Toews, Harold Bender, and C. F. Klassen posing for a picture outdoors in suits and hats. [HR 266]

This is a photo of helpers in Bethania. (Left to right): Anna and Heinrich Reimer, Maria Rempel. Standing: Marichen Bergen. [HR 129]

This photo was taken in Tiegenhof, Prussia in 1868. The Isaaks moved to Russia in 1870. [HR 154]

This is a photo of Thomas Wiens and his sons on their estate at Brodsky. One of these boys was murdered together with his mother. The other was wounded, but recovered. [HR 159]

This is a photo of Heinrich Thiessen and wife Elizabeth, born Wiens, Schoenfeld. Thiessen, like thousands of others, was arrested and imprisoned. When they finally let him out, he was so exhausted that he died. [HR 180]

This is a photo of Kornelius Wedel, patent engineer, with his sisters. [HR 100]

This is a photo of three women In the operating room. They are (left to right) :Maria Bartel, Maria Heidebrecht and Anna Rempel. [HR 132]

This is a photo of (left to right): Kornelius Lepp, Cornelius Stobbe and Gerhard Braun. The photo was taken in Liverpool when they were on their way to Canada. [HR 164]

This is a photo of Sara Ediger and her sister, Justina Thiessen, daughters of Peter Edigers, Prangenau, Molotschna in their present home in the Aktjubinsk district. [HR 274]

This is a photo of Mr. and Mrs. Grieves, an English couple living in Berdjansk, and their daughter Mimi Suderman with her child. [HR 170]

This is a photo of Johann Dyck and his wife Helene, born Warkentin, with their nephew Heidebrecht in a boat on a Siberian river. Their place of abode is not chosen by them, but assigned to them. [HR 272]

This is a photo of four Mennonite girls. [HR 99]

This is a photo of four generations. (Left to right): Mrs. Isaak; her grand-daughter Susanna Warkentin; on her knees her daughter; next to them Mrs. Loewen, the daughter of Mrs. Isaak and the mother of Mrs. Warkentin. Neu-Schoensee, Sagradowka. [HR 105]

This is a photo of a group of Mennonite teachers in Alexandrodar on the Kuban: Paul Schaefer; Johann Fast; Dietrich Bergmann; Alexander Fast. [HR 193]

This is a photo of Mennonites in the steppes of Kasachstan to which they have been exiled. [HR 276]

This is a photo of Abram Toews with wife and son. Their tragic story is that of very many of our families. Toews, a teacher, was exiled to the North of the Soviet Union. There he froze to death. His son, at the age of 30, stepped on a bomb in Leningrad and died. Mrs. Toews came to Canada. Here she fell, broke her hip, and henceforth had to walk with a cane. She passed away in Winnipeg. [HR 169]

This is a photo of Johann Penner on his light wagon. He is from the village of Lichtenau and intends to take his visitors, Dr. and Mrs. Sawatzky from the Crimea, to the station. [HR 195]

This is a photo of famine victims. During the winter of 1921-22 sights like the above could be seen at railway stations. During that time there were no Mennonites, at least very few, among them. [HR 259] (2 prints)

This is a photo of four young men on a trip into the beautiful Crimea. They are (left to right): Abram Andres, Peter Dyck, Johann Andres, Abram Dyck. [HR 203]

This is a photo of three businessmen. They are (from left to right): Isaak Thiessen, storekeeper, Peter Hildebrandt, grain merchant and Abram Braun, storekeeper. They are on their way to the city of Odessa on business for their village. [HR 194]

This is a photo of Peter Schmidt, his wife Agnes, born Hildebrandt, and sons Woldemar and Peter. Schmidt is a patent-engineer in the Soviet Union. [HR 169]

This is a photo of Abram Niebuhr (1836-1893), owner of a flour mill in Chortitza. He is shown here with his second wife, born Hamm. His first wife was a Maria Loewen. [HR 160]

This is a photo of the children of the Johann Thiessen family, Liese Epp and Auntie Anna Vogt. [HR 156]

This is a photo of Helen and Heinz Klassen. [HR 193]

This is a photo of Mr. and Mrs Aron Lepp from the Old Colony. Lepp was the second elder of the young Mennonite Brethren congregation of Einlage, Southern Russia. [HR 96]

This is a photo of Heinrich and Mrs. Kaethe Klassen, daughter of Franz Thiessen. [HR 61]

This is a photo of Gerhard Wiens and wife, owners of the estate Hochfeld. [HR 58]

This is a photo of David Schroeder and his niece Sara, later on Mrs. Wiens. [HR 58]

This is a photo of Heinrich and Jakob Klassen, sons of Franz Klassen of Donskaja, serving with the Quaker mission in Russia. Heinrich later on served as editor of "Die Mennonitische Rundschau" in Winnipeg. [HR 61]

This is a photo of William and Maria Dyck. Maria, born Riediger, was a school teacher in the city of Kiev- the first Mennonite lady teacher in Russia. Dyck, later on, an elder of the Mennonite Brethren Church, passed away in Manitoba. [HR 95]

This is a photo of Mr. and Mrs. Abram Neustaedter. Both were murdered. [HR 97]

This is a photo of Wilhelm Martens and his wife Katharina born Dekker. She was the daughter of a Hutterite family. Martens was born in 1819 in Tiegenhagen, Prussia. In 1837 he walked from Tiegenhagen to the Molotschna settlement in Southern Russia. It took him six weeks to make the trip. He settled in Sagradowka, and died there at the age of 100 years, 4 months, and 11 days. He remained in fair physical condition until the end. The couple shared married life for over 71 years. [HR 94]

This is a photo of Jakob Dyck and his wife Maria, born Thiessen, Dyck was born 1849 in Altonau and his wife in 1852 in Muensterberg. [HR 94]

This is a photo of the Abram Hueberts. They were serving as missionaries of the M.B. Church in India, 1898. Huebert was the second Mennonite Brethren Missionary in foreign parts from the Russian Mennonite Brethren congregations. [HR 95]

This is a photo of Cornelius and Justina Loepp. He was the village-mayor of Halbstadt, Molotschna. He received a golden watch from the Czar for his services during the Crimean war. The Loepp family descendants , during the terrible famine in 1921-22 bartered with it for bread. [HR 60]

This is a photo of Mennonite children in their Sunday-best -- Abram is 3 years old and Susanna 5. The parents are Mr. and Mrs. A. Neustaedter ([044-449](https://archives.mhsc.ca/mr-and-mrs-abram-neustaedter) ). [HR 60]

This is a photo of teacher Peter Becker and his wife of Schardau, Molotschna. 1890. [HR 57]

This is a photo of Martin and Maria Schmidt, 1912. [HR 57]

This is a photo of Maria Dueck, born Wiens with her children. [HR 51]

This is a photo of Gerhard and Maria Warkentin. Berdjansk, 1882. [HR 52]

This is a photo of Abram Matthies and his son, Hans, in front of the barn on their estate. A Mennonite took pride in his horses, and great efforts were made to improve the breed. [HR 250]

This is a photo of elder Johann Wiebe and wife Auguste. Born in Danzig, they moved to the Old-Samara settlement in Russia. [HR 52]

This is a photo of Peter Bahnmann with his stallion on his Brodsky estate. [HR 251]

This is a photo of Neta and Jakob Epp, Kornejewka. [HR 193]

This is a photo of Bartel to the left and Dr. Johann Dyck to the right, Halbstadt, Molotschna. [HR 173]

This is a photo of Peter and Katharina Doerksen, Davlenkanovo. He served as teacher in the School for the Deaf and the Mute in Tiege, Molotschna. [HR 159]

This is a photo of two Mennonite women, whose home at one time was in Southern Russia, have been transplanted to Siberia. Today they have bread and also the necessary clothing. [HR 274]

This is a photo of a young couple, Jakob and Anna Janzen, Neu-Schoensee, Zagradovka. [HR 103]

This is a photo of Jakob k. Unger and his wife, Anna, born Becker. They were estate owners near Omsk and flour mill owners at the station Dragunskaja, Omsk. [HR 170]

This is a photo of Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Rempel, Rosental. [HR 157]

This is a photo of Rev. and Mrs. Cornelius Harder. Harder was elder of the Mennonite congregation at Ohrloff, Siberia. He died here in Canada in 1946. [HR 142]

This is a photo of Heinrich and Maria Ewert. Pioneers of the Omsk, Siberia, settlement. 1899. Ewert was the minister in charge of the Mennonite Brethren church at Tschunajewka. [HR 158]

This is a photo of Franz and Anna (Hildebrandt) Thiessen. [HR 103]

This is a photo of Heinrich Neustaedter and his wife Agatha, born Friesen. They had to flee from their estate, and found refuge in the village of Franzfeld. They died during the flight to the West. [HR 164]

This is a photo of Peter Schroeder and wife Katharina, born Janzen. 1889. The Schroeders were owners of the "Jelanaja" estate. [HR 155]

This is a photo of Dr. Johann Dyck (seated). Dr. Dyck was forced to go with the Whites and has never returned. [HR 161]

This is a photo of David and Lena Isaak, formerly of Sagradowka, now of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Lena passed away in 1968. [HR 169]

This is a photo of Mrs. Olga Toews, born Badowsky, and her son. The son now lives in Berlin, Germany. The Badowskys were a prominent non-Mennonite business family in Zaporozhye. [HR 171]

This is a photo of two sisters, born Froese, Anna Epp and Sara Wiebe. [HR 158]

This is a photo of Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt, owners of the estate at Brodsky. The Schmidts were leaders in organizing the Allianz Church in Russia. [HR 128]

This is a photo of (left) Jakob Dyck, leader of the "Tent-mission". He and his co-workers were brutally murdered. Next to him is his friend, Ernst Gosemann, from Germany. 1912. [HR 161]

This is a photo of Jakob Dyck, teacher, and his fiancee Maria Willms, Molotschna, 1912. [HR 169]

This is a photo of Mr. and Mrs. Heinrich Epp. Mrs. Epp's maiden name was Janzen. [HR 104]

This is a photo of Peter Klassen and wife Maria, born Thiessen. Klassen studied in St. Petersburg (Leningrad). His profession was that of a student of forestry. [HR 156]

This is a photo of Gerhard and Anna Wiens, Sagradowka. Wiens was a teacher and died in the twenties. His wife and her children had to go through great difficulties. [HR 251]

This is a photo of the sisters Liese and Mariechen Richert from Sagradowka, 1901. [HR 119]

This is a photo of patent engineer Hermann Lepp and wife Olga, born Janzen. Lepp was arrested in 1937 and has not been heard from again -- the fate of millions of Soviet citizens. [HR 161]

This is a photo of Gerhard Pries (1864-1938) and his wife Anganetha, born Andres. Pries was a teacher, farmer, and deacon of the Chortitza-Rosentaler congregation. He was known as a philanthropist. His possessions were taken from him. He lies buried in the cemetery at Rosental, and his wife in Rosthern, Saskatchewan. [HR 172] (N:347)

This is a photo of Johann and Maria Penner, Rosental, Chortitza district. [HR 171] (N:349)

This is a photo of Andreas Wallman and his bride Helene Schroeder, 1905. [HR 170] (N:350)

This is a photo of Abram and Sara Koop. Abram was the son of the factory owner, Koop in Chortitza. [HR 158] (N:340)

This is a photo of Jakob and Maria Dyck, born Schmidt. The Dicks were owners of the estate Steinbach. [HR 150]

This is a photo of Abraham Peters (left), minister of the Mennonite Brethren church and son of the Margenau Elder Peters. Peters died in Canada, just like his father, at a very advanced age. Next to him is the evangelist and preacher Jakob Reimer. He published a booklet dealing with the Revelation according to St. John. [HR 144]

This is a photo of C.F. Klassen (left) and Peter Froese (right), Moscow, 1924. [HR 173]

This is a photo of Johann Andres (1849-1919) from Rosental and his wife Aganetha born Dyck (1850-1926). They were known to all the children of their village because on their shed, the storks had a nest to which they loyally returned year after year. [HR 171] (N:348)

This is a photo of Rev. and Mrs. Heinrich Voth. Voth was the last elder of the Mennonite congregation at Sagradowka. He was sent into exile, but could not be silenced. He preached the Word wherever he went. When, after the Second World War, Mennonite congregations came into existence, Voth proved to be invaluable to the churches. He died in 1974. [HR 141]

This is a photo of Franz Pauls and his wife, born Peters. They were owners of the Reinfeld estate. [HR 119]

This is a photo of Peter Dyck and his fiancee Katherina Klassen from the beautiful village of Rosental, Chortitza district. [HR 168]

This is a photo of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schultz. He was a factory owner in Osterwick, Old Colony. [HR 101]

This is a photo of Mr. and Mrs. Franz Klassen, owners of an estate in the vicinity of Davlekanovo. [HR 161]

This is a photo of Dr. Johann Isaak and his wife. The doctor graduated in Russia. He practiced for many years in Charbin where he assisted many of the refugees from the Soviet Union. Later he came to the USA where he died. [HR 132]

This is a photo of Johann Peters (1888-1919) and his wife Maria, born Siemens. Peters was the great-grandson of Daniel. He was shot. His widow married again and now lives in Winnipeg. [HR 176]

This is a photo of David Lammert and his wife Lena, born Dyck, Sagradowka. [HR 165]

This is a photo of Katharina Klassen (Mrs. Peter Dyck), Helene Penner (Mrs. Sawatzky). Both are from Rosental near Chortitza. [HR 179]

This is a photo of David and Justina Wiebe from Rosenort, Sagradowka. Wiebe was exiled and has never been heard from again. [HR 252]

This is a photo of Johann Wiebe from Sagradowka and his wife. He served as a missionary in East Africa. His wife was born in Germany. [HR 251]

This is a photo of the well-known midwife, Helena Berg. She came to Canada after the Second World War and died here at an advanced age. Next to her is Mrs. Katharina Wiens (left). [HR 132]

This is a photo of (left to right) Anna Isaak (Mrs. Jakob Bergmann), Emile Isaak (Mrs. Johann Bergmann). [HR 154]

This is a photo of Abram Fast from Blumstein and his German-born wife, Luise Haendiges, on their trip to Russia in 1910. [HR 167]

This is a photo of David Kroeger and his wife. He was the manufacturer of the Kroeger clocks as well as of motors. [HR 175] (N:346)

This is a photo of the Franz Walls, houseparents at the hospital in Muntau. He died in exile. [HR 171]

This photo shows a woman wearing a long shawl and a little girl wearing a tuque [HR 262].

This is a photo of Heinrich Peters, teacher at the School for Deaf and Mute in Tiege with his wife Justina, born Fast. [HR 132]

This is a photo of Peter and Agnes Wiens on the day of their marriage. Wiens was a Sagradower child. They served in India as missionaries of the General Conference for about 25 years. Both died in the U.S.A. [HR 141]Studied in the USA and married at Quakertown, PA.

This is a photo of Gerhard and Maria Derksen, owners of the "Ebenfeld" estate. [HR 161]

This is a photo of the street of Gnadenfeld as it looks today. [HR 172]

This is a photo of Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm Zacharias, owners of the "Zachariasfeld" estate. [HR 156]

This is a photo of Johann Peters (1864-1919) and his wife Aganetha from Petersdorf. Johann Peters was murdered in 1919 and Mrs. Peters died in 1932 in exile in the Ural region. [HR 176]

This is a photo of D.J. Duerksen and his wife. Duerksen served as mayor of the Gnadenfeld district and was awarded several medals. [HR 151]

This is a photo of Peter Froese, who for a number of years, was one of the spokesman of the Mennonites before the Soviet Government. He was eventually imprisoned and then sent into exile. There he spend many difficult years. He was able to escape during the last war and reached Germany. Elder J.J. Thiessen sits at his bedside. [HR 174]

This is a photo of Olga Reimer and Tinchen Matthies. [HR 165]

This is a photo of a woman holding her young child in front of a fence and bushes. [HR 273]

This is a photo of Jakob Dyck from the Molotschna, left Russia about 1908 and came to the USA thereby escaping great suffering. [HR 116]

This is a photo of Rev. and Mrs. Johann Klassen, elder of the Mennonite congregation at Schoenwiese, Russia and later of the congregation by the same name here in Winnipeg. Klassen has published several booklets. He died in 1945. [HR 141]

This is a photo of David and Maria Friesen, Halbstadt. Friesen was sent into exile. He died there. [HR 167]

This is a photo of Elder Heinrich Funk with his youngest son Gerhard. Funk studied theology in Switzerland. For many years he was the religion teacher at the Neu-York Zentralschule in the Ignatyevo settlement. He was arrested, exiled and suffered greatly. He died in Kasachstan. [HR 178]

This is a photo of Elizabeth Dyck, born Fehdrau, with her little daughter. Her husband, Dr. J. Dyck, was forced to go with the Whites and has never returned. [HR 136]

This is a photo of Wilhelm Suderman and wife Anna, born Goossen. Gruenfeld. [HR 115]

This is a photo of Heinrich and Helene Janzen, born Thiessen. Owners of a flour mill in the city of Orekhov, 1913. [HR 154]

This is a photo of Margareta Boldt and her daughter, Maria Wiebe (Janzen), Rosenort, Sagradowka. [HR 252]

This is a photo of Peter and Justina Isaak, Ohrloff on the Trakt. Isaak was born in Prangenau, Prussia and came to Russia in 1871. [HR 155]

This is a photo of Nikolai and Justina Schmidt at the time of their engagement. Mrs. Schmidt was a former Dick. [HR 112]

This is a photo of Andreas Wallman and his wife Helene, born Schroeder. [HR 152]

This is a photo of Mr. and Mrs. Johann Fast was a teacher of the Realschule in the city of Melitopol. [HR 98]

This is a photo of Rev. and Mrs. Franz Martens. Martens was the elder of the Davlekanovo Mennonite congregation in Ufa. He died in prison. [HR 142]

This is a photo of the Johann Quapp family, Blumstein, Molotschna. [HR 59]

This is a photo of teacher Herman Janzen and family. Photo taken 1874. [HR 59]

This is a photo of Johann and Lena Voth, Sagradowka. Right is Maria Wiens, later on Mrs. Johann Harder, the sister to Mrs. Voth. [HR 56]

This is a photo of Mennonite boys, soldiers of the First World War. They served in Red Cross units. Cornelius Isaak, Johann P. Isaak, Wilhelm Warkentin and standing Johann Warkentin. [HR 195]

This is a photo of nurses in "Bethania". (Left to right) Lenchen Martens, Katja Pauls, Aganeta Enns. Sitting: Maria Unruh. [HR 129]

This is a photo of Mennonite refugees, Mrs. Ernest Driedger and family. [HR 23]

This is a photo of the Schoenhoff residence in Ladekopp, Prussia. [HR 14]

This is a photo of the Schoenhoff residence in Ladekopp, Prussia. [HR 14]

This is a photo of the home of a well-to-do farmer with a projection, the gable end, which is the work of art of an imaginative carpenter. In Tiege. [HR 14]

This is a photo of farm buildings in the yard of the Franzens in Eschenbach. In 1927, the owner, Herman Franzen was gored to death by his own bull here. [HR 15]

This is a photo of an estate belonging to the Toews family, Neumuensterbergersfeld. Between house and barn the fire-protection wall can be seen. This property consisted of 50 hectars (123.5 acres). [HR 15]

This is a photo of the home of Henry Toews in Altebabke. Photo taken in the winter of 1938. The mother with three daughters fled on the last ship, the "Ubema" sailing for Denmark in 1945. The buildings were burned down. The four women today make their home on the Weierhof in Germany. [HR 15]

This is a photo of Meta, born Wiebe, and Peter Schierling, he from the Ukraine, in Gross Mausdorf in the Great Werder. The children are from Meta's first marriage, Toews. They all escaped and today live in Uruguay. [HR 15]

This is the home of the Penner family in Fuerstenau. The family owned the house for more than a century. Four generations of Penners lived here. In 1945 they were expelled. [HR 13]

This is a photo of the home of the Fast family in Neukirch on the Vistula. [HR 12]

This is a photo of the home of the Johannes Pauls family, Markushof. This is one of the oldest yards in the Vistula-Nogat Iowland. The house is believed to be more than 200 years old. [HR 12]

This is a photo of the yard of the Andres family in Tiegenhagen. Four generations of the family have lived here. When the Russians occupied the area in 1945, the house was burned down. [HR 12]

This is a photo of the home of the Friesen family in Ellerwalde. [HR 13]

This is a photo of the Friesen residence in Ellerwalde. Notice the platform in front of the door and the carvings on the woodwork above. In front of the house is the daughter Dorothea Hirsch, the sister of Mrs. Gerhard Dyck in Winnipeg. [HR 13]

This is a photo of all that is left of the Hans Epp residence. The barn is no more. The well, which was formerly an artesian well, today requires a pump. [HR 12]

This is a photo of a "milkwagon" on the farmstead of W. Wiebe, Fuerstenwerder. The cows remain in the field overnight. To milk them they drove this light wagon to the cows. The milk cans were on the wagon. [HR 13]

This is a photo of the home of the Willems family in Baerwalde. The barn, built 1941, is in good condition. Notice the fire-protecting wall between home and barn. [HR 12]

This is a photo of what was once the home of Hans Penner in Baerwalde, but now occupied by Poles. A Polish girl, barefoot, just like the children of the Mennonite owners earlier were, sits on the steps in front of the house. [HR 13]

This is a photo of the restaurant, E. Abraham in Stroem at the Drausensee. [HR 11]

This is a photo of the home and the mill of K. Krueger at Fichtenhorst near Elbing. [HR 11]

This is a photo of the rear view of the home of H. Froese in Reimerswalde. [HR 11]

This is a photo of an old Mennonite home. It belonged to the Wilhelm family until the family died out in 1890. Then it became the property of the dycke captain, Dackau. On the horse sits Otto Wiens. [HR 10]

This is a photo of the Cornelius Dyck resisence as seen from the street. Einlage [HR 10]

This is a photo of the home of the Cornelius Dyck in Einlage near Ebling. Johann Cornies from Russia, the great-grandson of the great Cornies, took his bride, Margareta Duck, from his home. The carriage belonged to Cornies. [HR 10]