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Mennonite Historical Society of British Columbia (repository) John B Toews fonds
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Zagradovka Massacre

This sub series consists of the following:
1) A letter written to the children of Mama Duekmann in Tiege in 1921 describes the scene of the massacre in Tiege and in the surrounding villages of Altenau, Gnadenfeld, Neu Halbstadt Zagradovka
2) A copy of this letter is the Gothic script. 6 pages. John B Toews transcribed it, 13 pages
3) Translation of Mama Duekmann's letter by John B. Toews. 13 pages. - (1 file) Box 232

Duekmann, Mama

Youth group

Coaldale youth group of twenty eight men and women members gathered outside.

Unknown

Yarrow Families

A.A. Wiens (on left) and an unknown man are holding up a big white sign. Yarrow families are in the background. Walter Koop and Arthur Krahn are standing second and third from the left.

Unknown

Women's music group

Coaldale Women's guitar music group. Eight women sitting and standing outside in the winter time.

Unknown

Women students

Female students at the Bible school in front of the school building.

Unknown

Windmill on a farm

Windmill on a Mennonite farm close to the working field and a horse pulling a farm machine.

Unknown

Willms, Abram P., 1882-1959

File consists of the following item:
Etwas aus meinem Leben, an autobiogrpahy of Abram P. Willms. 80 pages. - (1 file) Box 235

Willms, Abram P., 1882-1959

Wehrlosigkeit (Non-Resistance)

This file consists of the following items:
1) Die Wehrlosigkeit, Vortrag, gehalten auf der Allgemeinen Mennonitischen Konferenz, Juni 1917, Benjamin Unruh und Gerhard Regehr, 23 pages.
2) Peter Froese book chapter," Liebreiche Erinnerungen an die Mennonitshen Glaubens-Artikels von der Wehrlosigkeit". 38 pages. Published in 1850. He was the Elder of the Mennonite Conference in Orlofferfelde. Box 258
3) Benajmin Unruh, Concerning Nonresistance (A paper presented at the All-Mennonite Conference in Neuhalbstadt, Ukraine, 6-8 June, 1917. 15 pages. Box 261
4) Benjamin Ewert, Wichtige Dokumente betreffs der Wehrfreiheit der Mennonited in Canada. Im Selbstverlage der Canadischen Mennonitengemeinden, 1917. 16 pages
5) Anonymous, "Denkst Du Daran?" German, 9 pages
6) Heinrich H. Friesen, "Der Handreich Gegen Tschernigowka" 1918, Colonists defending their city against Machnov bandits, in Bluemental, Neu Halbstadt, Sparrau, Konteniusfeld
7) Die Gruendung des Verbandes in Alexanderwohl, 1921, no author, German

Regehr, Gerhard P., 1866-1960

Walter Burow Selbstschutz diary

This file consists of the following items:
1) Walter Burow, "From the Diary of Walter Burow" translated by Solomon L. Loewen. Found in Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans From Russia. Summer 1986 and Winter 1986.
2) John B Toews handwritten notes on the Burow diary
3) A hand drawn map by Walter Burow showing the locations of the activities described in his diary. - (1 file) Box 255

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