This slide show is of children of many races playing together and is illustrative of a world where everyone is welcome and has enough food, shelter, clothing, and love. -- Note: included is a script and an audio cassette #2356 with music by John McCutcheon.
This photo is of the children of Herman and Maria Bergman. Standing in the back row are Helen and Maria. Sitting in the first row from left to right are Herman, Albert, Agnes, and Anna. The girls are all wearing white dresses. Young Herman is wearing a sailor outfit and the baby is dressed in white. The photo is taken indoors.
This is a photo of a group of Mennonite refugee children in the 1920s either in Russia or in Germany. An adult can be seen in the upper left hand corner.Five children can be fully or partially seen in the back row and five in the front row. A young girl holds a drink in a cup and a boy holds a plate in front of him. Two girls are wearing plaid blouses and dark jumpers which are decorated with rickrack.
This photo shows 50 children with three adult male teachers (l-r) Heinrich Friesen, Peter Reimer and Peter Friesen. These were the children of Mennonite families that were refugees in Harbin, China, having fled the USSR.