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The words written on the back of photo #7: “Gruss aus” meaning “Greetings from” and the place name written in Russian. Gostovskaya is the way it might be written in English. Jakob Bergen sent this photo to his family in Blumenort while on a business trip for the store worked he worked in Blumenort.

The property of Gerhard Klassen in Blumenort, a house with two gates. Mr. Klassen owned the General Store in Blumenort where Elvera’s father, Jakob Bergen and her uncle, Martin Duerksen worked. The Bergen and Duerksen families fled to Blumenort for safety and lived on this property.

The property of Isaak Sawatsky, step-grandfather of Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck and Henry Gossen. This photo was taken in Springtime when the snow was melting. See M2004D-1 for a photo of Isaak Sawatsky and his wife Anna (Dick) Gossen Sawatsky.

A sister and three step-sisters of Heinrich and Dietrich Gossen, fathers of Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck and Henry Gossen. They are, left to right, Tina Gossen, Lena Sawatsky and Mariechen Sawatsky.

Tina Neufeld, aunt of Henry Gossen, with a bicycle. She was the sister of Henry Gossen’s mother.

The village elementary school (Dorfschule) in Gnadenheim. The teacher lived in the school building, shown here on the right, having two windows. The rest of the building was one big classroom where children in grades one to four were taught.

The girls’ school in Ohrloff (Mädchenschule).

Wedding of Katharina Riediger, to Kurt Hecker, a German officer. The family members beside the bride are, left to right: Agnes Reinhold (Rogalski), a girl adopted by the Riediger family; Jakob the oldest son; Lisa, a daughter; Susanna and Johann J. (Jakob) Riediger, parents of the bride and grandparents of Gisela Harms. Johann, the youngest son and father of Giesela Harms, stands in front of his parents wearing a white shirt. To the right of the parents are the three sisters, left to right: Susanna (Hamm), Mariechen (Hildebrand) and Margaretha (Fischer). The married names of the sisters and Agnes are given in brackets. Lisa died in her youth. Johann J. (Jakob) Riediger was a church elder who helped take care of orphans (Waisen Ältester).

The family of Johann J. (Jakob) and Susanna Riediger are in front of their home with their covered carriage and some of their horses. This photo might have been taken when one or both of the married daughters, Margaretha (Riediger) married to Alexander Fischer and Mariechen (Riediger) Hildebrand left the Ukraine with their husbands. Perhaps one of these couples is standing in front of the horse at the right. The man 2nd from left beside the team of horses could be Johann J. (Jakob) Riediger.

Postcard sent to Fischau, Molochna in 1904 to the family of
Peter Barkowsky, uncle of Rita's mother, Agatha Barkowsky. This and the
following postcards were in the possession of Agatha Barkowsky. When they
were forced off their property in Fuerstenau, Agatha and her family, the
Barkowskys' moved to Halbstadt to live with Agatha's maternal
grandparents, the Letkemann's.

Postcard showing the Ohrloff Zentralschule, sent from Ohrloff in 1913.

A women's spa called Eupatoria in Maynaki (name of the local place). Women came here for mud baths to improve their health. This postcard was sent to "Gatchen" (Agatha Barkowsky, mother of Rita (Krahn) Reimer, in 1921 for her tenth birthday. The writer encourages "Gatchen" not to give up but continue to be a support to her parents in these difficult times.

A group of young women. Rita's great-aunt, Anna Letkemann sister of her grandmother, Maria (Letkemann) Barkowsky is second from the
right in the front row. As a single woman, Anna Letkemann was sent to Siberia and came to Canada in the 1940s.

The name on the building is: "Товарищество Я. И. Пеккеръ И Сыновья / J. A. Pekker und Söhne" (Partnership of J. A. Pekker and sons). Workers are standing in front of the building. Jakob Barkowsky, Rita's grandfather was the son of Michael Barkowsky, who was apparently very poor and died while quite young. Of the four children, only the youngest was able to remain with the mother. Jakob was taken in by a Pekker family in Tiegenhagen for whom he then worked.

The street of the pharmacy (Pharmacy Street), in the province of Ufa.