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 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 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 Bethania Staff of 1925. Seated in 2nd row from the front are (left to right): two unknown female nurses, Sara Koop, Dr. I. Thiessen (physician in charge), Dr. A. Martins (she later lived in Hamilton, Ontario) , Maria Andres (house mother), Jakob Wiebe (house father), and another four unknown female nurses. [HR 131]
