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This is a photo of 26 people posing in front of a train car, plus another 6 people looking out of the rail car windows. This group was a hospital unit (Sanitaetsdienst) in World War I, identified as group # 187. David Wiebe is identified in the centre of the back row.

This is a photo of Peter Fehderau. When the First World War began in 1914, Peter (Nicholas's older brother) volunteered in the Red Cross medical service. He was 17 years old. He is pictured here in uniform.

This is a photo of the personnel of a Red Cross train. Most of the men are Mennonites. The woman in the second row from the back, to the right of the man with a high cap, is the daughter of Count Tolstoy, the famous Russian writer. [HR 237]
An original photo has labeled as Copy 2 (Acc. No. 2012-005). This medical unit (Sanitaetsdienst) was identified as No. 187. David Wiebe (1885-1937) is identified on the photo. Peter Ewert (1897-1963) is identified as the writer of the Russian text on the reverse side.

This is a photo of cooks, doctors, nurses, nuns and others posing outside a Red Cross train on the tracks. [HR 238]

This is a photo of Abram Dyck as Red Cross soldier. 1915. [HR 246] (2 prints)

This is a photo of Mennonite Red Cross soldiers. About seventy Red Cross trains were served exclusively by Mennonite men. Train No. 189 near Wirballen fell into German hands. Koop, a young volunteer from Sagradowka, died in Germany. [HR 243]

This is a photo of four young Mennonites, volunteers, in the uniform of the German Red Cross unit. To the right sits Peter Dyck, who, years later, passed away here in Manitoba. [HR 235]

A group of men standing at the entrance and at the windows of the Red Cross Hospital (probably Neu Samara) One of the men is John J. Dyck. John Dyck is the husband of Anna Dyck 1885 . The job of these men was to prepare food for hungry people.

A portrait of Johnnes T. Voth standing in his Red Cross Russian military medic uniform.

This is a photo of the personnel of the 171 Red Cross train, October, 1915 at the station Kochorizi. [HR 236]

This is a photo of a Red Cross unit, including some Mennonites in German uniforms, being presented to the Czarina. During the Russo-Japanese war, 1904-5, Germany sent a Red Cross Unit to the Russian front. It was a token of friendship. Mennonite young men, who had volunteered to serve in Russian Red Cross units because of their knowledge of the two languages, were delegated to serve in the German unit. The man sitting in front of the official is Peter Dyck. [HR 234]

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 Mennonite girls serving in the city of Simpferopol. [HR 242]

This is a photo of voluntary Mennonite Red Cross workers during the Russo-Japanese war. Somewhat more than fifty of our men had volunteered. Their congregations supported them. As far as I know, not one of our young men entered combat units. But the Red Cross service, the service of compassion, was popular among our people. Although not easy, the service nevertheless gave the men a good deal of satisfaction. [HR 235]

This is a studio photo taken shortly after Peter Fehderau volunteered to serve as a Red Cross medic with the Russian army.