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Abram Berg, Blumenort, Molotschna Russia

This file contains the following articles:
1) Abram Baerg, Reflections and Recollections on Blumenort, 1919. 11 pages
2) Die Tragoedie von Blumenort, Part 1. Lists of the murdered citizens. 19pages.
3) Harry Dyck, Blumenort; An Episode related at Harry Dyck's Golden Wedding. - (1 file) Box 255

Berg, Abram, 1912-1993

Anton Sawatzky, Selbstschutz

This file consists of the following:
1) Anton Sawatsky, "Erinnerungen aus meinem Leben" 28 pages of handwritten memories of experiences in the Selbstschutz. Peter J. Dyck translated this manuscript titled " Selbstschutz or Self Defence or A Black Spot on Our History" 5 typed pages.
2) Anton Sawatsky, "Wer das Schwert Nimmt" in Mennoblatt, Filadelfia May 1, 1958 1 page (in English)
3) "Ein Selbsteschuetzler Erzaelt", a partial manuscript pages 6-20. - (1 file) Box 255

Aron A Warkentin

The file consists of the following items:
1) "Meine Lebensbeschreibung"; Chapter 1-5 - (1 file) Box 234
2) "Meine Lebensbeschreibung"; Chapter 6-9 - (1 file) Box 234
3) "Meine Lebensbeschreibung"; Chapter 10-12 - (1 file) Box 234
4) "Meine Lebensbeschreibung"; Chapter 13-14 - (1 file) Box 234

Warkentin, Aron A. [1874- ]

Articles from Friedenstimme, Rundschau

This file contains the following:
1) Translated articles on the topic of Self Defense and Non-Resistance during the Bolschevik period were collected by John B. Toews.
They were written by B.H. Unruh, W. Lohrenz, Abraham Kroeker, Jacob Wiebe, Abram Wiebe.
2) Articles from the column "Chortitzer Gebiet, August 1919", September 11, 1919 and September 18, 1919
3) Minutes of the Molotschna Mennonite Commission for Ecclesiastical Affairs, July 22, 1914, , no.58, p.2 re: the enlisting of Mennonite young men as medics.
4) Jacob Kroeker,"Report on our Capture and Captivity", Mennonitische Rundshau, February 15. 1915, 3 pages - (1 file) Box 255

Friedensstimme

B.B. Janz collection

File consists of the following items:
1.1 B.B. Janz "Wir haben gesuendigt",German, 4 pages. English translation, "We have sinned" 6 pages; Peter Baerg "Der Selbstschutz in der Halbstaedter Wollost 1918-1919" (letter lists names of individuals murdered in Blumenort); "Ein Selbstschuetzler Erzaehlt", "Eine Woche in Podwod mit Pferd und Wagen",
1.2) John Wall Letter to B.B. Janz" Mennonite Participation in Colonist's Brigade", 1951
1.3) Anonymous letters to B.B. Janz, " The Selbstschutz in the Halbstadt Volost" (1918-1919)od (mit Pferd und Wagen) 1919.
1.4) J.G. Dyck letters, Leamington, Ontario, 1956.
1.5) A. P. Bergmann letter , Steinbach, 1956
1.6) J.N. Wittenberg, "Etliche Hauptmomente von dem Mordtag in Altenau I'm Oktober 1919" 2 pages, translated by John B. Toews
1.7) P. Goossen, "The Makhno Bands in Zagradovka" , 1919, 2 pages translated by John B. Toews
1.8) B.B. Janz." Abschiedsede von Bruder B.B. Janz" Tiege,1926, 6 pages.

2) Folksfreund Articles written in 1918 by Jacob Martens, A. Klassen, Peter Braun, Enns, Elder H. Unruh, Abraham Kroeker,
H. Neufeld, Translated by John B. Toews. - (1 file) Box 255

Janz, Benjamin B., 1877-1964

Chortitza by B. Schellenberg

File consists of the following:
1) B. Schellenberg, "Chortitza, August 1919" from Christlicher Familien Kalender (1920), translated by John B. Toews, 9 handwritten pages
2) D. Neufeld, "Letter of a War Prisoner, Petrograd, July 1917" from Molotschnaer Flugblatt, August 12, 1917, 4. Translated by John B. Toews,, 2 pages - (1 file) Box 255

Schellenberg, Bernhard J., 1879-1966

Der Selbstschutz 1918-1921

This file consists of the following items:
1) Peter Nickel "Der Selbstschutz, 1918-1919" . 84 pages. Box 255
2) Anonymous," Die Gruendung des Verbandes in Alexanderwohl, 1920-1921, German, 8 pages, Organizational meeting in Alexanderwohl,

Nickel, Peter

Fehderau, Nicholas J, Estate Life

This file consists of the following:
1) Nicholas Fehderau, Aus der Hoehe in die Tiefen: Erinnerungen aus meiner Kindheit und Jugendjahren in Sued Russlaand"; 866 pages. Book 1: 1904-1924 Meine Lebensgeschichte ;
Book 2: 1908-1914, Neu Halbstadt- Mein Heimort;
Book 3: 1914-1917, Der erste Weltkrieg;
Book 4: 1917,1918, Revolution und Beurgerkrieg;
Book 5 & 6: Im Schatten des Todes 1919-1920; Es geht immer tiefer hinab,1921-1922;
Book 7 & 8: Ein schwerer Kampf um's Dasein; 1922-1923;
Book 8: Im Zeichen der Auswanderung, mein letztes Jahr in der alten Heimet, 1923-1924. - (6 files) Box 241

Fehderau, Nicholas J., 1904-1989

Gerhard Wiens

File consists of the following items:
1) "My Life: the Russian Years, 1900-1919, autobiography of Gerhard Wiens (1900- ). Edited by James Urry and used in his research for his doctoral thesis at Oxford University. 61 pages.
2) Memories of my Trip to Russia in 1914 by Olga Wiens

  • (1 file) Box 235

Wiens, Gerhard 1900-2000

Halbstadt, Self Defense

This file consists of the following article:
1) Anonymous, The Selbstschutz in the Halbstadt Volost (1918-1919). name withheld.; from B.B. Janz Papers. translated by John B. Toews.
2) N.H. Unruh of Morris letter "Recollections, 1969" describes his experience of serving in Halbstadt in the Selbstschutz in 1918. This evaluation of the Selbstschutz movement and of Makhno bands tells of the Selbstschtz's collapse. It is translated by John B. Toews. 4 pages. - (1 file) Box 255

Unruh, N.H.

Heinrich Heinrich Klassen, 1888-1972

File consists of the following item:
1) Heinrich Heinrich Klassen (1888-1972) autobiography. Special attention is devoted to his life in Russia from 1888-1924. He describes the establishment of the Selbstschutz (self-defense) of Mennonite colonies. - (1 file) Box 233

Klassen, Heinrich Heinrich, 1888-1972

Heinz von Homeyer letters

The file contains the following items:
1) Correspondence between Heinz von Homeyer and G. G. Dueck, October 13, 1963 to August13, 1968.
2) Letter from G.G. Dueck to John B. Toews, Aug. 31, 1968 , originating from Springstein, Manitoba. Envelope included.
3) Funeral announcement of Heinz von Homeyer, 1896-1996. - (1 file) Box 255

Henry Kornelsen and Sara Reimer Kornelsen

File consists of the following:
1) "He Has Qualified Us: Memories of our parents Henry and Sara Kornelsen", autobiography of Henry Kornelsen, 1890-1974 and Sara Reimer Kornelsen, 1897-2003. Translated into English by daughter Elvira Dueck in 1995.
2) Kornelsen family register beginning in 1858.
3) How Small Events and Happenings Contributed to a Large Mennonite Emigration in 1923 by H.H. Kornelsen, translated by John B. Toews. 12 pages.
-- All documents contained in one file, Box 233

Kornelsen, Heinrich H.,1890-1974

How did it happen? by Adolf A. Reimer

File consists of the following item:
1) Reimer, Adolf A. "How did it happen?" (includes 27 handwritten pages translated by John B. Toews) from Rundschau, Kalender (1930), 38-54). - (1 file) Box 255

Reimer, Adolf Abram 1881-1922

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