Note on back of photo: "A Cellar room in Heilbronn." The ceiling & walls are in a state of disrepair. It is a makeshift dwelling in postwar Germany. Probably taken in the 1940s just after the war. See related photo in 2001-14.142.

Note on back: "A family in a cellar room in Heilbronn." Six family members are seated around a table at right while an older woman (the grandmother?) stands at the stove. Probably taken in the late 1940s just after the war. See related photo in 2001-14.143.

Used in CM 6-30-4. Illustration of MCC work in Europe (the "Atomium," Brussels World's Fair the model). Center:"Im Namen Christi," outer circles: Pax, Refugee aid, youth work, Bible school, children's homes, MTS, journalism.

Negatives also (2), 1 of lithograph only, 1 of lithograph on display in Newton, Kan. Used in CM 3-45-5. By Gerda Engelke of a refugee child giving flowers across a barbed wire fence. Art collection from Germany, Nov. 1955.

Used in CM 4-3-7. MCC bundles, put on a table by age, the helpers behind it. Rosa Kim, MCC worker, is 3rd from right. Amanda & Rosanna Klassen, daughters of J.K. Klassen (Mrs. Klassen 2nd from left? at rear) in front.

This photo is of three Mennonite refugee children sitting on a wagon in Dirmstein, Germany. Two cows, resting on the ground, are attached to the wagon. The wagon is on a flat bare field. A few trees without leaves are seen in the background. At the back of the photo on the right side behind a stone wall, the roof of a building can be seen.

This is a photo of Mennonite refugees, Mrs. Ernest Driedger and family. [HR 23]

A man, head down, wearing an old coat, holding a paper bag walks amid others on the street. Note on back: "Person returning home from Russia (Russland-Heimkehrer)! One of many, many thousands, broken in body and spirit, weak, sick & neglected, having lost his faith in mankind & a better future." Taken summer 1947 in Germany. Mr. Kreider is written on back of photo. Possibly Robert Kreider, MCC Germany 1946-1948, was the donor.

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 is a photo of a refugee memorandum of thanks prepared by Mennonite refugees in Moelln, Hammerstein, Germany expressing their thanks to the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization. It is signed by H. Loewen, Joh. Klassen, F. Goertz, Abr. Dyck, A Loewen and P. Klassen.(HR 263).

This is a photo of a caravan of wagons being led by horses down a dirt road. [HR 23]

Note on back: Jan.21, '54, bundle distribution in Ger." Two young children in a crowded room; pots, pans & dishes on the table at left. Likely children of refugees. See photo in CM 2-43-5 re. aid to refugees from East Zone.