Accession no. 2009-005, 2010-068
Siegfried Janzen (1920-2005) was born to Jacob K. Janzen and Martha Schmidt in the Russian Mennonite village of Orloff, Zagradowka. His parents were house parents for the Bethania Mental Hospital 1912-1920 in Alt-Kronsweide, Chortitza Colony. The family immigrated to Canada in 1927 and settled in Larid, Saskatchewan. In 1940 they moved to a fruit farm near Gimsby, Ontario. Here the family was active in the Vineland Mennonite Brethren church.
In 1942 he served as a conscientious objector performing alternative service at Calk River, Ontario and later served as a farm worker. In 1945 he married Margaret Wiebe and they had four daughters. Siegfried and Margret volunteered with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and were assigned to work in post World War II Europe. Their first post was in Holland distributing food and clothing to refugees. In 1947 they were reassigned to work at the refugee house at Gronau, Germany on the Dutch, German boarder. For three years they directed the processing of over 10,000 refugees fleeing from repatriation to the Soviet Union. The refugees hoped to immigrate to Canada but the process was not easy. The Janzens set up a hospital to help people pass the medical requirements to enter Canada. The newspaper Unser Blatt and Der Mennonit were established to help these displaced people build their sense of community and help in the reunification of families. Siegfried and Margret served under C.F. Klassen, European Commissioner for Refugee Aid and Resettlement with MCC.
In 1950 Siegfried and Margaret returned to North America and he attended Tabor College, Kansas. They returned to Ontario where Siegfried worked as a youth worker in the Vineland Mennonite Brethren church between 1952-1954. Here he worked at building closer ties between young people and Mennonite Brethren missionaries working abroad. The family then moved to Nova Scotia where he found work as a stone mason. In September 1985, at the age of 65, he became the pastor of the Petitcodiac Mennonite Church. He was also active in prison chaplaincy. In 2004 he was awarded the Taylor Award by the Correctional Service of Canada and the National Volunteer Association.
Siegfried Janzen died 2 August 2005 in Moncton, New Brunswick.
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This fonds consists of Janzen's correspondence and reports while working in Gronau, Germany, while attending Bethel College and while working with the youth in Vineland Ontario. Included in Janzen's Germany materials are essays and memoirs by some of the refugees Janzen worked with as well as correspondence with leaders such as Dr. Kurt Kauenhowen and Walter Quiring. There are 107 slides showing the Gronau camp, people and activities. The materials gives an account of the Janzens' life in Germany, Kansas and Vineland. With this material a better understanding of the effects of the Second World War on the Mennonite population in the Ukraine and the process of emigrating from there to Paraguay or Canada can be gained.
Described by Conrad Stoesz April 17, 2010, updated by Stoesz on March 13, 2013, March 8, 2015.
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This fonds was transferred to MCC Canada in Winnipeg after the death of Janzen in 2005. The MCC Canada records manager then brought this material to the Mennonite Heritage Centre in 2007. The slides were deposited ca. 1995. In 2010 CMBC history professor Adolf Ens deposited a letter a student, Jillayne Neufeld got from Janzen about his church work in New Brunswick.
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Includes immigration lists of these people.
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This item is a transcript of the of the testimony of Franziska Reimers regarding the Einsatzkommando Mathias Graf.
Walter Quiring was born Jakob Quiring in the Village of Friedensliebe, Ukraine on July 7, 1893. He fled the Soviet Union for Germany in 1921 with his wife, Maria Friesen, and son, Manfred.
He received a PhD from the University of Munich in 1928 and taught at the Schlossschule at Salem on Bodensee from 1927-1934. During that time, he changed his first name to Walter.
From 1934 to 1936, Quiring conducted research on Mennonite colonies in Paraguay and Brazil. Upon his return to Germany, he served as a department leader in the Deutsche Auslandinstitut in Stuttgart.
He was drafted into the German army in 1941 as a translator and journalist and ended the war as a British prisoner. In 1950, he emigrated to Canada. There he edited various German language publications, including "Mennonitische Welt" (1950-1953) and "Der Bote" (1955-1963).
From 1963 to 1965, he served as Professor of German and Slavic languages at United College, Winnepeg.
Quiring's publications include: "Deutsche erschliessen den Chaco" (1936), "Russlanddeutsche suchen eine Heimat" (1938), "Im Schweisse deines Angesichts" (1953), "Mennonites in Canada" (1961), and "Als ihre Zeit erfuellt war" (1964).
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The article "Flüchlinge zwischen gestern und morgen..." was thought to be written by Walter Quiring. It was written by Quiring and published in Die Mennonitische Rundschau, January 1950.
Siegfried Janzen (1920-2005) was born to Jacob K. Janzen and Martha Schmidt in the Russian Mennonite village of Orloff, Zagradowka. His parents were house parents for the Bethania Mental Hospital 1912-1920 in Alt-Kronsweide, Chortitza Colony. The family immigrated to Canada in 1927 and settled in Larid, Saskatchewan. In 1940 they moved to a fruit farm near Gimsby, Ontario. Here the family was active in the Vineland Mennonite Brethren church.
In 1942 he served as a conscientious objector performing alternative service at Calk River, Ontario and later served as a farm worker. In 1945 he married Margaret Wiebe and they had four daughters. Siegfried and Margret volunteered with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and were assigned to work in post World War II Europe. Their first post was in Holland distributing food and clothing to refugees. In 1947 they were reassigned to work at the refugee house at Gronau, Germany on the Dutch, German boarder. For three years they directed the processing of over 10,000 refugees fleeing from repatriation to the Soviet Union. The refugees hoped to immigrate to Canada but the process was not easy. The Janzens set up a hospital to help people pass the medical requirements to enter Canada. The newspaper Unser Blatt and Der Mennonit were established to help these displaced people build their sense of community and help in the reunification of families. Siegfried and Margret served under C.F. Klassen, European Commissioner for Refugee Aid and Resettlement with MCC.
In 1950 Siegfried and Margaret returned to North America and he attended Tabor College, Kansas. They returned to Ontario where Siegfried worked as a youth worker in the Vineland Mennonite Brethren church between 1952-1954. Here he worked at building closer ties between young people and Mennonite Brethren missionaries working abroad. The family then moved to Nova Scotia where he found work as a stone mason. In September 1985, at the age of 65, he became the pastor of the Petitcodiac Mennonite Church. He was also active in prison chaplaincy. In 2004 he was awarded the Taylor Award by the Correctional Service of Canada and the National Volunteer Association.
Siegfried Janzen died 2 August 2005 in Moncton, New Brunswick.
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- Restitution but not Retaliation! Dialogue. -- 26 p.
- Trilogy of Perception. -- 11p.
- Shortcomings and Errors. -- 11p.
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Also includes documents regarding the starting of a church in the refugee camp.
Walter Quiring was born Jakob Quiring in the Village of Friedensliebe, Ukraine on July 7, 1893. He fled the Soviet Union for Germany in 1921 with his wife, Maria Friesen, and son, Manfred.
He received a PhD from the University of Munich in 1928 and taught at the Schlossschule at Salem on Bodensee from 1927-1934. During that time, he changed his first name to Walter.
From 1934 to 1936, Quiring conducted research on Mennonite colonies in Paraguay and Brazil. Upon his return to Germany, he served as a department leader in the Deutsche Auslandinstitut in Stuttgart.
He was drafted into the German army in 1941 as a translator and journalist and ended the war as a British prisoner. In 1950, he emigrated to Canada. There he edited various German language publications, including "Mennonitische Welt" (1950-1953) and "Der Bote" (1955-1963).
From 1963 to 1965, he served as Professor of German and Slavic languages at United College, Winnepeg.
Quiring's publications include: "Deutsche erschliessen den Chaco" (1936), "Russlanddeutsche suchen eine Heimat" (1938), "Im Schweisse deines Angesichts" (1953), "Mennonites in Canada" (1961), and "Als ihre Zeit erfuellt war" (1964).
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accession number 2010-068. In 2010 CMBC student Jillayne Neufeld wrote a paper for history professor Adolf Ens about the church in New Brunswick that Janzen pastored. This letter was written to Neufeld. A copy of the research paper was not included.
Siegfried Janzen (1920-2005) was born to Jacob K. Janzen and Martha Schmidt in the Russian Mennonite village of Orloff, Zagradowka. His parents were house parents for the Bethania Mental Hospital 1912-1920 in Alt-Kronsweide, Chortitza Colony. The family immigrated to Canada in 1927 and settled in Larid, Saskatchewan. In 1940 they moved to a fruit farm near Gimsby, Ontario. Here the family was active in the Vineland Mennonite Brethren church.
In 1942 he served as a conscientious objector performing alternative service at Calk River, Ontario and later served as a farm worker. In 1945 he married Margaret Wiebe and they had four daughters. Siegfried and Margret volunteered with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and were assigned to work in post World War II Europe. Their first post was in Holland distributing food and clothing to refugees. In 1947 they were reassigned to work at the refugee house at Gronau, Germany on the Dutch, German boarder. For three years they directed the processing of over 10,000 refugees fleeing from repatriation to the Soviet Union. The refugees hoped to immigrate to Canada but the process was not easy. The Janzens set up a hospital to help people pass the medical requirements to enter Canada. The newspaper Unser Blatt and Der Mennonit were established to help these displaced people build their sense of community and help in the reunification of families. Siegfried and Margret served under C.F. Klassen, European Commissioner for Refugee Aid and Resettlement with MCC.
In 1950 Siegfried and Margaret returned to North America and he attended Tabor College, Kansas. They returned to Ontario where Siegfried worked as a youth worker in the Vineland Mennonite Brethren church between 1952-1954. Here he worked at building closer ties between young people and Mennonite Brethren missionaries working abroad. The family then moved to Nova Scotia where he found work as a stone mason. In September 1985, at the age of 65, he became the pastor of the Petitcodiac Mennonite Church. He was also active in prison chaplaincy. In 2004 he was awarded the Taylor Award by the Correctional Service of Canada and the National Volunteer Association.
Siegfried Janzen died 2 August 2005 in Moncton, New Brunswick.
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Siegfried Janzen (1920-2005) was born to Jacob K. Janzen and Martha Schmidt in the Russian Mennonite village of Orloff, Zagradowka. His parents were house parents for the Bethania Mental Hospital 1912-1920 in Alt-Kronsweide, Chortitza Colony. The family immigrated to Canada in 1927 and settled in Larid, Saskatchewan. In 1940 they moved to a fruit farm near Gimsby, Ontario. Here the family was active in the Vineland Mennonite Brethren church.
In 1942 he served as a conscientious objector performing alternative service at Calk River, Ontario and later served as a farm worker. In 1945 he married Margaret Wiebe and they had four daughters. Siegfried and Margret volunteered with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and were assigned to work in post World War II Europe. Their first post was in Holland distributing food and clothing to refugees. In 1947 they were reassigned to work at the refugee house at Gronau, Germany on the Dutch, German boarder. For three years they directed the processing of over 10,000 refugees fleeing from repatriation to the Soviet Union. The refugees hoped to immigrate to Canada but the process was not easy. The Janzens set up a hospital to help people pass the medical requirements to enter Canada. The newspaper Unser Blatt and Der Mennonit were established to help these displaced people build their sense of community and help in the reunification of families. Siegfried and Margret served under C.F. Klassen, European Commissioner for Refugee Aid and Resettlement with MCC.
In 1950 Siegfried and Margaret returned to North America and he attended Tabor College, Kansas. They returned to Ontario where Siegfried worked as a youth worker in the Vineland Mennonite Brethren church between 1952-1954. Here he worked at building closer ties between young people and Mennonite Brethren missionaries working abroad. The family then moved to Nova Scotia where he found work as a stone mason. In September 1985, at the age of 65, he became the pastor of the Petitcodiac Mennonite Church. He was also active in prison chaplaincy. In 2004 he was awarded the Taylor Award by the Correctional Service of Canada and the National Volunteer Association.
Siegfried Janzen died 2 August 2005 in Moncton, New Brunswick.
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This photo is of the sign "Gronau (westf.)" at the train station in Gronau, West Germany.
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This photo is of a city street with buildings on either side. A woman walks along the left side walk and a jeep is parked on the right. Trees in the foreground have been topped and new growth is starting.
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This photo is of a large 2 story building with large trees on either side. A front lawn can also be seen.
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This photo is of the staff at the villa in Gronau standing in front of the building. The MCC sign can be seen. L-r: Lois Yake, Siegfried Janzen, Margaret Janzen.
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This photo is of a badly damaged two storey building that has been bombed. A flowering [lilac?] hedge is in the foreground.
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This photo is of a group of very badly damaged building due to bombing in the Germany city of Munster [Muenster]. A woman rides a bike on the street in front of the buildings.
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This photo is of the black MCC [Mennonite Central Committee] car parked in front of a badly damaged building in the German city of Munster.
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This photo is of the ruins of Hamburg, Germany. Ruble is everywhere a few buildings standing can be see in the background.
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This photo is of an air raid shelter in Hamburg, Germany. It is a ca. 5 storey cement building.
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This photo is of people on a street. Buildings line the street including a church with steeple in the background. On the right is a building being rebuilt in Munster, Germany.
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This photo is of the munster dome. The spire of St. Lamberti church houses 3 cages that were used to house the remains of Anabaptists that took over the city during the Reformation spire of St. Lamberti Church. Just below the cages is a clock.
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This photo is of the transit camp known as Schuetzenhof. The top floor of a building with a [hip roof?] is lined with rows of beds used to house refugees.
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This photo is of three men sitting behind desks in the administration office where refugees received help.
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This photo is of 3 people working in the central kitchen preparing food for the refugees affected by the second world war, some of whom fled to Germany. Head cook is Mrs. Brown who is making zweiback.
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This photo is of the larder (pantry) showing the bread rations the camp (refugee camp) had. The bread was delivered by the British army. Bottom shelf is raisin bread for special occasions.
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This photo is of two men scooping potatoes into a bucket in preparation for a meal.
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This photo is of 6 women of various ages wearing aprons and peeling potatoes at the refugee house in Gronau Germany.
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This photo is of nine women of various ages sitting outside. They are wearing aprons and peeling a large pile of potatoes at their feet. This is for a meal at the refugee house in Gronau, Germany run by MCC.
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This photo is of a women wearing an apron standing at the entrance to the camp at Epe. She is the cook at this refugee camp.
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This photo is of four people standing in a kitchen around a large amount of dates.
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This photo is of Mrs. Thiessen working in a kitchen and passing food to a person through a window.
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This photo is of two men standing out side a garage talking. To the side is a pile of coal. Left to right is Jacob Dyck (Russian Mennonite) and Mr. Brubacher (Polish Mennonite)
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This photo is of 3 men working on a car. These men are mechanics working in a garage built after the refugee camp was established.
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This photo is of 5 women standing outside with baby carriages. The woman in the middle is Hedwig Nacht a Swiss Mennonite.
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This photo is of 4 baby carriages outside in a park setting. Three women are standing facing two men.
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This photo is of 9 infants from the refugee camp nursery outside with three care givers.
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This photo is of boys sitting around a long table and 4 adults standing in the back. Behind them are bunk beds. Standing on right is Irene Bishop from Pennsylvania (in charge) and the only man is Dr. Peter Mierau.
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This photo is of boys sitting at a table and on the other side is a row of bunk beds at the refugee camp in Gronau, Germany.
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This photo is of Irene Bishop, who worked at the refugee camp in Gronau, Germany talking to a boy. Bunk beds are in the background.
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This photo is of three boys sitting at a table. The boy in the centre is holding a can of "Food for Relief". At the refugee camp proper nutrition was important to keep people from getting sick from diseases such as T.B. (Tuberculosis)
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This photo is of 11 children posing for a photo outside with two Dutch nurses taking them to a Tuberculosis (T.B.) sanatorium somewhere else in Germany. The Dutch nurses are Sijtje DeGroot (left) and Ada Noord.
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This photo is of children and a few adults outside getting ready to get into a large car.
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This photo is of a large group of elderly people, mainly women, who are refugees at the camp in Gronau, Germany.
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This photo is of two elderly women doing some handiwork inside the seniors area at the refugee camp in Gronau, Germany.
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This photo is of 6 women sitting around a table outside peeling potatoes.
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This photo is of two men dressed in suites visiting the people at the senior citizens home at the refugee camp. On the right is the Dutch minister Hielkema with house father Heinrich Reimer.
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This photo is of 4 women in the attic of the refugee camp villa in Gronau, Germany sorting used clothing for the refugees. Standing, holding a small white garment and wearing glasses is Margaret Janzen.
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This photo is of Mrs. Ediger (on right), Margaret Janzen's assistant helping with the clothing distribution. A girl is getting a new sweater.
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This photo is of two refugee girls standing on the steps to a building holding clothing.
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This photo is of a thanksgiving display using MCC (Mennonite Central Committee) products.
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This photo is of people gathered in the MCC run refugee camp at Gronau, Germany for a thanksgiving service. The photo shows the back of people and to the side is the thanksgiving display.
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This photo is of a large group of people posing for a photo outside. These people are part of the choir at the refugee camp. The choir is lead by Jacob Dyck, centre in second row from front.
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This photo is of young adults that comprise a choir at the refugee camp in Gronau, Germany. Mr. Wiens is the director sitting in the middle front row.
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This photo is of Martha Thiessen (on left) standing outside with her girls choir posing for a photo. Martha Thiessen is from Clearbook, BC and worked at the refugee camp as nursing supervisor for one year.
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This photo is of a women sitting on the grass with 6 girls for a Sunday school class at the refugee camp in Gronau, Germany.
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This photo is of 6 children sitting on a blanket posing for a photo. They are outside for a Sunday school class. Some of the girls are holding flowers.
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This photo is of 8 boys sitting on a blanket with teacher Miss Schroeder for a Sunday School class at the refugee camp in Gronau, Germany.
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This photo is of a large group of people of all ages sitting on benches for a afternoon concert in refugee camp Epe, Germany.
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This photo is of two boys on a make-shift stage with a brown cloth as a backdrop. People in the audience are in the foreground.
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This photo is of a young woman playing the guitar and singing and younger children standing around her also singing. They are standing on a stage entertaining a larger group of people.
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This photo is of a young girl in a dress standing on a stage. A boy on the side looks on. She is performing for a Sunday afternoon program at the refugee camp run by MCC in Germany.
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This photo is of 3 people standing outside around a table packing Bibles from the American Bible Society to give out to people passing through the camp. Bible distribution.
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This photo is of a boy sitting in a unique wheelchair outside on a gravel road, beside a building. The boy (Warkentin is his last name) had polio which took away the use of his legs.
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This photo is of Mr. Wall (Dr. Wall) speaking to a group of adults outside. He is wearing a dark suite and white shirt.
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This photo is of Dr. Wall and his wife fitting two seniors with glasses received from the United States. A small group of seniors is watching in the background.
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This photo is of Heinrich Hamm (on right), office manager at one of the refugee camps in Germany run by MCC, greeting Jacob Letkemann and another former prisoners of war (POWs) on May 2, 1948.
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This photo is of 8 young men sitting around a table. These men were recently released from the prisoners of war camp. They are now in the MCC refugee house but do not know where their families are.
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This is a photo of a large 3 story house that served as the hospital at the refugee camp in Germany. On the right side was the solarium and on the left side was the X-ray room.
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This photo is of 4 young men standing in a door way. They are doing repairs on the refugee hospital in [Gronau?], Germany. These men are former POWs (prisoners of war)
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This photo is of a woman in a white lab coat bending over and looking into a microscope. Two other people in white coats are in the background. Ms. Spruebille, a German refugee from the east, who built the hospital laboratory into one of the best in the area.
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This photo is of nurse Madeleine Lehman giving a man a needle in the arm in the refugee hospital in [Gronau?] Germany run by MCC.
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This photo is of Jacob Regehr working the hospital laboratory. He is sitting at a desk holding a test tube.
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This photo is three people in white lab coats sitting at a table using microscopes. The man with his back to the camera and the woman are university students doing graduation work at the refugee camp in Gronau, Germany. The man whose face can be seen is Jacob Regehr.
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This photo is of two nurses who work at the Gronau refugee hospital in their uniforms. Martha Thiessen is looking down and Sijtje DeGroot is looking to the side.
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This photo is of two nurses who worked at the Gronau, Germany refugee hospital after WWII posing for a photo. Right side is Ada Noord, left is Sijtje DeGroot.
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This photo is of Dr. Heber, his wife and two young children standing on the steps of a building. Dr. Heber was the doctor at the refugee hospital in Gronau, Germany, post WWII
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This photo is of a nurse Lottie and Rev. John Penner of the Holdemann church in North America posing for a photo around the location of the Gronau refugee camp.
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This photo is of Cornelius F. Klassen [C.F. Klassen] standing on the street curb next to a car holding a [camera?]. Klassen was the director of the refugee and resettlement service of the Mennonite Central Committee in Europe.
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This photo is of Elma Esau who worked with United States immigration. She came from Kansas to work at the refugee camp.
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This photo is of Omar Lantz, originally from Pennsylvania who was the refugee camp manager in Gronau, Germany. He is standing on the street with his arms folded. He is wearing a red plaid shirt.
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This photo is of 16 men and women posing for a photo. These people are the office staff that ran the Gronau refugee camp.
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This photo is of 5 women standing outside posing for a photo. L-r Ruth Frey, Medelein Lehmen, Elma Esau, Alice Rickert, Lois Yake.
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This photo is of Ruth Frey standing behind a gestetner (copier). On one occasion Frey did 48 copies of a 50 page ship manifesto on this machine.
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This photo is of two young women sitting in the grass posing for a photo. Left is Cornelia Lehn and on the right in Ruth Frey.
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This photo is of Mr. Lamar standing on the street next to a black car. Mr. Lamar worked for the Canadian department of Labour.
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This photo is of 4 men standing on the grass posing for a photo known. This group was known as the Canadian immigration team. L-r: Dr. Sodowski, Jimmy Miller (visa officer), Mr. Morley (IRO -[International Relief Organization?]), Colonel Blye (security officer).
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This photo is of Jimmy Miller sitting behind a desk at the Gronau refugee camp in Germany. Miller was the visa officer with Canadian immigration.
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This photo is of two men sitting at the Gronau refugee camp switchboard. Two trunk lines came into the camp.
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This photo is of Anni Ediger looking into a large wooden box containing a card file index of refugees in West Germany.
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This photo is of Elma Esau sitting behind a desk interviewing a man and a woman (refugees) in an office.
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This photo is of Anni Ediger sitting behind a type writer filling out forms for two elderly women refugees.
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This photo is of Mrs. Brown sitting behind a desk and type writer. She worked in the MCC office in Paraguay. She went to Paraguay because of TB (tuberculosis) in her family.
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This photo is of Mr. Pisch, a Polish Mennonite refugee, marking x-ray plates.
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This photo is of 3 people in a small room that served as the photography lab. The woman is developing some photographs. Mr. Miller and his daughter looked after passport photos for the refugees at the Gronau refugee camp.
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This photo is of 5 men sitting around a table preparing passport photos at the refugee camp in Gronau, Germany.
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This photo is of the Dutch eligibility officer, Pieter Ramaar, sitting behind a desk interviewing an elderly woman.
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This photo is of Lois Yake, office staff at the refugee camp in Gronau, Germany sitting behind a desk showing some work to a man who is standing beside her.
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This photo is of Lois Yake standing beside Mr. Morley who is sitting at a table affixing stamps on travel documents. Mr. Morley is representing Canadian Immigration.
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This photo is of John Knowles, Canadian visa officer sitting behind a desk interviewing a woman and young man.
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This photo is of Dr. Robertson, a radiologist standing beside a car on the sidewalk. Other men are standing on the side walk closer to the buildings near the refugee camp and hospital in Gronau, Germany.
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This photo is of Dr. Robertson looking at a chest x-ray of a person who has TB (Tuberculosis) at the refugee camp and hospital in Gronau, Germany.
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This photo is of a woman in a nurses uniform sitting at a typewriter. She is Martha Thiessen who worked at interpreting for the medical officer at the hospital in the refugee camp at Gronau, Germany.
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This photo is of Dr. Jeffs examining the eyes of a middle aged woman.
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This photo is of 5 young men standing at a train station posing for a photo. These men are former prisoners of war (POWs).
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This photo is of three women walking in an open air train station. On the side is a steam engine and other people in the background.
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This photo is of a older woman with her adult son posing for a photo at the train station in Germany.
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This photo is of 3 women in the foreground at the train car. Mother and 3 daughters, centre one stayed behind.
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This photo is of two older men, dressed in Sunday clothing, sitting on a bench at the refugee camp in Gronau, Germany.
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This photo is of 4 older men dressed in good clothing sitting on a bench.
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This photo is of two young girls dressed in white dresses posing for a picture beside a wooden fence. People sitting on a bench are in the background.
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This photo is of three people on a train shaking hands with others saying good bye.
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This photo is of the train station at Gronau, West Germany. Tracks, train, and station buildings can be seen.
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This photo is of Mrs. Kaethler. She is dressed in black and has a tag attached to her clothing which is being inspected by a man.
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This photo is of a portion of a large ship tied up at the dock with the name Volendam on the side.
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This photo is of C.F. Klassen [Cornelius F. Klassen] walking along side the pier. To the side is a large ship headed for South America, the [Volendam?].
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This photo is of [C.F. Klassen's parents and siblings?] posing for a photo. A man and a woman stand in the back and an elderly couple sit in the front.
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This photo is of the grave and white cross grave marker for Johann D. Penner who is buried at the refugee camp cemetery in Gronau, Germany.