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A group of men and women on the steps of the Kitchener Mennonite Brethren Church. These are Mennonites who arrived between 1957 and 1966 from the Soviet Union to be reunited with their families in Ontario. They have gathered for a reunion organized by Elfriede (or Frieda) and Kurt Kaethler. Peter Reimer is in the fourth row, second from right.

Lucy Braun has identified the following: Front row (left to right): Mrs. Johan Klassen, Mrs. Berhart [sic] Rempel, Trudy Peters, unknown, Mrs. Kuhn (seated), Tina [?]. Second row: Lucy Bran (at far left), Katharina (Braul) Braun (fifth from left in the striped hat). Third row: Anjuta Isaak (behind and to the left of Katharina Braun, also in striped hat). Back row (fourth from left): Kurt Kaethler.

Men and women immigrants from the Soviet Union in the 1960s are pictured with other family members who had immigrated previously. This was taken at a reunion event at Kitchener Mennonite Brethren Church.

An informal photograph of families gathered for a reunion. This is an event for 1960s immigrants from the Soviet Union to Canada, and their families. Caption on back, probably by Lucy Braun: "Von unserem Treffen im Herbst, 1969" (from our gathering in Autumn, 1969).

Mennonite immigrants from the Soviet Union gather for a reunion event at Kitchener Mennonite Brethren Church. Lucy Braun and her mother had not yet immigrated, but perhaps her brothers and father are included in this photograph.