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Mennonite Archives of Ontario Lucy Braun photographs Kitchener (Ontario)
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Lucy Braun photographs

  • CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.293.8
  • Series
  • 1900, [between 1949 and 1969]

This series consists predominantly of photographs of women and men immigrating to Canada from the Soviet Union, along with their relatives who had previously arrived in Canada. The photographs were taken at reunion events. One photograph of pupils of the Wernersdorf school is included.

Braun, Lucy

Soviet Mennonite immigrants at a reunion

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.

Arrivals from the Soviet Union

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.

Gathering of Mennonite immgrants from the Soviet Union

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).