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a note from Harry Loewen, 1992, about B.H. Unruh as a witness at Nuremberg Trials; a photocopy of several pages of Q and A with Unruh at Nuremburg Trials; article “Deklaration” by B. H. Unruh

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

This file consists of the following folders 1) Reports of material aid given to Mennonites in Russia by the Emergency Relief Board in the famine of 1931-1932 An Index of the reports " Benjamin H. Unruh, Berichte" 1929-1940" is included in this file.This index was compiled in 2004, 2005. Complete reports are housed in Bethel College. 2) Relief Board Reports, 1933., Box 241 3) Relief Board Reports , 1934. Box 241 4) Relief Board Reports , 1935-1938 Box 141
*5) Janz, B.B. "Die Gruendung des Verbandes in Alexanderwohl" and Correspondence
Letter from unknown author reporting the condition of the colonies Molotschna, Chortitza, Tokmak, Halbstadt,, Memrik, Arkadark, Ekaterinoslaw, Alt Samara, with regard to famine, culture, organization, religious instruction,

This file consists of the following items:
1) Charter and dissolution, Constitution and mandate. 15 files
2) Correspondence, Letter from P.F. Froese to A Warkentin, 1929 , 3 pages
3) Reports
4) Manuscripts
5) Publications ( Files 1-15 ) Box 240

This file consists of the following items:
1) C.E. Krehbiel, "Notes on My Relief Trip to Russia" 130 pages 1922. Box 240
2) C. E. Krehbiel, Report on Ukrainian Mennonites, 1922, 1923. Box 240
3) Correspondence and Reports from Prieschib District Commitee, Secretary N. Blank, 4 pages; Box 240
4) Halbstadt Statistics. Box 240
5) C.E. Krehbiel Diaries 1921-1923 Details of the child feeding proram and clothing distribution in Molotschna. (2 folders). Box 240
6) H. B. Janz report to the Central Committee of AMR Box 240
7) Summary of AMR Monthly Reports 1923-1925; Letter from Johann Bueckert to AMR Director Alvin J. Miller May 1925. This material was typed from Goshen College Historical Archives by MaryAnn Quiring, Box240
8) P.C. Hiebert collection, AMR, Medical village Reports, D.R. Hoeppner, Unpaged, 10cm.
9) P.C.Hiebert Collection, AMR Correspondence 1922-1923, various, 25 cm
10) P.C. Hiebert Collection, AMR Russian Relief Reports, 1920 -1923, various. 10 cm.
11) P.C. Hiebert Collection Memoirs, "The Famous 62" and various excerts., 2 cm.
12) B.B. Janz, Philip Conries, Bericht,1922 " Studienkommission der Mennoniten S. Russlands, 4 pages; Baerg, P. Bericht, 1922, 5p.
13) Unknown author, Letter to Die Mennonitische Hilfsorganisation in Scottdale Pa. USA describing the overview of the extreme need regarding famine, housing, heating, culture, religious instruction, farming, husbandry in the colonies in 1921.

This file consists of: 2 folders Reports and minutes of the Verband der Buerger Hollaendischer Herkunft in der Ukraine, VBHH; ( Union of Citizens of Dutch Heritage in Ukraine) 1922-1927; .Janz, B.B. "Die Gruendung des Verbandes in Alexanderwohl" German, 8 pages. Box 241

• Neufeld, Jacob, Memories of the Former Activities of the the Verband by a Participant in the Union of the Citizens of Dutch Origin in the Ukraine. 65, page. Translation by John B. Toews. 29 pages

4) Union of Citizens of Dutch Lineage: A Matter of Life and Death; Study Commission, Statistics 1923-1928.Box 241
5) Correspondence from B.B Janz to A. A. Friesen and B.H. Unruh in 1922.
6) Letter to the Mennonite Colonization Association of North America Ltd. from B.B. Janz of VBHH regarding details about immigration lists and contracts with the CPR, 1923, 11 pages. German Box 241
6) Jacob Neufeld, "Memories of the Former Activities of the Union by A Participant in the Union of Citizens of Dutch Lineage in Ukraine". 65 pages; translated by Lena Unger, in partial fulfillment of the course Mennonite History, Life and Principles, 1953.
A second translation of this paper by John B. Toews, is included in this file. 31 pages.Box 241

This file consists of the following
1) Franz Friesen " Die Erste Immigranten-Gruppe von Sibirien, Slawgorod Kreis, nach Kanada", 1925, 4 pages; Report of Emigration from Rosental, 1923.
2) E. Janzen , " Unsere Auswanderung nach Canada", 1924. 16 pages
3) Bernhard B. Wiens, " Unsere Auswanderung nach Canada" 1924. 11 pages
4) Janz, B.B., Soldaten und Kassenpaaengiere, 1923, 5 Pages, B.B. Janz. "Die Soldaten, 1923,
5) H. Bartel, Auf! Nach Canada! 1923, 18 pages, via Minnedosa
6) P.F. Froese , "Usere Bauren in Moskau " 1928, 7 pages. (Taken from Der Bote June 19, 1962
7) Eine Mai-Ferien im Sovietalnde 1924. 9 pages. A group of 5,000 Mennonites was travel-ready to emigrate to Canada. B.B. Janz and B.H. Unruh assisted in making arrangements with CPR.
Terror im Molotschna-Gebiet, 5 pages; B.B. Janz hesitatingly agrees to classify that Mennonite ancestry is Dutch (not German).

This file consists of the following:
1) P.F. Froese essays:"Gruendung des A.M.L.V". The founding of The Allrusischer Mennonitischer Landvirtschaftlicher Verein and discussion of agricultural reconstruction after The Revolution, 1922-1925. 11 pages. Translation by John B. Toews, 7 pages.
P. F. Froese "Unsere Bauern in Moskau". 7 pages; "A Journey through the Mennonite Villages in Siberia", 1924, English,13 pages
P. F. Froese "Wie entstand der Allrussische Mennonitische Landwirtschaftliche Verein?" German, 10 pages.
P. F. Froese "Die Leiden von Froese und Reimer: Begegnungen, Zusammenarbeit, und engere Bekannschaft, German, 17 pages.
2) Correspondence between the AMLV executive and Russian agents regarding crop failure and additional spaces for emigration. Catastrophic condition of Mennonite farmers in the colonies is described in the literature.
3) Periodical "Der Praktische Landwirt" the Organ of the A.M.L.V., editor Peter F. Froese. May 1925 to December 1926.
4) F.F. Isaac Papers, Minutes and Correspondence relating to the activities of the All-Russian Mennonite Agricultural Union , 1922-1927, An extensive collection of documents 2 cm thick, donated by C.A. DeFehr in 1967. German and Russian.
5) Peter F. Froese Letters to A. Warkentin, Dec. 17, 1929, 5 concerning Deutsche Mennonittenhilfe, 5 pages.

6) B.B. Janz, H.Wiebe, P.F. Froese, C.F. Klassen"Die Reise nach Moskau" discusses famine relief and non-military service for Mennonite men. 1921-1922,11 pages.
A. Miller,"Zweite Reise nach Moskau", 1920, 7 pages.

This file consists of the following items:
1) Die Wehrlosigkeit, Vortrag, gehalten auf der Allgemeinen Mennonitischen Konferenz, Juni 1917, Benjamin Unruh und Gerhard Regehr, 23 pages.
2) Peter Froese book chapter," Liebreiche Erinnerungen an die Mennonitshen Glaubens-Artikels von der Wehrlosigkeit". 38 pages. Published in 1850. He was the Elder of the Mennonite Conference in Orlofferfelde. Box 258
3) Benajmin Unruh, Concerning Nonresistance (A paper presented at the All-Mennonite Conference in Neuhalbstadt, Ukraine, 6-8 June, 1917. 15 pages. Box 261
4) Benjamin Ewert, Wichtige Dokumente betreffs der Wehrfreiheit der Mennonited in Canada. Im Selbstverlage der Canadischen Mennonitengemeinden, 1917. 16 pages
5) Anonymous, "Denkst Du Daran?" German, 9 pages
6) Heinrich H. Friesen, "Der Handreich Gegen Tschernigowka" 1918, Colonists defending their city against Machnov bandits, in Bluemental, Neu Halbstadt, Sparrau, Konteniusfeld
7) Die Gruendung des Verbandes in Alexanderwohl, 1921, no author, German