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Mennonite Archives of Ontario Fransen, Nicholas Nicholas, 1879-1922 World War, 1914-1918
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Forestry service men near Petrograd

  • CA MAO 2015-1-91
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  • [between 1915 and 1917]

A group photograph of men in the "forstei" (forestry service), the alternative service program for Russian Mennonite conscientious objectors. Written on back: "N. Fransen (oberste Reihe, der 6th von Rechts) geboren den 1879 in Mariawohl, Sued-Russland. Aufname in Iswar, bei Leningrad, dienste daselbst von 1915-1917." Translation: N. Fransen (top row, 6th from right) born 1879 in Mariawohl, South Russia. Taken in Iswar near Leningrad, served there from 1915-1917.

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