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Anna (Wiens) Rempel, grandmother of Elfrieda

  • CA MAO M2004D 12
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  • 1943

Anna (Wiens) Rempel, grandmother of Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck, was a teacher and principal of a large kindergarten in Halbstadt. Anna’s husband Dietrich was taken away in 1941 with all the other men of the area. They were sent to Siberia where they died of hard labour and starvation. In 1941 to 1943 when the German army occupied the Ukraine, Anna continued her work as principal in the kindergarten. She was a very creative teacher and known for the plays she produced with young children, as illustrated here, where a number of the children are in costume. The children in the front row are in rabbit costumes. Another time she performed a play about the seven dwarfs with the kindergarten children (shown on another photo which Elfrieda also has). Anna also assisted the older students. Elfrieda remembers her grandmother helping her grade 8 class to perform shadow plays.

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The photo of this group of women taken in

  • CA MAO M2004D 11
  • Item
  • 1942

The photo of this group of women taken in Halbstadt in October 1942 includes Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck’s grandmother, Anna (Wiens) Rempel who is sitting in the middle. The family milked this goat because they couldn’t afford a cow. The photo was given to Anna by a person named H. Schirmacher. The other women on the photo are not identified. Perhaps they were kindergarten teachers with Anna. (See photo #12)

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This photo is related to #12 and shows some of

  • CA MAO M2004D 13
  • Item
  • 1939

This photo is related to #12 and shows some of the kindergarten children taught by Anna (Wiens) Rempel, grandmother of Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck, during 1939 and 1940 in Halbstadt. Anna, with white hair, is standing in the back row near the middle.

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Description: Formal photo of four young girls.

  • CA MAO M2004D 9
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  • 1931

Description: Formal photo of four young girls. They are, left to right clockwise: Anna Gossen, aged 6, Lena Kliewer, aged 3, Wanda Kliewer, aged 5 and Elfrieda Gossen (later Dyck) aged 4. Elfrieda’s mother had made the dresses, which Anna and Elfrieda are wearing as well as the shoes. Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck remembers her mother making these shoes.

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A group of young women. Rita's great-aunt, Anna

  • CA MAO M2004R 4
  • Item
  • 1920

A group of young women. Rita's great-aunt, Anna Letkemann sister of her grandmother, Maria (Letkemann) Barkowsky is second from the
right in the front row. As a single woman, Anna Letkemann was sent to Siberia and came to Canada in the 1940s.

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Part of the Fehderau family on the green benches

  • CA MAO M2004F 21
  • Item
  • 1914

Part of the Fehderau family on the green benches behind the house. Left to right: Tina, Liese, Mother of Nicholas J. Fehderau, Jascha, Father of Nicholas J. Fehderau, and Manja.

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Part of the Fehderau family on the back verandah.

  • CA MAO M2004F 22
  • Item
  • 1914

Part of the Fehderau family on the back verandah. From left to right: Mother of Nicholas J. Fehderau, Jascha, Father of Nicholas J. Fehderau, Manja, and Liese.

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