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This file consists of the following:
1) Roy Rempel, "Selbstschuz: The Role of the Mennonite Militia in the Russian Civil War" 17 pages.
2) Letter to John B. Toews asking for additional information on the subject of the Selbstschutz and the Civil War and Revolution in Russia. - (1 file) Box 255

The file consists of the following items:
1) "Meine Lebensbeschreibung"; Chapter 1-5 - (1 file) Box 234
2) "Meine Lebensbeschreibung"; Chapter 6-9 - (1 file) Box 234
3) "Meine Lebensbeschreibung"; Chapter 10-12 - (1 file) Box 234
4) "Meine Lebensbeschreibung"; Chapter 13-14 - (1 file) Box 234

File consists of the following:
1) "He Has Qualified Us: Memories of our parents Henry and Sara Kornelsen", autobiography of Henry Kornelsen, 1890-1974 and Sara Reimer Kornelsen, 1897-2003. Translated into English by daughter Elvira Dueck in 1995.
2) Kornelsen family register beginning in 1858.
3) How Small Events and Happenings Contributed to a Large Mennonite Emigration in 1923 by H.H. Kornelsen, translated by John B. Toews. 12 pages.
-- All documents contained in one file, Box 233

This file consists of the following:
1) Nicholas Fehderau, Aus der Hoehe in die Tiefen: Erinnerungen aus meiner Kindheit und Jugendjahren in Sued Russlaand"; 866 pages. Book 1: 1904-1924 Meine Lebensgeschichte ;
Book 2: 1908-1914, Neu Halbstadt- Mein Heimort;
Book 3: 1914-1917, Der erste Weltkrieg;
Book 4: 1917,1918, Revolution und Beurgerkrieg;
Book 5 & 6: Im Schatten des Todes 1919-1920; Es geht immer tiefer hinab,1921-1922;
Book 7 & 8: Ein schwerer Kampf um's Dasein; 1922-1923;
Book 8: Im Zeichen der Auswanderung, mein letztes Jahr in der alten Heimet, 1923-1924. - (6 files) Box 241

File consists of the following item:
1) "Through the Valley of the Shadow"; biography of Johann Peter Unruh 1894-1987, written by his son Wilfred Unruh in 1957. - (1 file) Box 234

File consists of the following item:
1) Heinrich Heinrich Klassen (1888-1972) autobiography. Special attention is devoted to his life in Russia from 1888-1924. He describes the establishment of the Selbstschutz (self-defense) of Mennonite colonies. - (1 file) Box 233

This file consists of the following:
1) H. H.Goossen letter to B. B. Janz "Einige Erlebnisse unseres Volkes in Sued Russland in den Jahren des ersten Weltkrieges bis zur ersten Auswanderung. Translated into English "A few Experiences of our People in South Russia during the Years of W.W. I and until the Emigration, 1915." 17 pages
2) H.H. Goossen, "Unsere grosse Vaterlandsliebe und Treure zum Kaisertrone erhaelt einen Schlag und wird schwer geprueft"
3) Anonymous, "Selbsterlebtes" 1918-1919, 8 pages (German) - (1 file) Box 255

This file contains the following items:
Responses to questionaires requesting impressions of the Selbstschutz by John B. Toews from the following writers:
A.P. Bergmann, Steinbach, BC ; H. Enns, Winnipeg MB; Franz Funk, Warman, SK; Peter Gerz, Chilliwack, BC; A.P. Hamm, Black Creek, BC; H.H. Kornelsen, Coaldale, AB; Jacob J. Nickel, Langham SK; Julius Neustadter, Saskatoon SK; H.A. Petker, Chilliwack, BC;
J.N. Rempel, Killarney MB:; P.F. Sawatzky, Killarney, MB; P. Schmidt Winnipeg, MB; G.G. Thielman, Atlanta Georgia; G.G. Toews, St. Catharines, ON, interview; N.H. Unruh, Morris, BC; A.J. Willms, Kitchener, ON; G.Willms, Kitchener, ON; J.B. Wiens, Vancouver, BC. Anonymous, "The Selbstschutz Question" - (1 file) Box 255

The file contains the following items:
1) Correspondence between Heinz von Homeyer and G. G. Dueck, October 13, 1963 to August13, 1968.
2) Letter from G.G. Dueck to John B. Toews, Aug. 31, 1968 , originating from Springstein, Manitoba. Envelope included.
3) Funeral announcement of Heinz von Homeyer, 1896-1996. - (1 file) Box 255

File consist of the following:
1) Memoir, "Notes from the last years of Revolution and the years immediately after the Revolution, as we experienced them in Russia" by Jacob John Bartels. Wife Katharina (nee Wiens), 1889-1961.
This memoir is 68 pages.
2) Includes a family register of the Jacob Bartels family
3) Included is a letter to John B Toews from Ross Bartels from Minneapolis, Minnesota. - (1 file) Box 235

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:
1) Anton Sawatsky, "Erinnerungen aus meinem Leben" 28 pages of handwritten memories of experiences in the Selbstschutz. Peter J. Dyck translated this manuscript titled " Selbstschutz or Self Defence or A Black Spot on Our History" 5 typed pages.
2) Anton Sawatsky, "Wer das Schwert Nimmt" in Mennoblatt, Filadelfia May 1, 1958 1 page (in English)
3) "Ein Selbsteschuetzler Erzaelt", a partial manuscript pages 6-20. - (1 file) Box 255

File consists of the following item:
1) Reimer, Adolf A. "How did it happen?" (includes 27 handwritten pages translated by John B. Toews) from Rundschau, Kalender (1930), 38-54). - (1 file) Box 255

This file consists of the following:
1) B.J. Dick manuscript "Nonresistant Mennonites in South Russia from July 1918 to March 1919. 9 pages Translated by John B. Toews
2) B.J. Dick, medic, "Selbstschutz der Wehrlosen Mennoniten". Included is a timeline of events from 1917 to 1920. - (1 file) Box 255

This file contains the following articles:
1) Abram Baerg, Reflections and Recollections on Blumenort, 1919. 11 pages
2) Die Tragoedie von Blumenort, Part 1. Lists of the murdered citizens. 19pages.
3) Harry Dyck, Blumenort; An Episode related at Harry Dyck's Golden Wedding. - (1 file) Box 255