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Selbstschutz founding and collapse by H. Goossen

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

Goossen, Heinrich H., 1880-1968

Henry Kornelsen and Sara Reimer Kornelsen

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

Kornelsen, Heinrich H.,1890-1974

Aron A Warkentin

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

Warkentin, Aron A. [1874- ]

Articles from Friedenstimme, Rundschau

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

Friedensstimme

Heinrich Heinrich Klassen, 1888-1972

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

Klassen, Heinrich Heinrich, 1888-1972

Johann Peter Unruh

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

Unruh, Wilfred J., 1932-

Gerhard Wiens

File consists of the following items:
1) "My Life: the Russian Years, 1900-1919, autobiography of Gerhard Wiens (1900- ). Edited by James Urry and used in his research for his doctoral thesis at Oxford University. 61 pages.
2) Memories of my Trip to Russia in 1914 by Olga Wiens

  • (1 file) Box 235

Wiens, Gerhard 1900-2000

Fehderau, Nicholas J, Estate Life

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

Fehderau, Nicholas J., 1904-1989

Martin Hamm

File consists of the following items:
1) Diary of Martin Hamm, 1869-1919 which ecompasses the years 1908 - 1918. Martin Hamm was murdered by bandits in 1919.
2) Letter by son, Martin Hamm who rescued the manuscript from Russia and rewrote and typed it in 1975.
3) Handdrawn map of Borosenko Colony and some neighbouring villages.

Hamm, Martin M., 1869-1919

Self defense experiences 1919-1959

The file consists of the following items:
1) Anonymous, My Experience: A Selbstschutz Account; 11 pages.
2) Julius Loewen, Seblstschutz Account, 1919-1959; 10 pages.
3) Anonymous, Beifuegung zur Frage Selbtschutz; 2 pages
4) Anonymous, "Denkst Du Daran?" Sanitaestsdienst, (Reflections on Mennonite Pacifism). 9 typed pages
5) J. Janzen "Es wird ernst" Reports on Molotschna and Chortitza 1914-1919, 4 cm typed pages. - (1 file) Box 255
6) Wittenberg, J.W., "Etliche Hauptmomente von dem Mordtag in Altenau in October 1919. 1 page

Loewen, Julius

Jacob John Bartels 1881-1966

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

Bartels, Jacob J., 1881-1966

Nestor Machno by A. Arshenov

This file consists of the following:
1) P. Arskanov, " Die Machno Era" 7 pages.
2) Anonymous, "Bericht aus der Machnowze-Zeit" 7 pages.
3) P. Arskinow, " Geschichte der Machnowschen Bewegung" (1918-1922), 10 pages. 3 files. Box 255

Arshenow, A.

Halbstadt, Self Defense

This file consists of the following article:
1) Anonymous, The Selbstschutz in the Halbstadt Volost (1918-1919). name withheld.; from B.B. Janz Papers. translated by John B. Toews.
2) N.H. Unruh of Morris letter "Recollections, 1969" describes his experience of serving in Halbstadt in the Selbstschutz in 1918. This evaluation of the Selbstschutz movement and of Makhno bands tells of the Selbstschtz's collapse. It is translated by John B. Toews. 4 pages. - (1 file) Box 255

Unruh, N.H.

Walter Burow Selbstschutz diary

This file consists of the following items:
1) Walter Burow, "From the Diary of Walter Burow" translated by Solomon L. Loewen. Found in Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans From Russia. Summer 1986 and Winter 1986.
2) John B Toews handwritten notes on the Burow diary
3) A hand drawn map by Walter Burow showing the locations of the activities described in his diary. - (1 file) Box 255

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