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This is a photo published in the Mennonitische Rundschau. It is a copy of a photo taken in 1915 of a group of Russian Mennonite medical corps conscripts posing beside their hospital train. They are in Wirballen in German captivity. The sentences below the picture say," This picture was kindly sent to us by Pastor Firtz Foth, Kaiserslautern, Germany, whose letter appeared on page 7 in the last edition of the "M.R." Who can send us the names of the Mennonite medics on this picture and briefly describe the group's experiences? Editor." Someone has used colored pen to identify two of the men: 2nd from left first row is a Jakob Kroeker, Neukirch, and 3rd from right - the tallest man on the picture - Willms from Tiege.

Used in CM 18-20-1. Robert Bigler, WWII veteran is reunited with his son, Michael, aged 20, a deserter from the US army, at a meeting of anti-war supporters in Ft. Erie on the Canadian side of the Peace Bridge at Buffalo, N.Y

Used in CM 8-33-1. 12 young people (6 men, 6 women) attended the B. of Christian Service orientation in Newton, Ka. The men are in alternative service. See CM for their names & where they served.

Negatives only, 3. Some of the men & women at the "Forstei" Reunion at Camp Assiniboia visiting informally. See CM 16-27-1 & 2001-14.388.

Negatives Only, 4. Paraticipants at the Alternative Service Reunion at Camp Assiniboia (Springstein, Man.) are gathered in front of one end of a building, the dining hall? Related to 2001-14.391. In neg. #9 only 2 people are in front of the building making it more visible.

A group of men during their time of Alternative Service. Jakob Bergen, Elvera’s father is seated, the 3rd from the left. The man seated 1st at the left may by Martin Duerksen, brother-in-law of Jakob Bergen. This is one of four pictures which he sent home to the family while working in Alternative Service during WW I. See M2004Goe # 3, 4, and 5 which are related to Alternative Service.

Jakob Bergen, father of Elvera (Bergen) Goerz, helped build roads and railway tracks during WW I in the Ukraine as Alternative Service. In this photo the buildings under construction are in the distance while forest trees and stumps of trees are visible in the foreground.

This is a photo of the trees planted during WWII by conscientious objectors north of Campbell River, Vancouver Island. In the foreground, with backs to the camera are (left to right): Jake Wiebe of Black Creek, B.C.; Rudy Regehr of CMBC, Winnipeg; and Frank Dyck of Winnipeg.

A group of 27 men assembled in forested area in the wintertime.

Jakob P. Froese, son of Peter K. Froese and Maria (Loeppky) Froese. He is standing in uniform in front of photographer's curtain with column effect. There is a prominent red cross on his left arm, so he must be wearing a Sanitätsdienst uniform.

This photo shows conscientious objectors completing alternative service as beekeepers (apiarist) in Russia.

This photo is of Wilhelm Neufeld and Kornelius Baerg playing music on stringed instruments (guitars?) at an alternative service camp in Forstei, Lindinau.

This photo is of nine conscientious objectors posing for a photo in the Nanaimo Lakes camp. From left to right, Back row, ?, David Newman, ?, Jake Balzer, David Balzer, ?. Front row, is Frank C. Peters, Bill Funston, ?.

This photo is of 11 conscientious objectors posing for a photo with baseball glove and bats. These men were doing alternative service in Blubber Bay, BC in the Second World War. Back row, left to right is ?, ?, Hermann Ratzlaff, Henry Wiens, Henry Stobbe, Frank C. Peters. Front row: left to right, Henry Siebert, Bill Funston, Jake Balzer, ?, David Balzer.

Jacob Funk poses for a photo in his medic garb, sometime before he and Anna Janzen married in 1920.