This photo is of three boys sitting on the sand on the beach on Chortitza Island (Insel Chortitza). The boys are playing in the sand. The sand is unusual in that the grains are angular in shape.

This is a photo of a group of men and women from Schoenwiese sitting in a boat on the shores of the Dnieper River. They were on an outing on the first of May with Arthur Slagel, the American Mennonite Relief Worker. On the photograph are the Thiessens, Miss Hamm and Arthur Slagel. Possibly Mr. Suderman took the picture. See Nos. 665-78 & 665-79 for more details.

This is a photo of a group of men and women on the Island of Chortitza sitting on the banks of the Dnieper River. They were from Schoenwiese on an outing in May with Arthur Slagel the American Mennonite Relief Worker. He describes it as a nice sandy island, not far from the Alexandrowsk shore, which can be seen in the background. (Left to right): Miss Hamm, Mr. Thiessen, Arthur Slagel, Miss Thiessen, Franz Thiessen and Mrs. Thiessen, whom he describes as the erstwhile "belle of Schoenwiese".

This is a photo of a group of men and women on the Island of Chortitza standing on the banks of the Dnieper River. They were from Schoenwiese, on an outing in May with Arthur Slagel, the American Mennonite Relief Worker. (Left to right): Franz Thiessen with his wife, Miss Thiessen, Mr. Thiessen, Miss Hamm, Arthur Slagel.

This photo is of a beach on the Island of Chortitza taken from the water. People can be seen on the beach and large [oak?] trees are in the background.

Gravestone of Jacob Hoeppner who was buried in Insel Chortitza. He was the Mennonite deputy to Russia from Prussia. The gravestone was later moved to Manitoba.

Gravestone of Sara (Dueck) Hoeppner who was buried in Insel Chortiza.

Here is an old homestead in the village on the island Chortitza

This is a photo of a reproduction of the painting by Henry Pauls of their homestead on the island of Chortitza. (His father was Bernhard Pauls (1877-1963). It was formerly the home of deputy Jakob Hoeppner who negotiated with the Russia government. [HR 47]

This is a photo of the Jakob Hoeppner monument in the Chortitza Island. This monument was later removed and set up at the Mennonite Village Museum in Steinbach, Manitoba (HR 106).

This photo is of the "lee" or southern side of the Chortitza Island (Insel Chortitza). This photo is taken from a boat, with water in the foreground and trees in the background.

This is a photo of a Mennonite farmstead on the Kamp on the island of Chortitza (HR 49).

This is a photo of the rugged rocks along the Dnieper River at "Raetal", by the Insel Chortitza. Taken in the summer.

This is a photo of a group of over 20 men and women from Schoenwiese seated on the ground having a picnic. The women are wearing hats. They are on an outing on the Chortitza Island with Arthur Slagel, American Mennonite Relief Worker.

This is a photo of "The Harbor" at the Island of Chortitza. For more than one century this island was the property of our people. [HR 174]