Heinrich Enns and Sara Enns on horseback. They were siblings of Olga Enns’ father, Gerhard Enns. Heinrich was an evangelist. Perhaps this photo was taken on his travels as an evangelist.

Heinrich Enns, brother to Olga Enns’ father Gerhard Enns is with another man in the forest. Heinrich is probably the one standing behind the other man, to the right of the man holding the horse. This photo could be related to his Alternative Service during WW I, or, his work as an evangelist. Heinrich Enns worked as an evangelist during the chaotic times of the 1920s when preaching was forbidden. Because of this he was hunted down by the Bolsheviks, suffering severely because of this to the point of death. The Mennonites asked the Bolsheviks to finally leave him alone. He was brought to a house where he could die in peace. He died in the late 1920s when Olga’s family was already living in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

"Vor beimarsch der Hitlerjugend vor dem Reichsf. S. S. u. Reichskommission die Festigung des deutschen Volkstums H. Himmler. 31.X.1942.
Vor ihm mit Winkel dem zeichen des 'alten Kümpfers' Chef des pers. Stabes Himmler, Obergruppenf. Wolff. Foto: Alber"
Hitler youth parade for Himmler reinforcing German ethnicity. His personal chief of staff, Wolff, salutes in front of him.

This is a photo of David and wife, Barbara, Hofer watching the threshing in the Molotschna Colony, Russia. This photograph also appears in D. M. Hofer's book, Die Hungersnot in Russland, p. 146. It was taken close to their house in Halbstadt.

Isaak Sawatsky and Anna Dick Gossen Sawatsky (she was married 2 times), paternal step-grandfather and grandmother of Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck. Elfrieda remembers him fondly as a good grandfather.

Jakob Bergen, Elvera (Bergen) Goerz’s father, worked as bookkeeper, buyer and sales clerk at the Blumenort General Store. The store was owned by Gerhard Klassen and managed by Jakob’s brother-in-law, Martin Duerksen. In this photo Jakob Bergen is on a business trip for the store. He stands at the front of the sleigh, holding the horses’ reins and behind him sit two of his colleagues. The sleigh stands in front of a Russian style wooden house with a woman looking out of the window. A man in uniform stands beside the sleigh and salutes. The words on the back of the photo: “Gruss aus Gostovskaya” (Greetings from Gostovskaya) indicate that Jakob Bergen sent it to his family in Blumenort.

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.

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 there is a large building under construction at the right and others that are completed at the left with logs in the foreground.

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 a railway track is at the left and 3 buildings on the right with logs to the right of the tracks.

This is a photo of Jakob Dyck from the Molotschna, left Russia about 1908 and came to the USA thereby escaping great suffering. [HR 116]

Jakob Enns family in an outdoor setting. Jakob was likely a paternal uncle of Olga Enns. Again, the label of the photo is “Cabinet Portrait” indicating the photographer could have been Mennonite or German.