AMR workers travelling through Russia
This is a photo of three men in warm winter clothing, posed beside a car. (Left to right): Mr. Siemens, G. G. Hiebert from California in long, hooded fur coat, Peter H. Unruh from Kansas in fur-collared coat.
Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection
This photograph is of a Russian police officer in the film And When They Shall Ask. The movie was filmed in Winnipeg but depicts a scene from the Soviet Union.
Donogh, Brian (Winnipeg Sun photographer)
Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection
This photograph is of a father, played by Isaac Koop, and his daughter, played by Erica Martens, in a train car leaving Russia in the video And When They Shall Ask. The father is playing a harmonica and the daughter is singing.
Huebner, Mark (photographer)
And When They Shall Ask cover shot
Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection
This photograph is the cover shot for the film And When They Shall Ask. The photo is a close-up of a young Mennonite girl hiding behind the wheel of a wooden cart. The photo depicts a scene from the USSR but was filmed in Manitoba. Playing the role of the girl is Michelle Schritt (now Shattuck).
Nickel, Henry (photographer)
Part of MB Communications Photo Collection - Letters the USSR
Two members of the Soviet army sitting on the bumper of military vehicle. Vol 1192, letter #1158.
Arthur W. Slagel fonds (photograph collection)
This fonds contains 276 photographs taken and received by Arthur W. Slagel during his 3-year assignment with Mennonite Central Committee from 1920-1923. The collection has photos of the relief work in Russia showing various aspects of the work including workers, headquarters, storage, distribution, seeded and distributed crops, transportation, buildings and homes. The photos were taken in locations such as Chortitza, Alexandrosk, Schoenwiese, Rosenthal, Halbstadt, Gnadenfeld, Ohrloff, Nicopol, and Sagradowka. There are images of the 1923 emigration group from Schoenwiese leaving for Canada. There are general scenic photos of the Dnieper rapids, the Kremlin and other sites in Moscow. Some photographs were likely given to Slagel from Mennonite workers in Russia, such as the Solomon Ediger family, the Peter Nikkel family, the Johann Janzen family, the Ohrloff teachers and others. And, finally there are photos of travels taken in England, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Poland, Egypt, Palestine and Syria.
Slagel, Arthur W., 1891-1943
At home of Jacob Epp in the USSR
Part of Heinrich M. Epp fonds
This photo shows The home of Jacob Epp #1(11)8 and other relatives, i.e. sister Anna (d.1944), brother Bernhard, etc. in the Caucasus in the 1930s. Brother Gerhard #1(11)(13) (d.1943), next to the motorcycle, is here on a visit. Walking in foreground are Jacob’s wife Anna/Ani with Leni/Liena. Talking to Gerhard is Hans Tiesz? These relatives had to leave the Caucasus in the early 1940s.
Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection
This photo is of ministers laying their hands on the heads of the baptismal candidates at the Donskoj church.
Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection
This photo is a group shot of baptismal candidates at a Donskoj church baptism. The church leaders stand in the third row.
Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection
This photo is of a baptismal service of the Evangelical Christians-Baptists church in Olshansk. The candidates are dressed in white and are wading into a river.
Chairman of the Soviet Council for Religious Affairs reading a statement
This is a photo of Vladimir A. Kuroedov, chairman of the Council for Religious Affairs of the Soviet Union government Council of ministers, reading a formal statement to World Conference participants. Orthodox church Patriarch Pimen (right, in white headdress), conference host, looks on.
Sawatsky, Walter W., 1945-
Part of MB Communications Photo Collection - Letters the USSR
This photo is of a child outside playing with dandelions. Vol1192, #3864
Choir directors course in the USSR.
Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection
This photo is a group shot of those that attended a choir directors course of the unregistered Evangelical Christians-Baptists church of the USSR.
Christians setting up a meeting tent.
Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection
This photo is of Christians from Kischinew setting up a meeting tent. The Soviet military had dismantled their meeting place several times before this.
Christians setting up a meeting tent.
Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection
This photo is of Christians from Kischinew setting up a meeting tent. The Soviet military had dismantled their meeting place several times before this.