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Gerhard Neufeld family photo

This photo is of the Gerhard Neufeld family. The background of this photo is interesting with its view of the forest. See #6 for a picture of Gerhard when he was younger. On this photo he could be 7 years old. His sister Katja (Katie) stands behind him. Imprinted on the bottom right hand corner of this photo is the date 1904.
In 1924 when Olga Enns was 7 years old, her family emigrated to Canada. But she was not allowed to come to Canada in July with the rest of her family. Her parents asked a different Neufeld family to look after 7 year old Olga and Gerhard Neufeld who by this time was in his late teens and an orphan. Gerhard and Olga arrived in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in September 1924. Gerhard later married a daughter of Bishop (Ältester) Janzen of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Note: The original has been donated (Acc. No. 2010-025).

Grade 7 class, including many Mennonite children

This is a photo of a grade 7 class. The children are attending school in which the language of instruction is naturally Russian and the world view that is being taught is Marxist. The teacher is a Russian lady. Most of the children, but not all, are children of Mennonite parents. The red neckerchief that some of the children are wearing indicates that they are members of the Young- Pioneers (Marxist). [HR 270]

Heinrich Enns and another man standing by a horse.

This photo is of 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.
Note: The original has been donated (Acc. No. 2010-025).

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