Author: Gary Leikam
Publisher: Gary Leikam
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
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This book is the second of a two-volume set, which together, tell the story of die Wolgadeutschen, the Volga Germans, from both a big picture and small picture perspective. The first volume, Unsere Leute (Our People), uses a wide-angle lens to tell the broad, overall story of the Volga German people and their place in history. This volume, Unsere Familien (Our Families), zooms in and narrows the focus to tell the personal family stories of the author's paternal Leikam and Karlin ancestors, and the family stories of two Russian cousins from another branch of the Leikam family, and the closely related Weilert family. These four interwoven families lived closely together in Katharinenstadt on the banks of the Volga, for over a century, until the 1870s, when changing economic and political conditions led many to seek a fresh start in the New World. Their histories took widely divergent paths from this point. The author's ancestors were among the waves of Volga German immigrants who left Russia in the late 1870s, to establish new settlements on the virgin prairies in northwest Kansas; survived the severe economic hardships of the Great Depression/Dust Bowl era; fought against their primordial fatherland in two world wars; and eventually assimilated into the fabric of modern American culture. His Russian cousins’ ancestors remained in Russia. Their family stories are both poignant tales, filled with drama and tragedy, that play out during the terrible decades of the Communist Revolution, the Russian Civil War, the Great Famine, collectivization, Stalin’s reign of terror, and the deportation after the Nazi invasion of Russia in 1941. But both are also positive stories of the survival of human decency and goodness in the midst of profound evil. This book is a must for anyone related to or interested in these families. The comparison and contrast of the parallel histories of these four closely related families also makes it a great addition to the library of anyone interested in the history of the Volga Germans in general.
Author: Gary Leikam
Publisher: Gary Leikam
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355
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This book is the first of a two-volume set, which together, tell the epic story of die Wolgadeutschen (the Volga Germans), from both a big picture and small picture perspective. This volume, Unsere Leute (Our People), relates the broad, overall story of the Volga German people and their place in history. It is a compelling saga in its own right, but it also provides the historical backdrop and context for the personal family stories told in the companion volume, Unsere Familien (Our Families). Although each volume can stand on its own, they are designed to complement one another. The story is divided into three parts: Part I: The Volga Colonies – This part covers the migration of a large number of Germans who settled the wild and barren Volga steppes in the 1760s; the hardships they overcame in establishing their colonies; and after a century of rapid growth and prosperity, the changing economic and political conditions that led many to seek a fresh start in the New World. Part II: The American Homeland – This part focuses on the story of the waves of Volga German immigrants who left Russia in the late 1870s, to establish new settlements on the virgin prairies in northwest Kansas; survived the severe economic hardships of the Great Depression/Dust Bowl era; fought against their primordial German fatherland in two world wars; and eventually assimilated into the fabric of modern American culture. Part III: Our Russian Kinfolk – This part follows the fate of the Volga Germans who remained in Russia after their kin departed to America. It details the tragic events that befell them during the Communist Revolution, the Russian Civil War, the Great Famine, collectivization, Stalin's ruthless genocidal purges, and their mass deportation to the Siberian hinterlands following the outbreak of World War II. This is the most important part of the book. The lessons of the Volga Germans' experience are particularly relevant for Americans today, and offer a stark reminder of the dangers of tyranny and the importance of protecting our precious individual liberties. This book is a great read for anyone interested in learning the history and culture of this unique ethnic group, especially those with family ties to the Volga German communities in Ellis County, Kansas.
Author: Fred C. Koch
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271038144
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 389
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Author: Jacob E. Dietz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780914222163
Category : Germans
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Author: Adam Giesinger
Publisher:
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Category : Germans
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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"This book is a documented family history. It traces my Giesinger ancestry from Vorarlberg in Austria, to Söllingen in Baden, to Alsace in France, to the Odessa region in southern Russia, to the United States, and finally to Canada."--Page ix.
Author: Stefan Manz
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131765823X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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This book takes on a global perspective to unravel the complex relationship between Imperial Germany and its diaspora. Around 1900, German-speakers living abroad were tied into global power-political aspirations. They were represented as outposts of a "Greater German Empire" whose ethnic links had to be preserved for their own and the fatherland’s benefits. Did these ideas fall on fertile ground abroad? In the light of extreme social, political, and religious heterogeneity, diaspora construction did not redeem the all-encompassing fantasies of its engineers. But it certainly was at work, as nationalism "went global" in many German ethnic communities. Three thematic areas are taken as examples to illustrate the emergence of globally operating organizations and communication flows: Politics and the navy issue, Protestantism, and German schools abroad as "bulwarks of language preservation." The public negotiation of these issues is explored for localities as diverse as Shanghai, Cape Town, Blumenau in Brazil, Melbourne, Glasgow, the Upper Midwest in the United States, and the Volga Basin in Russia. The mobilisation of ethno-national diasporas is also a feature of modern-day globalization. The theoretical ramifications analysed in the book are as poignant today as they were for the nineteenth century.
Author: Gary Northfield
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536208574
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Julius Zebra is in ancient Egypt on his third madcap adventure. Will he and his friends make it out alive, or will they all end up entombed in a pyramid forever? After being shipwrecked on the shores of Egypt, Julius Zebra can’t believe his luck: he’s been mistaken for a Horse God and given the royal treatment. Preened and pampered, Julius and his friends are treated to a lavish party and ferried down the River Nile. But when hapless antelope Felix accidentally stumbles upon the Tomb of Cleopatra, he steals a gem for his rock collection, unknowingly bringing a pharaoh’s curse down upon the group. With the Egyptians beginning to realize that Julius is not quite what they thought he was, the zebra gladiator and his friends are soon fighting for their lives in a series of hilarious hijinks.
Author: Walther Friesen
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3759770770
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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There are two articles in issue 6, IV-2023 of "Journal of Ethnic Microhistory". The investigative essay "Warning Against Emigration to the Caucasus" by Walther Friesen is based on the article published on 10 May 1860 in Dortmunder Kreisblatt (The Newspaper of Dortmund Dictrict). It outlines the situation of Swabian pietists from Württemberg who came to the South Caucasus at the invitation of Emperor of Russia Alexander I. The author portrays the history of German expatriates on that territory from 1818 to 1941. The critical review "About Those who Went Through All the Hardships with their People (Notes about Soviet German literature)" by Hugo Wormsbecher is devoted to the development of Russia-German literature before 1989. The contribution is written in German and preceded by an English abstract.
Author: Peter Bruhn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 742
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Author: Gary Northfield
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781536430035
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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From a smelly water hole on the African savanna, Julius Zebra is captured, along with Milus the scarred lion and Cornelius the clueless warthog. Transported to the ferocious clamor of the Colosseum, Julius Zebra and his motley menagerie of friends mu
