Author: Harvey L. Dyck
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780968346228
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Mennonites in the Soviet Inferno
Author: Harvey L. Dyck
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780968346228
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780968346228
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Path of Thorns
Author: Jacob J. Neufeld
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 144266441X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Under Bolshevik and Nazi rule, nearly one-third of all Soviet Mennonites – including more than half of all adult men – perished, while a large number were exiled to the east and the north by the Soviet secret police (NKVD). Others fled westward on long treks, seeking refuge in Germany during the Second World War. However, at war’s end, the majority of the USSR refugees living in Germany were sent to the Soviet Gulag, where many died. Paths of Thorns is the story of Jacob Abramovich Neufeld (1895–1960), a prominent Soviet Mennonite leader and writer, as well as one of these Mennonites sent to the Gulag. Consisting of three parts – a Gulag memoir, a memoir-history, and a long letter from Neufeld to his wife – this volume mirrors the life and suffering of Neufeld’s generation of Soviet Mennonites. In the words of editor and translator Harvey L. Dyck, “Neufeld’s writings elevate a simple story of terror and survival into a remarkable chronicle and analysis of the cataclysm that swept away his small but significant ethno-religious community.”
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 144266441X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Under Bolshevik and Nazi rule, nearly one-third of all Soviet Mennonites – including more than half of all adult men – perished, while a large number were exiled to the east and the north by the Soviet secret police (NKVD). Others fled westward on long treks, seeking refuge in Germany during the Second World War. However, at war’s end, the majority of the USSR refugees living in Germany were sent to the Soviet Gulag, where many died. Paths of Thorns is the story of Jacob Abramovich Neufeld (1895–1960), a prominent Soviet Mennonite leader and writer, as well as one of these Mennonites sent to the Gulag. Consisting of three parts – a Gulag memoir, a memoir-history, and a long letter from Neufeld to his wife – this volume mirrors the life and suffering of Neufeld’s generation of Soviet Mennonites. In the words of editor and translator Harvey L. Dyck, “Neufeld’s writings elevate a simple story of terror and survival into a remarkable chronicle and analysis of the cataclysm that swept away his small but significant ethno-religious community.”
Hierschau
Author: Helmut Huebert
Publisher: Kindred Productions
ISBN: 9780920643013
Category : Hierschau, Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Contains history and discription of Hierschau (or Girshau, aka Primernoe), Tavrida, Russia; now Vladivka, Chernihivka, Zaporiz︠h︡z︠h︡i︠a︡, Ukraine. Hierschau was part of a group of villages collectively known as the Molotschna Colony.
Publisher: Kindred Productions
ISBN: 9780920643013
Category : Hierschau, Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Contains history and discription of Hierschau (or Girshau, aka Primernoe), Tavrida, Russia; now Vladivka, Chernihivka, Zaporiz︠h︡z︠h︡i︠a︡, Ukraine. Hierschau was part of a group of villages collectively known as the Molotschna Colony.
Mennonites in the World War
Author: Jonas Smucker Hartzler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conscientious objectors
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conscientious objectors
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Red Quarter Moon
Author: Anne Konrad
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442694173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Anne Konrad's Red Quarter Moon is the gripping account of her search for family members lost and disappeared within the Soviet Union. Konrad's ancestors, Mennonites, had settled the Ukrainian steppes in the late 1790s. An ethno-religious minority, they became special objects of Soviet persecution. Though her parents fled in 1929, many relatives remained in the USSR. Konrad's search for these missing extended family members took place over twenty years and five continents - on muddy roads, lonesome steppes, and in old letters, documents, or secret police archives. Her story emerges as both haunting and inspiring, filled with dramatically different accounts from survivors now scattered across the world. She aligns the voices of her subjects chronologically against the backdrop of Soviet policy, intertwining the historical context of the Terror Years with her own personal quest. Red Quarter Moon is an enthralling journey into the past that offers a unique look at the lives of ordinary families and individuals in the USSR.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442694173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Anne Konrad's Red Quarter Moon is the gripping account of her search for family members lost and disappeared within the Soviet Union. Konrad's ancestors, Mennonites, had settled the Ukrainian steppes in the late 1790s. An ethno-religious minority, they became special objects of Soviet persecution. Though her parents fled in 1929, many relatives remained in the USSR. Konrad's search for these missing extended family members took place over twenty years and five continents - on muddy roads, lonesome steppes, and in old letters, documents, or secret police archives. Her story emerges as both haunting and inspiring, filled with dramatically different accounts from survivors now scattered across the world. She aligns the voices of her subjects chronologically against the backdrop of Soviet policy, intertwining the historical context of the Terror Years with her own personal quest. Red Quarter Moon is an enthralling journey into the past that offers a unique look at the lives of ordinary families and individuals in the USSR.
History and Theology of the Mennonites of Prussia/Poland and the Former Soviet Union
Author: Institute of Mennonite Studies (Elkhart, Ind.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mennonites
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mennonites
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Fate of Mennonites in the Soviet Ukraine and the Crimea on the Eve of the "Second Revolution" (1927-1929)
Author: Colin Peter Neufeldt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Collectivization of agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Collectivization of agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
European Mennonites and the Holocaust
Author: Mark Jantzen
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487525540
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
European Mennonites and the Holocaust is one of the first books to examine Mennonite involvement in the Holocaust, sometimes as rescuers but more often as killers, accomplices, beneficiaries, and bystanders.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487525540
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
European Mennonites and the Holocaust is one of the first books to examine Mennonite involvement in the Holocaust, sometimes as rescuers but more often as killers, accomplices, beneficiaries, and bystanders.
Russians, North Americans, and Telugus
Author: Peter Penner
Publisher: Kindred Productions
ISBN: 9780921788409
Category : Mennonites
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Publisher: Kindred Productions
ISBN: 9780921788409
Category : Mennonites
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The Girl from
Author: Vanessa Voth
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 152551900X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
In the late 1920s, Stalin was determined to turn Russia into a “Soviet Paradise”. For thousands of Russian Mennonites that meant exorbitant taxes, arrest, forced labour, losing their farms and businesses, and even losing their lives. With their faith in God and little else, Nikolai and Kaethe Penner fled for their lives with their toddler Maria, praying to find a way to leave Russia alive. Later joined by Kaethe’s parents and her brother, the two families set off on a journey that ultimately took them half way around the world. Their faith in God and their love for each other sustained them through the difficult years as they built a community, and a life, from nothing. Years later, young Maria falls in love with Jacob, a persistent young Mennonite boy, despite his lack of faith in God. Together they raise their four children before deciding to immigrate to Canada where a whole new life awaits them. Based on true events as told by the author’s grandmother, The Girl from No. 6 shows us the resilience of families that have lost everything and must start over. It also speaks to the support of an unwavering faith that everything happens for a reason, even when it seems the world is crumbling away around you.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 152551900X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
In the late 1920s, Stalin was determined to turn Russia into a “Soviet Paradise”. For thousands of Russian Mennonites that meant exorbitant taxes, arrest, forced labour, losing their farms and businesses, and even losing their lives. With their faith in God and little else, Nikolai and Kaethe Penner fled for their lives with their toddler Maria, praying to find a way to leave Russia alive. Later joined by Kaethe’s parents and her brother, the two families set off on a journey that ultimately took them half way around the world. Their faith in God and their love for each other sustained them through the difficult years as they built a community, and a life, from nothing. Years later, young Maria falls in love with Jacob, a persistent young Mennonite boy, despite his lack of faith in God. Together they raise their four children before deciding to immigrate to Canada where a whole new life awaits them. Based on true events as told by the author’s grandmother, The Girl from No. 6 shows us the resilience of families that have lost everything and must start over. It also speaks to the support of an unwavering faith that everything happens for a reason, even when it seems the world is crumbling away around you.