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~ Patricia Dueck

Stories and Observations

Monthly Archives: October 2012

Chapter 1 Part 5

October 21, 2012

Some “policies” of the Stalinist Soviets were exceptionally brutal.  People everywhere in the Colony were encouraged by the State to …

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Chapter 1 Part 4

October 21, 2012

When the collectivization was in full force in the early 1930s, a dark period of famine started that continued to …

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Chapter 1 Part 3

October 15, 2012

At the end of the Revolution, around 1922, large groups of Mennonites left the colony for Canada and Mexico, but …

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Chapter 1 Part 2

October 13, 2012

The former majesty and prosperity had disappeared from Gnadenfeld and alone on his walk home, Isaak thought about how he …

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Chapter 1 Part 1

October 12, 2012

Isaak Klassen turned the corner off the center street of Gnadenfeld with a long-legged stride that was moving more slowly that …

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Interesting Photos

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gnadenfeld home
school
Mennonite made bricks and masonry.
Mennonite made bricks and masonry.
goat
Mennonite bricks today.
Mennonite bricks today.
Photo found at the Mennonite Ministry Center in Halpstadt, Ukraine.
Photo found at the Mennonite Ministry Center in Halpstadt, Ukraine.
Berlin 1945
Berlin 1945

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