Veranika – Family Recipe from Molotchna Colony
Oh! I love the results of this “recipe”. I was always very excited when my mother would make these little …
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Research
One of the issues I’ve had in learning my dad’s story is knowing what path the wagon train took from …
Chapter 1 Part 6
It frustrated Isaak that there was no rhyme or reason to who was considered an enemy of the State and …
Chapter 1 Part 5
Some “policies” of the Stalinist Soviets were exceptionally brutal. People everywhere in the Colony were encouraged by the State to …
Chapter 1 Part 4
When the collectivization was in full force in the early 1930s, a dark period of famine started that continued to …
Chapter 1 Part 3
At the end of the Revolution, around 1922, large groups of Mennonites left the colony for Canada and Mexico, but …
Chapter 1 Part 2
The former majesty and prosperity had disappeared from Gnadenfeld and alone on his walk home, Isaak thought about how he …
Chapter 1 Part 1
Isaak Klassen turned the corner off the center street of Gnadenfeld with a long-legged stride that was moving more slowly that …
Prologue Part 5
Christian found belonging amongst the Mennonites of Prussia. Although a Lutheran, the Mennonites accepted him into their fold and as …
Prologue Part 3
It took thirteen years for Gnadenfeld to finally produce beyond that which they needed to survive on their own. The …
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