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Many months passed since the last time I wrote on this blog. I stalled due to the fact that the …
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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 …
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