| The Tread of Pioneers | View shopping basket |
| by Corinna Siebert Ruth |
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| Aganetha Friesen faces the distressing prospect of emigrating from her homeland in South Russia to North America in the 1870s. The Czar has recently rescinded the manifesto that afforded privileges to the Mennonites. Their greatest concern is the new Russification plan in which the Czar repeals their exemption from military service and their freedom to educate their children in their own way. Though Aganetha harbors strong feelings about emigration and yearns for a voice in her community and her church, she like her Mennonite women counterparts, must remain silent. When they arrive in America, she faces austere and hazardous living conditions on the Nebraska prairie; but ironically, it is when she reaches the depths of her despair that an angel of mercy appears to carry Aganetha through her darkest hour. She returns with the elixir, a new wisdom she has gained from the experience, and her life changes completely. Even the dusty dugout takes on a new dimension for Aganetha, and the prairie suddenly glows in all its beauty and its potential for a new life free of oppression. Copyright Pandora Press 2012 | |
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| Henry's Red Sea | View shopping basket |
| by Barbara Smucker |
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| Barbara Smucker relates the dramatic and courageous story of refugees
from Russia. This is a story of suspense-American soldiers, Russian officers,
and a midnight train ride in darkened boxcars. Here is danger, escape, and
deliverance. An actual event that happened in Berlin in 1946. | |
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| On the Zwieback Trail: A Russian Mennonite Alphabet of Stories, Recipes and Historic Events | View shopping basket |
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| "What is he doing?" I remember thinking as I stared in the pan on the top of the stove. though my husband had announced that he was making pancakes for s upper, these did not look like any pancakes I had ever seen. But there was my sweetheart, busily pouring liquid-thin batter into the pan and flipping over large crepes. "These are Russian Menonite pancakes." he said happily, proceeding to spread each one with strawberries before rollin it up. Now, nearly two decades after that newlywed memory, here is a Russian Mennonite alphabet--generously flavored with peppernuts, rolkuchen, and verenike, and textured with storeis of faithful witness, significant places and remarkable journeys. In the process of writing, I met by happenstance one individual wheeze parents had been children during the 1920's emigration; upon hearing the project described, this person immediately exclaimed, "A--Anabaptist, B--Borscht!" His reaction is precisely the spirit with which I hope the book is received. This alphabet sketch is both an invitation to enter, and an expression of appreciation for, the deep wells of knowledge carried by so many around us. --Lisa Weaver. Copyright 2011 CMU Press | |
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| Nester Makhno and the Eichenfeld Massacre: A Civil War Tragedy in a Ukrainian Mennonite Village | View shopping basket |
| by Harvey L. Dyck, John R. Staples, & John B. Toews, editors |
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| The nighttime massacre of 136 innocent Mennonites at
Eichenfeld/Dubovka (Novopetrovka) on Oct 26 to 27, 1919, and elsewhere
in the Nikolaipole volost during the years 1918-1920, was one of the
numerous atrocities of the Russian revolution and civil war. The
victims were pacifist men, women and children, neither partisans nor
combatants, but peaceful villagers and visiting evangelists. The
horror and insecurity of the times did not permit the dead of
Eichenfeld to be openly mourned. Unwashed, they were hastily buried in
shallow graves before surviving family members and villagers fled into
nearby Mennonite villages. This volume tells the story of the
massacre. It includes eyewitness accounts and reminiscences by
Mennonites and Ukrainians, as well as an analysis of the origins and
roots of the event and reflections on its legacy. Copyright 2004
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| And When They Shall Ask | View shopping basket |
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Und Wenn Sie Fragen Werden: Ein Doku-Drama der Mennoniten-Erfahrungen in Russland dvd (German), $24.95
Die Geschicht der Mennoniten in Russland von 1788 bis heute wird durch historisches Bildmaterial, nachgestellte Filmszenen sowie durch Interviews mit noch lebenden Zeitzeugen sehr eindrucksvoll und bewegend dargestellt. Viel Themen, die der Film aufwirft, sind in unserer heutigen Zeit genauso aktuell wie damals. Die Frage, wie christliche Werte und Glaubensuberzeugungen in einem sakularen Umfeld uberzeugend gelebt werden konnen, betrifft uns heute genauso, wie die Mennoniten im damaligen Zarenreich und spater in der Sowjetunion.
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| This video is docu-drama about the Russian Mennonite sojourn in Russia from 1788 to the present. The film features re-enactments of historic evens, interviews with witnesses to these events, archival film footage, and culminates with scenes of Mennonite life in the former Soviet Union. Now with 45 minutes of bonus features and the Jake Sawatzky story, Bread from Heaven (English version only). | |
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| Hierschau: An Example of Russian Mennonite Life | View shopping basket |
| by Helmut Huebert |
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| A description of the beginnings of this model village for the Russian Mennonite
colonies. Huebert goes on to trace its life through the First World War. | |
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| History and Mission in Europe: Continuing the Conversation. | View shopping basket |
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| A collection of writings inspired by the many ministries of Walter Sawatsky. Walter Sawatksy is an authority on the Christian church in the former Soviet Union and Europe, a prolific writer in the fields of church history and missiology, and professor of church history and mission at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary. This collection of articles offers a glimpse of the variety of topics that arise around the conversation table of which Walter Sawatsky is part. He converses in the three languages used in this book and is comfortably at home in many countries and contexts in Europe, West and East, new and old. The authors write as representatives of educational institutions, scholarly associations, mission agencies, and churches, but also as friends and colleagues who have been encouraged and inspired by Walter Sawatsky. The collection is an expression of deep appreciation for a person who has contributed faithfully not only at countless conferences and public gatherings but also in many of Europe's hidden places. Copyright 2011 Neufeld Verlag and Institute of Mennonite Studies, distributed by Herald Press | |
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When the River Calls Huge Alan Smith paperback, 262 pages, $12.95
Six years have passed since the Hutterites arrived in South Dakota from the Russian steppes. In that time Hannah's relationship with Paul appears to have deepened-until he abandons the colony, disappearing somewhere up the Missouri River. The deathbed intuition of Paul's aunt pushes Hannah on a quest to find Paul and save him from an unknown danger. Hannah's journey takes her from Split Rock Colony to the farthest reaches of Americ. Will she find Paul in time and find the love she is looking for? Sequel to When Lightning Strikes. Copyright 2004 Herald Press
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Calm Before the Storm by Janice L. Dick paperback, 368 pages, $14.95
South Russia, 1914. The world is war, and revolution threatens.
Against this backdrop of fear and danger, three young people search for
hope and love. Mennonite Katarina Hildebrandt leads a tranquil life
in the beauty of her family's Crimean estate. But change is coming,
and Katarina's faith will be put to the test. Johann Sudermann arrives
at the estate to teach, but finds he has much to learn. His new, true
faith is about to turn his life upside-down. Meanwhile his friend Paul
Gregorovich Tekanin searches for answers in the decadent city of St
Petersburg. Paul soon discovers that the revolutionary movement
demands his soul as well as his wit and strength. Will these young
people find the faith to weather the coming storm? Ages youth to
adult. Copyright 2002.
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The Cost of Passage by Heather Tekavec paperback, 112 pages, $12.95
Fourteen year old Anna knows her family must get out of Russia soon. Anna knows that their only hope of survival is to get to Canada where her friend, Johnny, and all her dreams await. Just when Anna's dreams seem completely unreachable, a drawer of moldy bread and an unusual friendship help her to understand trust and sacrifice. Copyright 2004. Herald Press
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| Lifting the Veil: Mennonite Life in Russia Before the Revolution | View shopping basket |
| by Jacob H. Janzen |
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| Jacob H. Janzen was born in 1878 in the village of Steinbach,
Ukraine, He emerged as a leader in the Mennonite communities in his
roles as teacher, pastor, and author. After surviving terrible
hardships following the First World War and the Bolshevik revolution,
Janzen managed to emigrate to Canada with his family, settling in
Waterloo, Ontario in 1924. There he served the Waterloo-Kitchener
United Mennonite Church as pastor until his death in 1950. Written
originally in German and published in the Canadian Mennonite journal
"Der Bote," Janzen's little book is part confession, part memoir, and
part critique of the life he experienced in the Mennonite colonies in
the Russia of his youth. Available now for the first time in English,
Jacob H Janzen's thoughtful reflections "lift the veil" on a unique
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| Mennonite Estates in Imperial Russia | View shopping basket |
| by Helmut Huebert |
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| Revised and Expanded edition. This book is an index of Mennonite estates in Russia, mainly between the years of 1813 to 1920. Though most of these estates have disappeared with only open fields in view now, this book provides a link to the past for those searching for family roots. All estates mentioned in any source for this time period and in all areas of Russia are mentioned even though some estates were dissolved and replaced by others. These estates were not only prominent in the Mennonite communities but also in the Russian communities participating in the local and regional government affairs. The book is complete with maps of various estates and regions, biographies of a number of Mennonite estate owners and lists of estates, estate owners, managers and teachers in both Imperial Russia and the Crimea. Copyright 2008 Springfield Publishers | |
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