AHSGR

Journal 2010s

Journal, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Spring 2010) On the cover: A photograph of Eduard Janke, a Volhynian German in the Russian army in World War One, seated in the front row center, as prisoner of war in

Austria

. Articles: “My Father’s Story” by Polly Propp Pratt. Honorable Mention (Adult Division) in the 2009 AHSGR Storytelling Contest; “The Migration of Mennonites to Nebraska: 1874” by James R. Griess; “The Janke Family in Volhynia – and what they had to go through in Russia, Poland and Germany (1860 – 1956)” by Jürgen Erich Janke, Ingelbach, Germany, 2009, as presented at the AHSGR 40^th Annual Convention, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, June 15-21, 2009. PB

Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Summer 2010) On the cover: A poster prepared by the White army during the Russian Civil War depicting the slaughter being carried out by Trotsky, Lenin, and the Bolsheviks. Articles: “The Soviet Holocaust” Introduction by James R. Griess; Part I “The Uprising of 1918” by Edmund Imherr, Translated by Joe Gareis; Part II “The Political and Economic Climate of the Stalinist Regime in the 1930s by James R. Griess; Part III “Remembrances of the Displacement of 1930” by E. Sch., Heimatbuch, 1960, edited by James R. Griess, Translated by Cleon Ochsner; Part IV “The Summary Execution of Perceived ‘Enemies of the People’” by James R. Griess; “Unfulfilled Hopes of a Soviet-German Writer: Dominik Hollmann (1899-1990) by Harry Loewen. PB

Journal, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Fall 2010) On the cover: The beautiful sandstone sculpture by Pete Felten that graces the front lawn of the Museum of American Historical Society of Germans from Russia in Lincoln, Nebraska; the Germans from Russia Pioneer Family that represents our emigrant families. This Journal contains six of the presentations given at the 2010 Annual Convention of AHSGR in Lincoln, Nebraska, August 2010. “A Family Reunion in Siberia” by Allen Salzmann; “GO-The AHSGR German Origins Project: An Introduction and Tutorial” by Dick Kraus; “The Germans of the Volga Region-‘Sons of Israel in Egypt’?”; “The Problem of Preservation of National Identity of Ethnic Germans in the Volga Region and in North America and South America” by Dr. Elena V. Ananyan; “Update on Programs and Activities in Argentina” by Isabel Kessler; “The American Historical Society of Germans from Russia: Its Past, Present, and Future” by James R. Griess. PB

Journal, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Winter 2010) On the Cover: A photograph of twelve family members, the family of Joan Breit’s mother, Barbara Basgall Urban, Barbara’s husband is George Urban. Articles: The Winners of the AHSGR Annual Storytelling Contest: First Place Winner, “Those Darn Geese!” by Anne M. Stang; Second Place Winner, “A Story of Survival” by Anne M. Stang; Third Place Winner, “Beten Fur Uns – Pray For Us” by Joan Breit; “It’s All Earth and Sky: A Video Documentary” by Dona B. Reeves-Marquardt and Lewis R. Marquardt; “Celebrate: Faith, Family, Tradition” by Jerry McInnis; “In Father’s Home Village – The Bloody Retaliation in Mariental in April 1921” by Emma Rische, Volk Auf Dem Weg, 2009, English translation by Mervin Weiss; “Germans on the Russian-Chinese Border” by Hans Thierbach, Heimatbuch 1965, English translation by Cleon F. Ochsner; “Genetic Genealogy and Medical Screening of Germans from Russia” by Frank Jacobs; “Inaugural Conference on German Russian Studies” Colorado State University Academic Session June 26, 2009, Conference notes written by Lauren Brantner; “‘It is Like an Open-air Museum on Volga German History:’ About a Trip to the Volga German Villages” (an interview with Alexander Spack.) by Tatjana Schell. PB

Journal, Vol. 34, No. 4 (Winter 2011). On the Cover: Alexander Heckmann’s deputy ID card as representative of the Volga German Republic to the Supreme Soviet. Articles: “A Memorial Essay” by Dr. Viktor Krieger, translated by Alex Herzog; AHSGR Storytelling Winners and Honorable Mentions in Adult Division: 1st Place Winner, “The Story of the Schwarze Post” by Richard R. Hoppe; 2nd Place Winner, “In the Dead of Night” by Sheryl Ernst Purol; 3rd Place Winner “The Farm” by Shannon Bickford; Honorable Mentions: “Grandma’s Shoes” by Shannon Bickford; “Great-Grandpa’s Tears” by Patti Sellenrick; “Siberia: Deportation and Survival” by Anne M. Stang; Youth Division: 1st Place Winner, “”Church, Food, Dress, and Family Traditions: My Great-Great-Grandparents’ Wedding” by Victoria “Bailey” Parrish Penner. PB

Journal, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Spring 2012). On the Cover: Photo of Catherine the Great in her later years. Articles: “AHSGR to Celebrate 250^th Anniversary of the Founding of German Colonies in Russia by James R. Griess; “New Findings about the Immigration to Russia—1766” by Ella Gieg, circa 2008. Translation coordinated by Richard A. Kraus; “My Life as a Soldier” by Conrad Kissler, Translation by Marie Trupp Krieger, June 1994. Originally published in Die Welt Post, February 1932; “Sad Pages of History” by Alexander Spack. Translation by Irina Eccles; “A Genius from the Volga Steppes” by Albert Obholz and Cornelia Schneider Eckert. Translation by Alex Herzog. PB

Journal, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Summer 2012). On the Cover: Photo of a Black Sea farm compound showing German farmers displaying their prize horses for the camera. This Journal is a Special Edition; a joint project of AHSGR and GRHS. This issue is devoted to articles on “The Economic Contributions of the German Russians to the Imperial Russian Economy” taking us from early settlements of some 300 colonies in the 18th and 19th centuries to 3000 villages by 1914, and the profound effect on agricultural production in the Russian Empire, transforming European Russia into Europe’s “breadbasket.” Industrial pursuits were many, nevertheless all ended when the Bolsheviks, in 1917, seized power. Finally we are brought up to date with Russia, once again, courting Western settlers to revive a farming industry that is ailing in some areas. Will history repeat itself, or will the Putin government’s move toward greater centralization be a sufficient reminder that returning to Russia carries with it many uncertainties? PB

Journal, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Fall 2012). On the Cover: Illustration of European Russia in early 1763-1773 taken from The Czar’s Germans by Hattie Plum Williams. Articles: Antonino, Kansas: “A Changing Village on the Plains” by Dr. James N. Leiker; “A New Documentary Film: At Home in Russia, at Home on the Prairie” by Dona Reeves-Marquardt and Lewis R. Marquardt, as presented at the 2012 AHSGR convention in Portland, Oregon; “German-Russian Settlements in Canada” by Anne Stang, as presented at the 2012 AHSGR convention in Portland, Oregon; “Return to Voronzovka, 2010 (Michaelstal)” by Dr. Wilhelm G. Doos, as presented at the 2011 AHSGR convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. PB

Journal, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Winter 2012). On the Cover: Photograph of a view of Ellis Island with immigrants arriving in America in the foreground; early 1900s. Articles: “Lacquer Bowls and Cedar Baskets: Reflections on the Germans from Russia Northwest Frontier Experience” by Richard D. Scheuerman; “Ellis Island: ‘Gateway to America’” by Jean A. Roth; AHSGR Storytelling Winners and Honorable Mentions in Adult Division: 1st Place Winner, “A Long Way from Rosengart” by Rebecca Epp; 2nd Place Winner, “Gottfried’s Charge” by Robert A. Chesney; 3rd Place Winner, “Christmas in Siberia” by Katrin Schell and Tatjana Schell; Honorable Mention, “Moving on UP at the U.P.” by Barbara Jo Guilford; Honorable Mention, “Finding Ida Lichtenwald Hettinger, a Volga German” by Robert Hahn; Honorable Mention, “Seeking His Own: A Story of My German Russian Family in Early Dakota” by Donald C. Schenk. PB