American Historical Society of Germans from Russia

May Book Club
2024-05-09 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Zoom
Join us May 9th at 2:00 PM CT to discuss The Odyssey of Escapes from Russia: The Saga of Anna K!
Click here to get your copy of The Odyssey of Escapes from Russia: The Saga of Anna K 25% off!
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Research Saturdays
2024-05-04 09:00 - 16:00, 2024-04-06 09:00 - 16:00, 2024-03-02 09:00 - 16:00 | AHSGR Headquarters, 631 D St., Lincoln, NE, 68502, United States
AHSGR will be open 9am to 4pm on the first Saturday of each month to allow people to conduct research outside of normal museum hours. Appointments are not required but are encouraged, and you can schedule one here!

Treffen Tuesday
2024-04-30 17:30 - 18:30 | NE
A German from Russia Dreams of Karakul Sheep: C. C. Young and His Return to Russia
Richard Sallet, in the foreword to his book, Russian-German Settlements in the United States, notes “two important advances which the American people owe to Russian-German initiative.” The first was Bernhard Warkentin’s introduction of Turkey [Red] wheat on his farm in Kansas. The second was Carl C. Young (Jung)’s, travel “to Russian Turkestan to negotiate the first importation, to his Texas ranch, of Karakul sheep.”
This presentation will provide an overview of Carl Young’s amazing and unusual career. Dr. Charles Christian Young, a Bessarabian German from Neu-Elft imported the first Karakul sheep into the United States and established the breed in North America. His remarkable life story starts with his birth as Karl Jung in Bessarabia, his immigration to the U.S., his training as a medical doctor, his personal friendship with President Theodore Roosevelt, and his return to Russia, where the Tsar’s government assisted his procurement of Karakul sheep from local tribesmen in Central Asia. As a naturalized American citizen, Young traveled widely in Russia, wrote a book describing his travels, and lectured on the Chautauqua Circuit, including a lecture at Carnegie Hall in New York. Selections from his passport application files, articles written by Young in historic newspapers, and documents provided by the Young family will be used to illustrate this story of accomplishment and adventure, which is still largely unknown to the Germans from Russia community.
Allyn Brosz –Bio
Allyn Brosz is a South Dakota native with German-Russian ancestry in Bessarabia and the Glückstal colonies of the Tsarist Empire. He grew up on the farm homesteaded by his great grandfather, Adam Brosz. Allyn holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science, public administration, and public policy, and studied in Germany on a Fulbright grant. He retired from a civilian position at the U.S. Department of Defense in 2021. Allyn is a life member of AHSGR, the Germans from Russia Heritage Society (GRHS), and the Palatines to America Society, and serves on the steering committee of the Glueckstal Colonies Research Association and the GRHS editorial board. He has served on the AHSGR Board of Directors and has represented Germans from Russia societies on the U.S. National Archives committee for Russian American Genealogical Archival Research (RAGAS). He has published research articles and delivered presentations at GRHS and AHSGR conventions over the past 40 years.

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Elements of Writing Workshop: Short-Stories, Poems and One-Act Plays
2024-04-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
In anticipation of the AHSGR 2024 Storytelling Contest, we’re offering a three-day writing workshop to hone your story telling skills or provide inspiration for you next story. This workshop is broken into three parts with each part building on from the last.

Session 1 (April 11): Elements of Writing: Short-Stories, Poems, One-Act Plays – An overview of the types and construction of prose, poems, and one-act plays. Examples will focus on previously published works of cultural or family history, folklore, and oral tradition and give ideas for connecting a story to an appropriate format.
Session 2 (April 18): Developing an Idea into a Written Work – You have an idea, or a family story to tell, now what? This session will explore taking the leap from idea to words on paper.
Session 3 (April 25): Workshopping – The presenters will facilitate a workshopping environment where participants can share their work in a supportive environment and receive constructive feedback from the presenters and fellow participants.

Presenter Biographies:
Meg Arenz has worked on several literary magazines, including Nebraska Wesleyan University’s magazine The Flintlock, where she was the poetry editor from 2022 to 2023, and Columbia College Chicago’s professional magazine Allium, where she is currently a poetry/nonfiction assistant editor. Meg earned a BA in English with a minor in Writing from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 2023 and is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago. Meg writes poetry, prose, and hybrid work, focusing on the genres of creative nonfiction and magical realism.
Paula Ray is a writer, theater artist, and psychologist who writes about the people she knows and the stories that move her. She studied playwriting at the New School in New York City and, since 2015, four of her short plays examining human struggles in contemporary society have been staged in the annual First Flight Play Festivals in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 2020, she created and produced an ensemble theater piece titled Shadows and Light: Untold Stories, based on lived experiences of people with histories at the intersection of trauma, mental health, and the family court system. She is currently completing work on a full-length history play exploring the mass emigration of the Irish during the famine years of the mid-nineteenth century and the associated development of the “placing out programs,” and in 2023 received a GRACA grant award from UNO to provide financial support for time in Ireland to conduct historical research for the play. In addition to playwriting, Paula is a poet and author of the illustrated children’s book, Max and the Listening Tree.
The Zoom link will be sent out on prior to the event

Elements of Writing Workshop: Short-Stories, Poems and One-Act Plays
2024-04-18 19:00 | Zoom
Take a three-day writing workshop to better your story telling skill or gain inspiration for you next story. This workshop is broken into three parts with each part building on from the last.
Session 1 (April 11): Elements of Writing: Short-Stories, Poems, One-Act Plays
An overview of the types and construction of prose, poems, and one-act plays. Examples will focus on previously published works of cultural or family history, folklore, and oral tradition and give ideas for connecting a story to an appropriate format.
Session 2 (April 18): Developing an Idea into a Written Work
You have an idea, or a family story to tell, now what? This session will explore taking the leap from idea to words on paper.
Session 3 (April 25): Workshopping
The presenters will facilitate a workshopping environment where participants can share their work in a supportive environment and receive constructive feedback from the presenters and fellow participants.
Presenter Biographies:
Meg Arenz has worked on several literary magazines, including Nebraska Wesleyan University’s magazine The Flintlock, where she was the poetry editor from 2022 to 2023, and Columbia College Chicago’s professional magazine Allium, where she is currently a poetry/nonfiction assistant editor. Meg earned a BA in English with a minor in Writing from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 2023 and is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago. Meg writes poetry, prose, and hybrid work, focusing on the genres of creative nonfiction and magical realism.
Paula Ray is a writer, theater artist, and psychologist who writes about the people she knows and the stories that move her. She studied playwriting at the New School in New York City and, since 2015, four of her short plays examining human struggles in contemporary society have been staged in the annual First Flight Play Festivals in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 2020, she created and produced an ensemble theater piece titled Shadows and Light: Untold Stories, based on lived experiences of people with histories at the intersection of trauma, mental health, and the family court system. She is currently completing work on a full-length history play exploring the mass emigration of the Irish during the famine years of the mid-nineteenth century and the associated development of the “placing out programs,” and in 2023 received a GRACA grant award from UNO to provide financial support for time in Ireland to conduct historical research for the play. In addition to playwriting, Paula is a poet and author of the illustrated children’s book, Max and the Listening Tree.

The Zoom link will be sent out prior to the event.

Elements of Writing Workshop: Short-Stories, Poems, & One-Act Plays
2024-04-11 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Registration to end Tuesday the 9th at 11pm central.

In anticipation of the AHSGR 2024 Storytelling Contest, we are offering a three-day Elements of Writing Workshop.

April 11th / 7-8pm: An overview of the types and construction of prose, and poems. Examples will focus on previously published works of cultural or family history, folklore, and oral tradition and give ideas for connecting a story to an appropriate format.
April 18th / 7-8pm: You have an idea, or a family story to tell, now what? This session will explore taking the leap from idea to words on paper.
April 25th / 7-8:30pm: The presenters will facilitate a workshopping environment where participants can share their work in a supportive environment and receive constructive feedback from the presenters and fellow participants.

Presenter Biographies:
Meg Arenz has worked on several literary magazines, including Nebraska Wesleyan University’s magazine The Flintlock, where she was the poetry editor from 2022 to 2023, and Columbia College Chicago’s professional magazine Allium, where she is currently a poetry/nonfiction assistant editor. Meg earned a BA in English with a minor in Writing from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 2023 and is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago. Meg writes poetry, prose, and hybrid work, focusing on the genres of creative nonfiction and magical realism.
Paula Ray is a writer, theater artist, and psychologist who writes about the people she knows and the stories that move her. She studied playwriting at the New School in New York City and, since 2015, four of her short plays examining human struggles in contemporary society have been staged in the annual First Flight Play Festivals in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 2020, she created and produced an ensemble theater piece titled Shadows and Light: Untold Stories, based on lived experiences of people with histories at the intersection of trauma, mental health, and the family court system. She is currently completing work on a full-length history play exploring the mass emigration of the Irish during the famine years of the mid-nineteenth century and the associated development of the “placing out programs,” and in 2023 received a GRACA grant award from UNO to provide financial support for time in Ireland to conduct historical research for the play. In addition to playwriting, Paula is a poet and author of the illustrated children’s book, Max and the Listening Tree.
Free for members & $15 for nonmembers

Outside Buildings Open
2024-04-01 | NE

BKDR exhibit: The Religious Life of Russian German
2024-03-28 | NE

Treffen Tuesday
2024-03-26 17:30 - 19:00 | NE
The Murray Method
Treffen Tuesday; March 26, 2024
Marilyn (Reh) Murray
Marilyn will share a background history and an audio-visual explanation of the Murray Method.
This method is described as an effective approach to becoming a Healthy Balanced Person – physically, intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. It is a guideline for living and provides a clear and concise explanation for the consequences of difficult and painful experiences. The Murray Method enables wholeness beyond trauma, abuse, neglect, and addiction.
Since its inception in 1981, the Murray Method has been widely taught and employed internationally, especially in the former USSR. During this time, the main therapeutic emphasis dealt with moving beyond childhood trauma and also addressing present day issues such as relationship problems, addictions, financial difficulties and so forth.
However, with the arrival of the war in Ukraine, the Murray Method now has been effectively utilized by psychologists, therapists, and clergy (who were previously trained in the method) who now are working with war trauma victims. They are using the Murray Method in individual and group sessions held in person, and in online sessions with refugees throughout Ukraine and Europe. Murray Method videos in Ukrainian are also now available with a wide audience.
In response to the great need for more intensive therapy, the Murray Method War Trauma Rehabilitation Center was established in early 2023 and is located in a large, 4-story house on acreage in a suburb of Poltava, Ukraine. A two-week inpatient, intensive therapy program is provided here twice monthly at no cost for 25 war survivors. Approximately 700 women and men have received this special gift thus far.
A high percentage of Ukrainians suffer from PTSD. Almost everyone is grieving the loss of a family member and/or a close friend as a result of the war. Many have lost their homes and their possessions. It is a huge national tragedy, and the results will remain for generations. The Murray Method is helping reduce the long-term effects of this trauma.
The method also is being applied with survivors of the present war in Israel as well as persons impacted by recent school shootings in the States. (More detailed information regarding the Murray Method is available on the website: www.murraymethod.com )
MARILYN (Reh) MURRAY
Recognized internationally as an educator, theorist, author, and psychotherapist, Marilyn was a pioneer in the treatment of trauma, abuse and deprivation, and their correlation with addictions. She began creating and teaching her Murray Method theory and treatment modalities starting in 1983 including the widely used Trauma Egg and Circles of Intimacy. She has taught her method for universities in the US and internationally with students from 40 countries.
From 2002 to 2018, she lived and worked nearly half-time in Russia where she presented her method to over 4,000 health professionals and clergy in the former USSR. She also has been a guest professor at major Russian universities including Moscow State University. There are Murray Method International Centers in Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Her paternal grandparents were born in small villages near Saratov and immigrated to America. Unfortunately, their families who remained in Russia suffered greatly under the Stalinist terror and repression. Marilyn has visited her family villages numerous times and has a special love for this country. She also has cousins in Siberia and other parts of Russia.
She has been a life member of AHSGR since 1998 and has shared her knowledge of Russia at several AHSGR conventions.
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Genealogy Workshop - Helpful genealogical resources in The Archives/Library
2024-03-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
Join us on Zoom to learn about the different resources that are offered in our Library/Archive from Amber Mikkelsen, Archival Research Coordinator. Gain a better understanding of what we have to offer so that you can start your journey of learning about your family’s past. Free for Members and $20 for non-members.

Free to members and $20 to nonmembers; Sign up is required

Treffen Tuesday
2024-02-27 17:30 - 18:30 | NE
Presentation
Marilyn will share updates regarding the Ukraine/Russian war. She has a Murray Method International Center in Ukraine and also one in Russia, so she is in constant contact with her colleagues/friends in both countries. She will share their personal responses regarding the current war crisis.
Photos and videos from her colleagues in Ukraine will be shown.
Biography
Recognized internationally as an educator, theorist, author, and psychotherapist, Marilyn was a pioneer in the treatment of trauma, abuse and deprivation, and their correlation with addictions. She began creating and teaching her Murray Method theory and treatment modalities starting in 1983. She has taught her method for universities in the US and internationally with students from 40 countries.
From 2002 to 2018, she lived and worked nearly half-time in Russia where she presented her method to over 4,000 health professionals and clergy in the former USSR. She also has been a guest professor at major Russian universities including Moscow State University. There are Murray Method International Centers in Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Her paternal grandparents were born in small villages near Saratov and immigrated to America. Unfortunately, their families who remained in Russia suffered greatly under the Stalinist terror and repression. Marilyn has visited her family villages numerous times and has a special love for this country. She also has cousins in Siberia and other parts of Russia.
She has been a life member of AHSGR since 1998 and has shared her knowledge of Russia at several AHSGR conventions.
www.murraymethod.com
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Bockfest
2024-02-24 11:00 - 18:00 | Kinkaider Brewing, 201 N 7th St #108, Lincoln, NE, 68508, United States
Want to enjoy a classic German tradition? Come on down to Bierhaus Maisschaler. There will be beer-poking, games and classic German food! Make sure to bring a warm sweater and your ID.

AHSGR Book Club
2024-02-12 14:00 - 15:00 | NE
Do you wonder what day to day life in Russian Villages? Learn about culture and traditions from the perspective of a young boy. You can compare his immigration story to that of your own ancestors.
Get your copy half-off today!
https://ahsgr.org/…/the-story-of-johann-the-boy-who…/
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZUkf–hqD0vH9HK6v-J7xeTvqn9…

FRÖHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN! GERMAN CHRISTMAS SERVICE
2023-12-10 14:00 - 15:30 | NE
Hosted by FRIEDENS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
540 D STREET
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

FRÖHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN!
GERMAN CHRISTMAS SERVICE
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2023
2:00 PM

JOIN US AT THIS FREE FAMILY EVENT AND CELEBRATE THE CHRISTMAS STORY WITH WORD AND SONG
IN BOTH GERMAN AND ENGLISH!
FELLOWSHIP WILL FOLLOW THE SERVICE WITH
TRADITIONAL GERMAN CHRISTMAS COOKIES!
The service will be live streamed at facebook.com/friedenslincoln

CONTACT THE CHURCH OFFICE AT 402-476-3888 OR EMAIL US AT office@friedens.org FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Holiday Open House and Harp Concert
2023-12-09 13:00 - 15:00 | NE
AHSGR will be hosting a harp concert in the chapel by of the Great Plains Harp Chapter. Learn more about German Russian holiday traditions, enjoy holiday music, cookies, crafts, and light refreshments. The event starts at 1:00 PM and will go to 3:00 PM CST.

AHSGR Book Club-Anna's Red Purse
2023-12-08 14:00 - 15:00 | NE
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAodOCvrz8oEtbyF1mwmHpsjzR-fbqtdu2Y
Buy Anna’s Red Purse: https://ahsgr.org/product/annas-red-purse/

Treffen Tuesday
2023-10-24 17:30 - 18:30 | NE
October – Maggie Hein, “Is This Really My Ancestor?”
Presentation:
Are you using genealogy web sites to research your Germans from Russia ancestors? Is your family tree online? The big genealogy web sites (Ancestry, Family Search, My Heritage) can be wonderful tools for locating records and making connections to your ancestors. They can also offer you misleading, unproven and false information. How do you sort out the good information from the bad? What is unique about Germans from Russia research that results in so little accurate data online?
In this presentation we will talk about how to assess the accuracy of the genealogy data you find online. We will discuss what records the big web sites have and more importantly what records they don’t have. We will talk about the reliability of different types of sources and how to steer clear of unproven data. The goal of this presentation is to give you the information you need to confidently use these web sites and accurately document your family history.
Biography:
Maggie Hein is a volunteer AHSGR Village Coordinator for the Volga German village of Frank. She is one of the administrators of the Volga Germans web site (www.volgagermans.org). Maggie’s genealogy research focuses on Germans who migrated to Russia in 1766 to settle in the lower Volga River region. She has used German church records to document hundreds of the German families who settled in Volga German Villages between 1763 and 1773, identifying previously unknown origin locations for many families. When she isn’t doing genealogy research, she is a tax accountant and co-owner of a CPA firm in the Chicago suburbs.

Introduction to Germans from Russia Genealogy II
2023-10-23 13:00 - 16:00 | AHSGR Headquarters, 631 D St., Lincoln, NE, 68502, United States
Join us October 23, 2023 for a zoom genealogy event!
Cost: Free to members and $20 to nonmembers; Sign up is required
Virtual Only
This workshop will provide an overview on how to start your journey to discover your German Russian roots by showing you how to find your ancestors’ Russian village. Attendees will also have an hour and a half to tour the library and archives, familiarize themselves with what is available onsite and online, and talk to the Archivists and the presenter. Make sure to sign up by October 15, 2023. (Presentation will be filmed and placed on website for members-only access after November 1)

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Preserving Your Family Photos and Archives Workshop (Celebrating Archives Day)
2023-10-21 13:00 - 16:00 | AHSGR Headquarters, 631 D St., Lincoln, NE, 68502, United States
Let’s Celebrate Archives Day! AHSGR’s Archivist Karen Keehr will present a workshop on how to care for, preserve, and organize your family photos, papers, and other items. This is a Virtual Event on Zoom.
Cost: Free for member, $15 for non-members

Registration Now Closed

Neighborhood Oktoberfest
2023-10-14 14:00 - 17:00 | AHSGR Headquarters, 631 D St., Lincoln, NE, 68502, United States
Join AHSGR and it’s partners for a South Bottoms Neighborhood Oktoberfest. Kinkaider Brewing will host a beer garden with some of their best brews on tap (must be 21 to partake) and Group Therapy will offer pedal car shuttles between AHSGR and the Haymarket. Additional activities for all ages will include: music, games, museum tours, a bouncy house, and more. Food and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for a free will donation thanks to our generous donors.

Temporary Exhibit: Beer Steins
2023-10-01 | NE

Treffen Tuesday
2023-09-26 17:30 - 18:30 | NE
September – Dr. Hans-Christian Petersen, “Dr. Karl Stumpp (1896-1962)”
Presentation:
Dr. Hans-Christian Peterson presents a special presentation about Dr. Karl Stumpp (1896-1962). Remembered posthumously as the “patriarch of the Germans from Russia,” Stumpp is perhaps the most influential person of transnational Russia German diaspora activism and belonged to the ‘grand old men’ of the German “Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland”.
Biography:
Hans-Christian Petersen is a research associate at the Federal Institute for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe and a lecturer at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg (Germany). Together with Victor Dönninghaus (Lüneburg) and Jannis Panagiotidis (Vienna), he edited the volume Jenseits der ‘Volksgruppe’. Neue Perspektiven auf die Russlanddeutschen zwischen Russland, Deutschland und Amerika (De Gruyter, 2018). He is working on a critical biography of Karl Stumpp, the “patriarch” of the Russian Germans, and his völkisch legacy. Together with Jannis Panagiotidis (RECET ViennaI he is currently writing a monograph on the history and present of racism against East Europeans which will be published in 2024. Together with Aleksandra Lewicki (University of Sussex) they are also running a project on the discrimination of East Europeans on the German labor market.

AHSGR Book Club
2023-09-18 14:00 - 15:15 | NE
September 18, 2023
2:00 pm CDT: Book Club.
We will be reading From the Steppes to the Prairie: The Germans from Russia migrations told by the Zahl and Schissler families by Kara Louise Hefner.

These are stories of her Germans from Russia great-grandparents, told in their own words from diaries, interviews, photos, scrapbooks, historical records and family accounts. This book is a companion to Gumma’s Recipe Book: Celebrating Germans from Russia food and memories from the Zahl family.

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Treffen Tuesday
2023-08-29 08:00 - 17:00 | NE
August – Marilyn Murray, “Ukraine and Russia – a Family at War updates”
Presentation:
Marilyn (Reh) Murray will share updates regarding the Ukraine/Russian war. She has a Murray Method International Center in Ukraine and also one in Russia so is in constant contact with her colleagues/friends in both countries. She will share their personal responses regarding the current war crisis.
Photos and videos from her colleagues in Ukraine will be shown.
She also worked with a group of Ukrainian war refugees in Chicago recently and will share regarding that experience.
Biography:
Recognized internationally as an educator, theorist, author, and psychotherapist, Marilyn was a pioneer in the treatment of trauma, abuse and deprivation, and their correlation with addictions. She began creating and teaching her Murray Method theory and treatment modalities starting in 1983. She has taught her method for universities in the US and internationally with students from 40 countries.
From 2002 to 2018, she lived and worked nearly half-time in Russia where she presented her method to over 4,000 health professionals and clergy in the former USSR. She also has been a guest professor at major Russian universities including Moscow State University. There are Murray Method International Centers in Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Her paternal grandparents were born in small villages near Saratov and immigrated to America. Unfortunately, their families who remained in Russia suffered greatly under the Stalinist terror and repression. Marilyn has visited her family villages numerous times and has a special love for this country. She also has cousins in Siberia and other parts of Russia.
She has been a life member of AHSGR since 1998 and has shared her knowledge of Russia at several AHSGR conventions.
www.murraymethod.com

AHSGR 2023 Annual Convention Registration
2023-08-03 - 2023-08-05 | Doubletree by Hilton Greeley at Lincoln Park, 919 7th St, Greeley, CO, 80631, United States
https://ahsgr.leemediagroup.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=24646

AHSGR 53rd Annual Convention
2023-08-03 - 2023-08-05 | DoubleTree by Hilton at Lincoln Park, 919 7th St, Greeley, CO, 80631, United States
https://ahsgr.leemediagroup.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=21820

Treffen Tuesday
2023-06-27 17:30 - 18:30 | NE
June – Dr. Mila Koretnikov, “Tracing Our Volga-German Heritage: A Comparative Look at Tours to Ancestral Village in Germany and Russia”
Presentation:
In 2016-2019 the Volga German Tour group – Dr. Mila Koretnikov, Sergey Koretnikov and Dr. Brent Mai, took approximately 250 people from the USA, Canada, and Argentina on tours to the Volga German Colonies of their ancestors in Russia. Although they planned to expand the tours to Siberia, the current situation in Russia made it impossible to do so.
People continued to ask about future travel and the Volga German Tour group decided to take interested people to their ancestral homes, their German origin homes, in Germany. In 2022-2023 forty-four people visit their villages of origin in Germany.
Although Mila and her group thought that the tours would be very different from the tours to Russia, they were in for a surprise. What they found was that the trips to villages in Russia and Germany were more similar than expected.
Join us on June 27, at 2:30 pm as Dr. Mila Koretnikov shares the similarities and differences they found doing numerous tours to both Russia and Germany.
Biography:
Dr. Mila Koretnikov is a lecturer and coordinator of the Technical English program at the University of Applied Sciences in Karlsruhe, Germany, and a lecturer in intercultural communication at the Cooperative University of Baden-Wuerttemberg in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Dr. Koretnikov grew up in Saratov, Russia in a Volga-German family and holds degrees from Saratov State University. She did her post-doc study at the University of Wyoming and taught summer courses for K-12 teachers at Otero Junior College, La Junta, Colorado.
Mila Koretnikov has been doing research in Russian archives for more than 20 years helping hundreds of individuals from the USA, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, and Canada find information on their ancestors. In 2016-2019 together with Dr. Brent Mai she led tours to Volga-German ancestral villages in Russia and starting with 2022 – to Volga-German ancestral villages in Germany.
She has lived in Germany since 2006.

AHSGR’s Bunnock Day and Launch of South Bottoms Historic Tours
2023-06-24 10:00 - 14:00 | AHSGR Headquarters, 631 D St., Lincoln, NE, 68502, United States
Visit AHSGR’s campus in the Historic South Bottoms District in Lincoln, Nebraska, for a day of fun and learning! Try your hand at the classic German-Russian game, Bunnock, and go on our new walking tour of the historic neighborhood and learn about the influence of German-Russian immigrants in its development. Enjoy light refreshments, guided tours of campus, and instruction in the game of Bunnock.
Cost: Suggested Donation
