The Story of Ludwig Schaaf
June 2025 Treffen Tuesday
What They Carried: Storytelling Through Objects
Sandy Schilling Payne explores storytelling through the “eyes” of the treasured objects from our ancestors (Treffen Tuesday April 2025)
Alla Lizzie Book Club
A recording of February’s Book Club session on the book Alla Lizzie
Book Club: Surviving Siberia
Book Club September 2024
2024 Storytelling Contest Ceremony
Listen to the finalists read their stories and poems from the Storytelling Contest.
Schön and Sheyn- The Beautiful Harmony Between German-Russian and Russian Jewish Homesteaders
Treffen Tuesday September 2024
The Story of Rudolf Huepel, a German-Russian Immigrant
A presentation based on Ron Baesler’s book Struck Down but not Destroyed: The Story of Rudolf Heupel, a German-Russian Immigrant. (Treffen Tuesday May 2024)
Book Club – Escapes from Russia The Saga of Anna K
Sheri Ertl leads a book club discussion on The Odyssey of Escapes from Russia- The Saga of Anna K.
In the Far Country
Discussion of the historical fiction book, In the Far Country, by Warren Schwartz
The White Lamb
Discussion of the historical fiction book, The White Lamb: The Story of Evaliz. (Book Club, Feb. 2022)
Cry Out of Russia
A discussion of Anna Fischer’s book, Cry Out of Russia. (Book Club, Sep. 2022)
While the Windmill Watched
Jackie and Janine Pfeiffer discuss their book, While the Windmill Watched: A Slice of Rural America in the 1950s. (Treffen Tuesday, May 2022)
2021 Storytelling Contest
Two winners of the 2021 contest share their stories. (Virtual Convention 2021)
Then the Rules Changed
Book discussion of Then the Rules Changed, led by the author Carolyn Zeisset. (Book Club, Nov. 2022)
Second Hoeing
Book discussion of the historical fiction book, Second Hoeing, by Hope Williams Sykes. (Book Club, Feb. 2023)
A Family’s Escape from Stalin’s Russia
Ann Marie Stewart presents Remnants: A Family’s Escape from Stalin’s Russia and the Child They Left Behind. (Treffen Tuesday, Jan. 2023)
The Last Green Valley
Book discussion on, The Last Green Valley, by best-selling author Mark Sullivan. (Book Club, May 2023)
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