Journal, Vol. 07, No. 4 – Winter 1984

Cover: The cover shows the city of Saratov from a boat on the Volga and illustrates two articles about the Volga Region: “Famine on the Volga in 1891-1892” by Adam Giesinger and “A Russian Description of the Volga German Colonies,” introduced, translated, and edited by Norman E. Saul.

Content:

An old map of the Volga German colonies

“A Research Trip Through the German Settlements in the Rumanian Dobruja in the Summer of 1926”

A report of a DAI emissary, translated by Adam Giesinger

Part IV of “In the Wake of the German Army on the Eastern Front, August 1941 to May 1942,” reports by Karl Stumpp, translated by Adam Giesinger

“Tradition and Creativity: The Folk Songs of Vetter Hannes'” by Timothy J. Kloberdanz

“We Sing Our History” by Lawrence A. Weigel

“Books and Articles Recently Added to the AHSGR Archives” by Frances Amen and Mary Lynn Tuck