Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2 – Summer 2002

Cover: Design & concept for the 2002 Convention created by John Groh & The Wild Rose Chapter, Des Moines, Iowa.

Content:

“Escape and Survival: The Role of Music in the Life of My Family” by Willi Wutzke

“Returning Home: Stories of Aussiedler in Germany” by Ellen Eischen

“From Riches to Rags: Gutsbesitzer in South Russia, 1830-1920” by David P. Sudermann, Ph.D

“It Happened on the Way to the Volga: Origins and Destinations of the Volga Germans” by Brent Alan Mai

“My Family’s Escape from Volhynia to China and Settlement in Brazil” by Erica Margita Neumann

“We Remember” by Eleanor A. Strunk

“Understanding Our Heritage Through Immigrant Press” by Cynthia Miller

“What Grandma Becker Saw in America” by Thomas G. Becker

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