Journal, Vol. 46, No. 2 – Summer 2023

Contents:

Krasnoyar
by Olga Litzenberger…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….1

The Czar’s Other Germans: The Baltic Germans – A Historical Overview of the Germans
in the Baltic (Part 2)
by Ulrich Merten…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………10

Dr. Ron Baesler. Struck Down but Not Destroyed – The Story of Rudolph Heupel, a
German Russian Immigrant
Reviewed by Timothy Kloberdanz………………………………………………………………………………………………………..20

Ellen Laubhan. The Empress’ Gift: The Volga Frontier
Reviewed by Elizabeth Koch…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………22

The First Pioneers: Daring Escapes and the Perilous Journey to the Volga Frontier
by Ellen Laubhan……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….23

The Journey of Jacob and Annalis Kissler from Frank, Russia, to the United States
during the Summer of 1913
Told by Jacob Kissler, prepared by Gary Kissler & Clarence Kissler………………………………………………………33

WWII Army Staff Sergeant Walter Nies Laid to Rest
by Peter Schmidt & Duane Stabler…………………………………………………………………………………………………….39