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Hardship to Homeland
Hardship to Homeland recounts Volga Germans’ unique story in a saga that stretches from Germany to Russia and across the Atlantic. Burdened by war and debt, life was extremely difficult for impoverished European peasants until a former German princess came to power. Seeking to increase borderland population, provide a buffer against Ottoman Empire incursions, and bring agricultural ingenuity to her country, Russian empress Catherine II issued a remarkable 1763 manifesto inviting Europeans to immigrate. Their passage paid, colonists would become Russian citizens, yet retain their language and culture. For the next four years, some 27,000 settlers came--mostly from Hesse and the Palatinate--...
My Sack Full of Memories
How did a seven-year-old boy born in a small Polish town get caught up in the dislocation, losses and trauma of the Holocaust, one step ahead of the advancing Nazis, yet survive? Despite hunger, fear, loneliness and loss, with the help and guidance of others, Zwi Lewin eventually came to Australia which he gratefully embraced. Though a successful businessman and now patriarch of a large family, he has never forgotten his 'sack full of memories', and has spent a lifetime remembering the family members lost to him. Now, without bitterness or sentimentality, he tells his story in this moving memoir, creating a vivid account of the places and people on his journey, the different languages he had to learn and his wonderful subsequent family life in Australia.
The Zahle Princess
In 2012's 'The Zahle Princess' author Monique Hatem Hamatie shares with her family, friends and her church community her story of the first 60 years of her life. Monique has worked on this project during the first few months of 2012 and she is privileged to share her story. As she's often quoted as saying, 'the best has truly yet to come' and with the LOVE and support of JESUS CHRIST, she is definitely correct!
Posey Co, IN
The history of Posey County, Indiana from 1913-1989, as well as Church, school, family history, clubs and organizations and business history.
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