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Justa’s Escape
In this real-life adventure, Justa, youngest of ten children in a Mennonite family in WWII era Ukraine, revisits a childhood in totalitarian Stalinist USSR. When authorities swoop down in the middle of the night to seize neighbor's fathers, Justa begins to dread the dark. Would her beloved papa be next? As both armies--German and Russian--approach, thirteen-year-old Justa and her family hurriedly pack their wagon to flee. What valuables should they take? What must they leave behind? How will the absent brothers find them? Will the family ever be whole again? What dangers do they face? In the end, who will survive?
A Family Torn Apart
Justina D. Neufeld tells the story of one family's flight from Soviet Ukraine in the early years of the Second World War. Beginning her narrative in her youth, Neufeld recreates the peace and security of growing up in a Mennonite community in Ukraine. With the out-break of the war comes an irrevocable rupture, and Justina is forced to flee the Soviet and German armies along with her family and community.
New World Immigrants
A consolidation of the many articles regarding ship passenger lists previously published.
Mennonite Women in Canada
Mennonite Women in Canada traces the complex social history and multiple identities of Canadian Mennonite women over 200 years. Marlene Epp explores women’s roles, as prescribed and as lived, within the contexts of immigration and settlement, household and family, church and organizational life, work and education, and in response to social trends and events. The combined histories of Mennonite women offer a rich and fascinating study of how women actively participate in ordering their lives within ethno-religious communities.
Abraham Jacob & Maria Loewen Family: A Journey Under God's Providence
The story of one Mennonite family that chose to leave the Soviet Union when others were choosing to remain, not realizing this was the last opportunity. They left everything familiar and dear, for an unknown future in a land where they knew no one. They had a deep trust in God and after a long and prosperous life in Canada, they were quick to acknowedge God's faithfulness throughout their life's journey. Also contains a Loewen genealogy, 1735 - 2015.
From the Urals to the Fraser Valley
Peter Jacob Esau was born 5 May 1895 in Kantserovka, Russia. His parents were Jacob Jacob Esau (1859-1923) and Susanna Regier (1862-1928). He married Anna Neufeld (1896-1976), daughter of Jacob Martin Neufeld (1878-1921) and Anna Penner (1878-1949) in 1918. They had nine children. He died 15 August 1981 in Chilliwack, British Columbia. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Prussia, South Russia, Russia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia.
Mary Neufeld and the Repphun Story
Mary Repphun Neufeld was born in Russia in 1905. Her parents had 19 children many of whom did not survive childhood in peasent Russia. In 1910 Mary was sent to work and live in the Neufeld home. Most of the family immigrated to America before World War I. Mary and one of her sisters immigrated soon after the war. She lived with her family before moving to Canada to marry John Neufeld. She remained in Canada and raised a family while her siblings had their families in the United States. This book contains short articles on her siblings as well as information on both her original family and her foster family as they left Russia and came to North America.
