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"Stories Then" Archive

The posts below include stories told by refugees from Ukraine, 1920-1930 and 1947-1950.

April 7, 2015

Abram Gerhard Flaming and Liesa Dick Flaming’s Refugee Experience

By son Jacob Flaming My parents, like many other Mennonite families, were caught up in the difficult and often tragic times surrounding the Bolshevik Revolution and the ensuing civil war. Anarchy was the rule of the day. Sensing that our chances of a better life were slim, my parents decided to emigrate to the USA. […]

Article by Candace Nast / Filed Under: Stories Then /

March 31, 2015

Abram Epp story, now with photos

Log cabin Dad and I built, 1934

Today we added photos to a post EKMHA originally published in 2013 about Abram Epp who was born in 1919 in Krasnopohl, Siberia. Click on the link below to read Abram’s story and see his photos: Abram Epp: born 1919 in Krasnopohl, Siberia, originally published February 18, 2013.

Article by Candace Nast / Filed Under: Stories Then /

November 10, 2014

Leamington and Harrow Mennonite Youth, 1946

Jake Gossen's Truck

Leamington and Harrow Mennonite Youth visit Pelee Island June 2, 1946 following account by John Wiebe 1902-1970 German-English translation by A.Koop In May of 1945 Herman Reimer, the Pelee Island Mennonite Church Sunday School superintendent, received a letter from the Leamington Mennonite Church Youth leader, Peter Epp. At their previous meeting the Leamington youth had […]

Article by Bruno Penner / Filed Under: Stories Then / Tagged With: Harrow, Leamington, youth

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