Story of Henry Penner (Born 1926 in Franzfeld, Russia) My parents, Henry and Anna Penner, lived in the village of Franzfeld, a neighbouring village of Nikolaifeld, in the Yazykovo Colony of Chortitza. These two villages shared a church and a school. The five villages in our area, named Yazykovo after a Count by the same […]
"Stories Then" Archive
The posts below include stories told by refugees from Ukraine, 1920-1930 and 1947-1950.
Story of Jacob And Helene Epp
By the Jacob and Helene Epp children, Leamington, Ontario. Our father, Jacob J. Epp was born December 5, 1887 in Fischau, a small village near the Molotschna River in South Russia. He was the third child of Jacob H. and Maria Epp, née Giesbrecht. He had a happy childhood and enjoyed school. When he completed […]
Heinrich and Helene’s Wedding
When my parents Heinrich Neufeld and Helene Winter decided to get married, the church in Neuenburg, Ukraine had been closed by the communist government and not a preacher was left in the village. Heinrich’s brother Johann and sister-in-law Maria were the last couple able to get married a few weeks earlier in nearby Chortitza.
