Author: Annie Mathies Krause Note: the writer was born February 25, 1923 in Alexanderkrone, Molotschna, USSR. Annie died June 02, 1998 in Leamington, Ontario, Canada. Annie and Heinrich Wilhelm Krause were married April 18, 1942, at the Mennonite Church on Oak Street, Leamington. Annie’s siblings are Margaret Toews, Louise Ross, William 1925-1972, Harry 1931-1956, and […]
"Stories Then" Archive
The posts below include stories told by refugees from Ukraine, 1920-1930 and 1947-1950.
An Eventful Day in an Eleven-Year-Old Boy’s Life During WWII
Author: Jake Harder, 2008 It was early March 1945 after one month on the ’Trek’ when we stopped at a small village in East Germany to rest. My mother, my sister and I shared a wagon with my uncle and aunt, their three children, my grandmother and another aunt. We traveled together since my uncle […]
The Peter and Elizabeth Tiessen Family Story
As told in 2008 by Jake Tiessen, born in 1922. In 1925 our family, consisting of my parents, half-brother Peter,half-sister Margaret Tiessen Gossen, Frank, Betty Tiessen Janzen, Nick, Agatha, Mary Tiessen Harder, Katharine, and I moved to the Duke farm. In the fall of 1927, my parents bought the farm I live on today from […]
