“Though we are already Mennonites in name, we are learning how to be real peacemakers and what it means to reconcile.”
Olga Rubel — Ukraine
Alexander Neufeld (Part II) — Germany
“I could not work with those who would destroy the church, who were responsible for the sufferings of so many Christians.”
Alexander Neufeld (Part I) — Germany
“The Bibles were needed so badly that we used everything that we could!”
Jakob Aron Rempel
Elder Jacob Aron Rempel was probably one of the most important personalities among the Mennonites of Russia in the 20th century, both in terms of his theological education as well as in his extraordinary personality and public activities. In 1929 he was arrested by the USSR’s secret police force (GPU) for his religious affiliations. He spent Keep Reading…
A sustaining spirituality
The story of David Klassen, a Mennonite Brethren church leader in the USSR who was imprisoned three separate times between 1936 and 1965, is an inspiring account of faithfulness in the face of overwhelming opposition. How did he and other Mennonite Brethren in Karaganda sustain their faith in such difficult circumstances?
David Klassen
Klicken Sie bitte hier auf Deutsch zu lesen. David Klassen was born in 1899 to Johann and Anna Klassen in a Mennonite village called Rosenort in South Russia (now Ukraine). Although Johann and Anna owned a small grocery story, they owned no land and were not wealthy. At a young age, David, along with his Keep Reading…
Suzanovo Martyrs
The village of Suzanovo in the Orenburg region of Russia was founded in 1911 by Johann Peters, as a farmstead outside of the larger Mennonite settlement in that area. In the early years, it was populated by Johann and his children. Later, other Mennonites joined this Mennonite island located amidst Russian and Bashkir villages. In Keep Reading…