Main entry:

Epp, Frank H., 1929-

Title & Author:

Mennonite exodus : the rescue and resettlement of the Russian Mennonites since the Communist Revolution / by Frank H. Epp.

Publication:

Altona, Manitoba : Published for Canadian Mennonite Relief and Immigration Council by D.W. Friesen, 1962.

Description:

xix, 571 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes:
"Notes and bibliography": pages 499-536
Part I : The big clash -- A nation and a people -- A century of prosperity -- War, revolution, and terror -- In search of survival -- Part II : Preparing the way -- 1920 : year of united action -- Organization of colonization -- The man for the task -- The land of opportunity -- A railway and a contract -- The protests of the people -- Part III : The rescue of twenty thousand -- From Russia to Rosthern -- The detour to Mexico -- The disappointments of detention -- Settlement on Mennonite terms -- Immigrant projects and problems -- Part IV : Months and years of despair -- The flight to Moscow -- The closed Canadian gate -- An appeal to the world -- Part V : Debts and developments in the immigrant community -- The reduction of the Reiseschuld -- Developments in the depression -- The immigrants and citizenship -- The end of an era -- Part VI : The aftermath of World War II -- Displaced person of World War II -- New horizons for refugees -- To Canada : the preferred country -- The hard-core cases -- Rehabilitation in South and North -- Part VII : The unfinished task -- The effort toward reunion -- Retrospect and prospect.

ISBN:

0919212883
9780919212886

Subject:

Mennonites Soviet Union.
Mennonites, Russian.
Mennonites.
Mennonites Russia.
Mennonites URSS.
Mennonites Russian Resettlement 1917 -1954.
Russian Germans resettlement 1917-1954.
Soviet Union

Added entries:

Canadian Mennonite Relief and Immigration Council, issuing body.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 198539
Call No.: BX8119.R8 E6 1962
Status: Available