Along the road to freedom : Mennonite women of courage and faith

Dirks, Ray, artist.

Book 2017

"Along the Road to Freedom: Mennonite women of courage and faith includes 26 full page story painting reproductions honouring women who brought, or attempted to bring, their children out of the former Soviet Union to peace and freedom in Canada. Most left during the chaotic aftermath that followed the Russian Revolution and as refugees during World War 2. Many left without husbands who had been killed or disappeared into Stalin's gulag. The paint...

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ISBN:

9781987986020

Description:

132 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 32 cm

Other Title:

a MHC Gallery Project
Mennonite women of courage and faith

Contents:

Preface / Ray Dirks, Along the Road to Freedom artist
foreword / Marlene Epp, Professor of History and Peace and Conflict Studies, Conrad Grebel University
remarks / Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, the Honorable Janice C. Filmon
Along the Road to Freedom committee / Nettie Dueck, Hans Funk, Wanda Andres, Henry Bergen
my journey / Ray Dirks
setting, timeline, and map
paintings
Judith Dyck Epp
Anna Dick Bergmann
Maria Friesen Neufeld
Maria Martens Pauls
Katja Goertz Goerz
Katharina Loewen Epp, Katharina Epp Kroeger, Katharina Kroeger Neufeld
Mennonite Central Committee
Anna Goosen Giesbrecht
Susanne Loewen Bergen
Helena Niebuhr Loewen (1)
Helena Niebuhr Loewen (2)
Ilse Funnk
Maria Klassen Funk
Agatha Harms Reimer
Anna Wiebe Loewen Thielmann
Anna Janzen Koop
Katarina Klassen Dyck, Anna Dyck Friesen
Katharina Dirks Peters
Katarina Dyck Thiessen
Margaret Bergman Dyck
Maria Redekop Wall
Susanna Krause Friesen Hecht
Susanne Falk Unger
Margarita Pankratz Masyuk/FOMCU
Kingdom Ventures/Mennonite Benevolent Society
Stories
Process
Unveilings and tour
Credits
Additional reading
MHC Gallery

Control Number:

2664167

Other Authors:

Andres, Wanda, contributor
Bergen, Henry, 1873- contributor
Dueck, Nettie, 1936- contributor
Epp, Marlene, 1958- author of foreword
Funk, Hans, contributor
Terichow, Gladys, 1947- editor

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