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From Russia to America a Mennonite’s perilous voyage
Henry Rempel tells how about 300 Mennonites fled upheaval in Georgia Russia. A third died from malaria and typhus. Rempel and his sisters survived while many relatives perished. Americans with MCC funded emigration to the United States, with Rempel leaving via Constantinople and Cherbourg to New York before settling in Henderson Nebraska. He later earned a psychology doctorate and served in WWII and in veterans services. Pine Hill Press released his memoirs this week.
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Georgia
Remple
Katya
Mitya
Annchen
Abram
Michi
Hans
Henry
Agnes
Agatha
Mennonite Central Committee
MCC
United States
Constantinople
U.S
America
Rempel
Cherbourg
France
New York
Henry Remple
Ellis Island
Bartum
Henderson, Neb
Remp
Ell
Tabor College
Hillsboro
University of Minnesota
Kansas University
Veterans Administration
Leavenworth
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
Lawrence
Pine Hill Press
South Dakota
Russia