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  • Bergen, Heinrich "Heinz", 1927-

    Retrieval numbers: Volumes 5514-5517; Photograph Collection 681

    Title: Heinrich "Heinz" Bergen collection
    Dates: 1968-2005 , predominant 1993-2005
    Extent: 25 cm of textual records
    Extent: 17 photographs
    Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

    Historical note

    Heinrich "Heinz" Bergen was born on 6 April 1927 in Kronsgarten, Chortitza, South Russia to Jakob Bergen (1895-1974) and Maria Wiens (1904-1952). In 1931 the family moved to Einlage. HIs father was arrested in 1935 and sentence for 20 years, eventually coming to Karaganda in 1953 and to Canada in 1963. Heinrich and his mother moved to Germany with the retreating German forces in 1942 and eventially to Paraguay where is mother died in 1952. Heinrich moved to Canada later and was living in Regina when his father joined him in 1963.
    In his retirement years, Heinz Bergen pursued research into the history of Kronsgarten, Kronsweide, and Einlage. His efforts resulted in the publications of at least four books. They are: Chortitza Colony atlas : Altklonie = Mennonite Old Colony (2004), Verbannung : Unschuldig nach 'Sibirien' ins Verderben, 1935-1955 (2006), Einlage Kitschkas 1789-1943 : ein Denkmal (2008), and Einlage, Chronik des Dorfes: Kitschkas, 1789-1943 (2009).

    Scope and content note

    This collections contains research files related to Heinrich Bergen's work on Kronsgarten and Einlage. The files related to the village of Kronsgarten include files on the Kronsweide Mennonite Church and the villages of Wiesenfeld and Prijut, which had original settlers from Kronsgarten. There is extensive correspondence (some original and copy copied) between Henry Rempel (Montreal), Johann Klassen (Germany) and Jakob Bergen (Saskatchewan). Writers of articles and longer pieces on Kronsgarten or Kronsweide include Isaac P. Klassen (Winnipeg)and Hans Rempel (Virgil)
    The Einlage accumulation of materials also has some correspondence, articles, clippings and longer writings. It includes the recollections of Abram A. Martens (1900-1979), who wrote about his memories covering 1907-1927, in German and English. Other writers include Wera Teichroeb, Catharina Martens-Berg and Isaac Reimer.
    The photographs in the collection include an 1973 Reunon photo of former residents of Kronsgarten, Wiesenfeld and Prijut. There are also a few historic photos of Kitchkas (formerly called Einlage) such as the construction of the bridge across the Dnieper River and also a view of the hydro electric development project on the river. Eleven photos were taken by a group of Canadian tourist who went to visit the village of Prijut, Ukraine in 2000.

    Index terms

    Subject terms

  • Einlage (Ukraine) -- History
  • Kronsgarten (Ukraine) -- History
  • Prijuit (Ukraine) -- History

    Creators

  • Bergen, Heinrich "Heinz", 1927-
  • Rempel, Henry, 1908-
  • Bergen, Jakob, 1895-1974

    Authors

  • Martens, Abram A., 1900-1979
  • Reimer, Isaak, 1898-1987
  • Martens-Berg, Catharina, 1906-2007

    Adjunct descriptive data

    Finding aids

    Inventory file list available

    Related material in this repository

    Isaac and Olga Reimer fonds
    MHC Map 1004 (Einlage.../Hein. Bergen)

    Notes

    Language

    German, English and a little Russian

    Arrangement

    Described by Alf Redekopp, March 2011.

    Restrictions on access

    None to access

    Immediate source of acquisition

    Heinz Bergen, Regina, Saskatchewan

    Other notes

    Acc. No. 2011-015

    Inventory File List

    VOLUME 5514
    Heinrich "Heinz" Bergen collection
    (Acc. No. 2011-015)
    1. Kronsgartner correspondence between Henry Rempel (Montreal), Johann Klassen (Germany) and Jakob Bergen (Saskatchewan). -- 1968-1998.
    VOLUME 5515
    Heinrich "Heinz" Bergen collection
    (Acc. No. 2011-015)
    1. Kronsgarten - articles, clippings, maps, notes
    2. Village of Kronsweide
    3. Village of Wiesenfeld (North)
    4. Village of Prijut (close to Wiesenfeld)
    5. Kronsweide Mennonite Church / I.P. Klassen translated by Ed Enns (1993), 89 pp.

    VOLUME 5516
    Heinrich "Heinz" Bergen collection
    (Acc. No. 2011-015)
    1. HB Einlage Book Project - articles, clippings, correspondence, research. -- ca. 1993-2004
    2. Einlage map (1942) / reproduced ca. 1993
    VOLUME 5517
    Heinrich "Heinz" Bergen collection
    (Acc. No. 2011-015)
    1. Erinnerungen aus den Jahren 1907-1927 von Abram A. Martens, Alt-Einlage, 1974.
    2. Erinnerungen aus den Jahren 1907-1927 von Abram A. Martens, Alt-Einlage, 1974. [typescript of v.5517:1)
    3. Recollections of my childhood & youth written in 1974 in Saskatoon / Abram A. Martens translated [to English by] Abram Berg. [2 versions]
    4. Das verschwundene Dorf: Erinnerungen an Einlage, das mennonitische Dorf am Dnjepr / von Catharina Martens-Berg geb. Hildebrand. (published by Der Bote in 1993)
    5. A child remembers war & new beginnings: 1941-1999 by Wera Teichroeb
    6. "Familienbuch des Reimer-Winter Familien. Band III. S. 290-430", pp. 331-430 / by Isaac and Olga Reimer. [ photocopy]

    Photograph Inventory

    Collection Number:
    681 Heinrich "Heinz" Bergen Photograph Collection
    681:1 Beside the Giesbrecht home in Prijit, Ukraine. - 2000. - 10x15cm; col..

    This photo shows (l-r): Peter Friesen, Joyce Friesen, Eileen Peters and Werner Peters from North America

    vising their an ancestral homeland.
    681:2 In front of parental home. - 2000. - 15x10cm; col..

    This photo shows Joyce (Giesbrecht) Friesen and Wener Peters in front of their ancestral home in Prijet,

    Ukraine.
    681:3 Former Giesbrecht home in Prijut, Ukraine. - 2000. - 15x10cm; col..

    This photo shows a front view of the Giesbrecht home in Prijuit, Ukraine.
    681:4 Prijut Cemetery. - 2000. - 15x10cm; col..

    This photo shows Joyce (Giesbrecht) Friesen and Werner Peters at the gravesite of their Giesbrecht

    grandparent in Prijut, Ukraine.
    681:5 Roof tile off the original Giesbrecht home in Prijut, Ukraine. - 2000. - 15x10cm; col..

    This photo of a roof tile is inscribed in Russian with "J.J. Wiens, Petershagen" on one line and some other

    on the 2nd line.
    681:6 At the Prijut Cemetery. - 2000. - 15x10cm; col..

    This photo shows the conditions inside the cemetery at Prijut, Ukraine in the summer.
    681:7 Prijuit. - 2000. - 15x10cm; col..

    This photo show the village of Prijut from a distance.
    681:8 Brick building in Prijut. - 2000. - 15x10cm; col..

    This photo shows an L-shaped brick building in Prijut.
    681:9 Brick building in Prijut. - 2000. - 15x10cm; col..

    This photo shows a long rectangular-shaped brick building in Prijut.
    681:10 School house in Prijut. - 2000. - 15x10cm; col..

    This photo shows the former school building in Prijut, Ukraine.
    681:11 Preacher's house. - 2000. - 15x10cm; col..

    This photo shows a long rectangular brick building in Prijut, Ukraine.
    681:12 Dnieper River seen from the east side. - 193_?. - 8.5x12.5 cm: b&w.

    This photo shows the hydro electric dam on the Dnieper River at Kitchkas (Einlage).

    This photo was sent to Heinz Bergen from Elizabeth Dyck, Saskatoon, SK.
    681:13 Reunion of former residents of Kronsgarten, Wiesenfeld and Prijut. - 1973. - .

    This photo was taken at the reunion of former residence of Kronsgarten, Wiesenfeld and Prijut held June

    30-July 1, 1973 at the Canadian Mennonite Bible College in Winnipeg. The photo was produced by

    Bergen's Photo Studio, 719 Goulding St. Winnipeg. The event is described in Der Bote, 14 Aug. 1973. The

    photo shows approximately 70 people who attended. Identification of the participants available.
    681:14 Construction of the Einlage Bridge. - . - 27X9.5 cm; b&w.

    This photo shows the Einlage bridge across the Dnieper River being constructed. [copy]
    681:15 Street view in Kitchkas (Einlage). - 1910?. - 28x11 cm:b&w.

    This photo shows a wide street in the village of Kitchkas (Einlage) with 2-storey buildings on either side

    and a single man standing in the middle of the empty street. [copy] - (2 copies)
    681:16 Students and teachers. - . - 30X11cm;b&w.

    This photo shows a large group of men, women and children -- females on the left and males to the right.

    [copy] (2 copies).
    681:17 Reunion of former Kronsgartner, Wiesenfelder and Prijuter. - 1983. - 28x20;b&w photocopy.

    This photo shows the participants at the 60th anniversary of former residents fo Kronsgarten, Wiesenfeld

    and Prijut meeting on June 18-19, 1983 at the Olivet Mennonite Church, Clearbrook, BC. [photocopy] [List

    of participants available.]