Peter P. Klassen

Peter P. Klassen (* 1926 in the Chortitza colony on the Dnieper; † July 29, 2018 in Filadelfia , Paraguay ) was a German or Russian Mennonite teacher, historian and writer in Paraguay.

life and work

As a child, Peter P. Klassen fled with his parents from southern Russia via Moscow to Paraguay. From 1931 he lived and worked there in the Russian Mennonite colony of Fernheim . Klassen was recognized by historians as a specialist in the Mennonite history of Latin America and was editor of the Mennonite-Paraguayan magazine Mennoblatt . Klassen became known among the Mennonites and Plautdietschen Russian Mennonites for his historically well-founded short stories in the series Tales of History .

Peter P. Klassen wrote mainly in German , occasionally also in Spanish and in his native language Plautdietsch. Before classes took part in a study trip of the Plautdietsch friends , he collected and published proverbs and sayings in his mother tongue in issues of the Menno sheet. It was in this language that he wrote his book Frauenschicksale . It is, among other things, a story about his mother.

Publications (selection)

• The Mennonites in Paraguay. Volume 1: Kingdom of God and Kingdom of this world ; Bolanden-Weierhof: Mennonite History Association e. V., 2001; ISBN 3921881056 .
• The Mennonites in Paraguay. Volume 2: Encounters with Indians and Paraguayans ; Bolanden-Weierhof: Mennonite History Association e. V., 1991; ISBN 3921881072 .
• The Russian-German Mennonites in Brazil; Volume 1: Witmarsum on the Alto Rio and Auhagen on the Stoltz Plateau in Santa Catarina ; Bolanden-Weierhof: Mennonite History Association e. V., 1995; ISBN 3921881080 .
• The Russian-German Mennonites in Brazil; Volume 2: Settlements, Groups and Communities in Dispersion ; Bolanden-Weierhof: Mennonite History Association e. V., 1998; ISBN 3921881099 .
• The vultures are always circling. A book from the Chaco Boreal in Paraguay ; Asunción: Imprenta ASCIM, 1994.
• Battle fire and other Mennonite stories .
• Kaputi Mennonita. A peaceful encounter in the Chaco War ; Asunción (Paraguay), 1976.
• And whether I have already hiked ... Stories about the history of the migration and flight of the Mennonites from Prussia via Russia to America , Mennonite History Association , Bolanden-Weierhof: Mennonite History Association e. V., 1997.
• The German-Völkisch time in the Fernheim colony - Chaco, Paraguay - 1933 - 1945. A contribution to the history of the Mennonites from abroad during the Third Reich ; Bolanden-Weierhof: Mennonite History Association e. V., 2001; ISBN 3921881064 .
• The black riders. Stories about the history of a belief principle ; Uchte: Sonnentau-Verlag, 1999; ISBN 3980459640 .
• This is what happened in Kronsweide ; 2003.
• Campo Via ; Asunción: Imprenta Modelo SA, 2008.
• Fate of women .

Web links

• Literature by and about Peter P. Klassen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Laudation for Peter P. Klassen (PDF file; 1.1 MB) by Jakob Warkentin (2006)
• The Mennonites of Latin America Excerpt from a speech by Peter P. Klassen
• The 'Green Hell' Becomes Home: Mennonites in Paraguay as Described in the Writings of Peter P. Klassen (PDF file; 1.6 MB) by Gerhard Reimer, in: Mennonite Quarterly Review 2002

swell

1. ^ Obituary for the writer Peter P. Klassen . Weekly (Paraguay), August 1, 2018
2. ^ Mennonite Life - Spring 2008 - Reimer-Klassen story . Bethelks.edu. May 20, 2008. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 5, 2010. 
3. ↑ Historical Writing - GAMEO . Gameo.org. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 5, 2010. 
4. ^ Menno sheet - GAMEO . Gameo.org. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
5. ↑ Plautdietsch Friends eV . Plautdietsch-freunde.de. Archived from the original on February 8, 2003. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 5, 2010.