Mary: I refer you to the book "The Open Wound - The Genocide of German Ethnic Minorities in Russia and the Soviet Union, 1915-1949" by Dr. Samuel Sinner, published by North Dakota State University, 2000. In that book you find sections titled: World War I - The Internal Foe, 1915-1917 Expropriation Legislation, 1915-1917 Extermination under Cloak of Deportation, 1915-1916 The Age of the Great Massacres Atrocities in the Volga Region Scope and Extent of the Massacres, 1918-1925 Enforced Starvation, 1920-1925 The Russian Germans and the Famine of 1920-1925 Tsarist and Communist Treatment of German Ethnic Groups ... and more, and more Sorry, but when governments like the Communist that took over Russia in 1917 starve, murder, exterminate and excile people, they don't keep records that are now open to the public. Gary Martens Dobrinka, Galka, Neu-Weimar & Schilling villages VC On 2/21/2011 8:38 PM, MARY JANE BOLTON wrote: > > > My family is from Walter, Russia. My grandfather Johannes Klippert b:1889 left Walter with my grandmother and 2 sons in 1912. He left behind 2 sisters at the time Magdalena b:1895 and Elizabeth b:1891. In the 1970's the red cross sent my uncle a letter which I have never seen that said one of them had died in Siberia. > > My question: are they any lists that I can look at or resources to seach for this information?? > > Thank you in advance, > Mary B. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >