Dear Listers, Maybe one of you can help this person. Gene Jenkins List Administrator -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [GV] Walter & Urig from the village of Frank From: Patrice Miller <patrice@attbi.com> To: GER-VOLGA-L@rootsweb.com I am forwarding this message to the German Volga mail list from Michael Miller. Patrice Miller ********************************************************************** Reply directly to: Hedwig Arbesmeier hedwig.arbesmeier@gmx.de I am forwarding your message to the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, NE, and to the Volga German listserve. Perhaps they may be some help there from person emailing to you directly. Good luck with the search, Michael Michael M. Miller, Bibliographer Germans from Russia Heritage Collection North Dakota State University Libraries P.O. Box 5599 Fargo, ND 58105-5599 USA On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Hedwig Arbesmeier wrote: > Dear Mister Miller, > > I am writing this e-mail for an aquaintance, who is trying to find a > very long lost brother. We found your name on a list of addresses of > organications of Germans from Russia. We are hoping that you could give > us advice how we can procide and whom we can contact to get more > information. > > The woman I am writing for is a Volga German. She (Frieda Walter, born > on 3/30/23) and her brother (Johanes Georg Walter, born 12/8/20) were > born in a village called Frank in Russia at the river Volga (german > spelling is Wolga). Her brother was a Russian soldier in the World War > II. As far as Frieda knows, he became a prisoner of war with the > Germans in 1941. That is the time when the family lost contact. A > citizen of the same village who came back after the war reported that > he had seen Johanes at a later time. Very few prisoners of war actually > returned to their homes after the war having to fear that they would be > killed by the Russians. > Frieda believes that there could be a good chance that her brother like > a lot of others in the same situation had the opportunity to immegrate > to the United States. Her hope is that he or some descendants are still > be alive. > > Frieda herself and her family were deported to Siberia after World War > II. She had the opportunity to immegrate to Germany a few years ago and > is living here now. > > It might be useful to also give you the dates of Frieda's and Johanes > parents: > Father: Georg Walter, born 6/14/1882 in the Village Frank > Mother: Katharina Margarethe Walter (maidenname: Urig), born 6/14/1882 > in Village Frank > > Even though we don't expect that you can help us directly, we would > very much appreciate if you could help us with your advice how to > proceed. > > Thank you very much in advance! > Best regards, > Hedwig Arbesmeier > > -- > GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. > http://www.gmx.net