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Author Werner, Hans, 1952- author.

Title The constructed Mennonite : history, memory, and the Second World War / Hans Werner
Published Winnipeg [Man.] : University of Manitoba Press, 2013
[Toronto, Ontario] : [EBOUND Canada], 2014

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Description 1 online resource (205 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Part 1 Siberia. 1 Beginnings ; 2 Difficult Years ; 3 Ivan, Stalin's Hope ; 4 The Mist Clears __ Part 2 War. 5 War Stories ; 6 Johann: Becoming a German ; 7 The Fog of War ; 8 The 401 ; 9 The Collapse -- Part 3 Becoming Normal. 10 New Beginnings ; 11 Margarethe (Sara) Vogt (Letkeman) ; 12 The Immigrants ; 13 Memories, Stories, and History -- Appendix: Family Trees -- Glossary Notes
Summary One man, four identities, and a son's quest to reconcile the public and private lives of his Mennonite father in WWII
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Werner, John, 1917-2003.
SUBJECT Werner, John, 1917-2003 fast
Subject Mennonites -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia -- Biography
Mennonites -- Manitoba -- Biography
Storytellers -- Manitoba -- Biography
Ex-prisoners of war -- Manitoba -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence.
Autobiographical memory.
Autobiographical memory
Ex-prisoners of war
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Mennonites
Storytellers
Manitoba
Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
Author EBOUND Canada, manufacturer
ISBN 9780887554360
0887554369
9780887557415
0887557414