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'''Peter P. Klassen''' (1926 – 29 July 2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wochenblatt.cc/nachruf-ueber-den-schriftsteller-peter-p-klassen-und-gruender-der-kolonie-fernheim/|title=Nachruf über den Schriftsteller Peter P. Klassen und Gründer der Kolonie Fernheim - Wochenblatt|date=1 August 2018|website=wochenblatt.cc|accessdate=28 August 2018|language=de}}</ref> was a [[Russian Mennonite]] author who wrote in the [[German language]]. He fled with his parents from [[Soviet Russia]] to [[Paraguay]], arriving there in 1931. He has had a distinguished career as the premier historian of [[Mennonite]]s in [[South America]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/images/6/69/Mqr2002oct-reimer%2C_Klassen%27s_writings-.pdf|title=The "Green Hell" Becomes Home: Mennonites in Paraguay as Described in the Writings of Peter P. Klassen|author=Gerhard Reimer|date=14 July 2007|accessdate=2012-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/H594.html/?searchterm=Historical%20Writing |title=Historical Writing — GAMEO |publisher=Gameo.org |accessdate=2012-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629100740/http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/H594.html/?searchterm=Historical%20Writing |archivedate=2011-06-29 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/L5842ME.html/?searchterm=literature,%20russo-german |title=Literature, Russo-German Mennonite — GAMEO |publisher=Gameo.org |accessdate=2012-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309155524/http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/L5842ME.html/?searchterm=literature,%20russo-german |archivedate=2012-03-09 }}</ref> Klassen has also worked as a teacher and was a long-time [[Editing|editor]] of the Paraguayan Mennonite newspaper ''[[List of newspapers in Paraguay|Mennoblatt]]''.
'''Peter P. Klassen''' (born 1926 in the Soviet Union) is a [[Russian Mennonite]] author living in [[Paraguay]] and writing in [[German language]].

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Peter P. Klassen fled with his parents from [[Russia]] to Paraguay, arriving there in 1931. He has had a distinguished career as the premier historian of [[Mennonite]]s in [[South America]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/images/6/69/Mqr2002oct-reimer%2C_Klassen%27s_writings-.pdf|title=The "Green Hell" Becomes Home: Mennonites in Paraguay as Described in the Writings of Peter P. Klassen|author=Gerhard Reimer|date=14 July 2007|accessdate=2012-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/H594.html/?searchterm=Historical%20Writing |title=Historical Writing — GAMEO |publisher=Gameo.org |date= |accessdate=2012-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/L5842ME.html/?searchterm=literature,%20russo-german |title=Literature, Russo-German Mennonite — GAMEO |publisher=Gameo.org |date= |accessdate=2012-02-20}}</ref> Klassen has also worked as a teacher and was a long-time [[Editing|editor]] of the Paraguayan Mennonite newspaper ''Mennoblatt''.


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
* ''Die Mennoniten in Paraguay. Band 1: Reich Gottes und Reich dieser Welt'' (Bolanden-Weierhof, Germany 2001) ISBN 3921881056
* ''Die Mennoniten in Paraguay. Band 1: Reich Gottes und Reich dieser Welt'' (Bolanden-Weierhof, Germany 2001) {{ISBN|3-921881-05-6}}
* ''Kaputi Mennonita. Eine friedliche Begegnung im Chaco-Krieg'' (Asuncion, Paraguay 1976)
* ''Kaputi Mennonita. Eine friedliche Begegnung im Chaco-Krieg'' (Asuncion, Paraguay 1976)
* ''Und ob ich schon wanderte... Geschichten zur Geschichte der Wanderung und Flucht der Mennoniten von Preussen über Russland nach Amerika'' (Bolanden-Weierhof, Germany 1997)
* ''Und ob ich schon wanderte... Geschichten zur Geschichte der Wanderung und Flucht der Mennoniten von Preussen über Russland nach Amerika'' (Bolanden-Weierhof, Germany 1997)
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://d-nb.info/gnd/122598237 Books by Peter P. Klassen] in the German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)
* [http://d-nb.info/gnd/122598237 Books by Peter P. Klassen] in the German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)
* [http://www.menonitica.org/2006/1.pdf Laudatio für Peter P. Klassen] by Jakob Warkentin (2006)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110727080128/http://www.menonitica.org/2006/1.pdf Laudatio für Peter P. Klassen] by Jakob Warkentin (2006)
* [http://www.anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/images/6/69/Mqr2002oct-reimer%2C_Klassen%27s_writings-.pdf "The 'Green Hell' Becomes Home: Mennonites in Paraguay as Described in the Writings of Peter P. Klassen"] by Gerhard Reimer, Mennonite Quarterly Review 2002
* [http://www.anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/images/6/69/Mqr2002oct-reimer%2C_Klassen%27s_writings-.pdf "The 'Green Hell' Becomes Home: Mennonites in Paraguay as Described in the Writings of Peter P. Klassen"] by Gerhard Reimer, Mennonite Quarterly Review 2002
* [http://www.bethelks.edu/mennonitelife/2008spring/reimer-klassen.php Pledge of Allegiance] by Peter P. Klassen (2008)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927103111/http://www.bethelks.edu/mennonitelife/2008spring/reimer-klassen.php Pledge of Allegiance] by Peter P. Klassen (2008)


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Latest revision as of 05:49, 4 July 2024

Peter P. Klassen (1926 – 29 July 2018)[1] was a Russian Mennonite author who wrote in the German language. He fled with his parents from Soviet Russia to Paraguay, arriving there in 1931. He has had a distinguished career as the premier historian of Mennonites in South America.[2][3][4] Klassen has also worked as a teacher and was a long-time editor of the Paraguayan Mennonite newspaper Mennoblatt.

Selected works

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  • Die Mennoniten in Paraguay. Band 1: Reich Gottes und Reich dieser Welt (Bolanden-Weierhof, Germany 2001) ISBN 3-921881-05-6
  • Kaputi Mennonita. Eine friedliche Begegnung im Chaco-Krieg (Asuncion, Paraguay 1976)
  • Und ob ich schon wanderte... Geschichten zur Geschichte der Wanderung und Flucht der Mennoniten von Preussen über Russland nach Amerika (Bolanden-Weierhof, Germany 1997)
  • Die schwarzen Reiter. Geschichten zur Geschichte eines Glaubensprinzips (Uchte, Germany 1999)
  • So geschehen in Kronsweide (Germany 2003)

References

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  1. ^ "Nachruf über den Schriftsteller Peter P. Klassen und Gründer der Kolonie Fernheim - Wochenblatt". wochenblatt.cc (in German). 1 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. ^ Gerhard Reimer (14 July 2007). "The "Green Hell" Becomes Home: Mennonites in Paraguay as Described in the Writings of Peter P. Klassen" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  3. ^ "Historical Writing — GAMEO". Gameo.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  4. ^ "Literature, Russo-German Mennonite — GAMEO". Gameo.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
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