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Peter P. Klassen (born 1926 in the Soviet Union) is a Russian Mennonite author living in Paraguay and writing in German language.

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 Mennonites in South America.^[1]^[2]^[3] Klassen has also worked as a teacher and was a long-time editor of the Paraguayan Mennonite newspaper Mennoblatt.

Selected works

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

^ 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.
^ "Historical Writing — GAMEO". Gameo.org. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
^ "Literature, Russo-German Mennonite — GAMEO". Gameo.org. Retrieved 2012-02-20.

External links

Books by Peter P. Klassen in the German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)
Laudatio für Peter P. Klassen by Jakob Warkentin (2006)
"The 'Green Hell' Becomes Home: Mennonites in Paraguay as Described in the Writings of Peter P. Klassen" by Gerhard Reimer, Mennonite Quarterly Review 2002
Pledge of Allegiance by Peter P. Klassen (2008)

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[1] 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.

[2] "Historical Writing — GAMEO". Gameo.org. Retrieved 2012-02-20.

[3] "Literature, Russo-German Mennonite — GAMEO". Gameo.org. Retrieved 2012-02-20.

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 ==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)
 * ''Und ob ich schon wanderte... Geschichten zur Geschichte der Wanderung und Flucht der Mennoniten von Preussen über Russland nach Amerika'' (Bolanden-Weierhof, Germany 1997)