Peter P. Klassen
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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. Klassen has also worked as an educator and was a long-time editor of the Paraguayan Mennonite newspaper the Mennoblatt.
Works (selection)
- Die Mennoniten in Paraguay. Band 1: Reich Gottes und Reich dieser Welt (Bolanden-Weierhof, Germany 2001)
- 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 Ritter. Geschichten zur Geschichte eines Glaubensprinzips (Uchte, Germany 1999)
- So geschehen in Kronsweide (Germany 2003)
External links
- Laudatio für Peter P. Klasse von Jakob Warkentin (2006)
- Die Mennoniten Lateinamerikas Auszug aus einer Rede von Peter P. Klassen