A German-language film with English narration about 50 years of Mennonites in Fernheim, Paraguay, 1930-1980. This film contains information regarding how life might have been for the Mennonites in Gran Chaco. There is a discussion of how the Mennonites arrived at their assigned location with an explanation of conditions and hazards of their newly inhabited land at the time. There is also some brief background history regarding the Russian Mennonites in order to explain their experiences prior to, and following, the Bolshevik war. A Dueck Film Production.
The Great Trek: (2007) (39 min.) Part 2 (1943-1945)
By Otto Klassen
Winnipeg film-maker Otto Klassen uses rare archival photographs and film footage from the German Bundesarchiv to document the westward retreat of over 350,000 Soviet-Germans and Mennonites in the fall of 1943, their resettlement in German-Occupied Polish territory, and their eventual flight from advancing Red Army forces in the early months of 1945. Otto Klassen tells the story of these terrible years from his own personal experiences.