Landsmannschaft
der Deutschen aus Russland

© copyright 1996, 1997 by FEEFHS; all rights reserved
Latest Update 20 March 1997

Office and Mailing Address:
Raitelsbergstrasse 49
70188 Stuttgart
Germany
Telephone from Canada and the USA: 011-49-711-166-500
Telephone from within Germany: 0711-166-500

FEEFHS Stuttgart Representative: Anton Wangler, Executive Director Landsmannschaft

FEEFHS U.S. Representative: Michael M. Miller (See Contact in North America below)

President of Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland: Alois Reiss

Nota Bene: Please contact the Landsmannschaft well in advance -- before arriving in Germany or Stutttgart. Ruth Kloetzel, Head of the Social Welfare Department, speaks English. This Landsmannschaft headquarters is located three to four walking blocks from the Landsmannschaft der Bessarabiandeutschan and Heimatmsueum der Deutschen aus Bessarabien which are co-located in the same building

Journal published by the Landsmannschaft:
Monthly 40 page typset Journal: Volk auf dem Weg Of significant interest to all German-Russian family historians and genealogists is the listing of genealogical inquiries as well as obituaries and anniversary listings in Volk auf dem Weg. FEEFHS is seeking help in computer data entry from interested persons who share our desire to post an index to these obituaries on the web.

Circulation:30,000 worldwide

Editor, Volk auf dem Weg:
Johann Kampen, Editor
Seefelder Strasse 256
86163 Augsburg
Germany.

Organization: The Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland was founded in the early 1950s. It is an organization with a membership from the following groups:

• Black Sea Germans
  
• Crimean Germans
  
• Caucasus Germans
  
• Mennonite Germans
  
• Volga Germans.
  

Work activities include social welfare assistance to the ethnic Germans immigrating to Germany from the former Soviet Union. For 1995, about 15,000 persons per month have immigrated to Germany. Close to 200,000 have entered Germany each year since 1991. This society provides cultural events, publishes books, and prepares travelling exhibitions on the German-Russian experience.

Library and Museum: The Landsmannschaft has an extensive library collection available for researchers at the Stuttgart. Interlibrary loan is not available. A museum room of German-Russian artifacts is available for viewing.

Bookstore and Book Sales: Books for purchase, including many Heimatbuchers, Family and area histories and other literature are listed in each issue of Volk auf dem Weg. Please send two IPRC's to the Stuttgart address for a list of prices.

Cassette Tapes Available:At the 1995 Germans from Russia Heritage Society's 25th Anniversary Convention in Bismarck, North Dakota, Ruth Kloetzel, Head of the Office for Social Welfare, gave two presentations:

• Tape 7 - "The Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland, Stuttgart, Germany: Its Past, Present, and Future", July 14, 1995 (English language with questions and answers both in English and German. Translator is Michael M. Miller, Germans from Russia Bibliographer, NDSU Libraries, Fargo.
  
  
• Tape 9 - "Emigration of Ethnic Germans Returning to Germany from the Former Soviet Union", July 15, 1995 (English language with questions and answers both in English and German. Translator is Michael M. Miller, Germans from Russia Bibliographer, NDSU Libraries, Fargo.
  

Please Note: Written transcriptions of these presentations are not available at this time.
Cost per tape is $5.50 plus $1 postage. Make check payable to Germans from Russia Heritage Collection and send to the following address: Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, North Dakota State University Libraries, P.O. Box 5599, Fargo, North Dakota 58105-5599

Bi-Annual Gatherings of Germans from Russia (Bundestreffen): This Landsmannschaft sponsors at large Germans from Russia gathering in alternate years. Normally it is held late in June. In June, 1994, 47,000 ethnic German-Russians attended this large gathering. On Saturday, 22 June 1996, close to 70,000 people were expected to attend the next Bundestreffen. The next Bundestreffen in Stuttgart will be at Messe-Killesberg on Saturday, 6 June 1998.

The 1998 Journey to the Homeland: Germany and Ukraine Tour includes the Bundestreffen on 6 June. Complete tour dates are - 26 May to 8 June 1998. It is possible to also join the tour for days in Germany only including the Bundestreffen. For further information, please contact: Michael M. Miller, Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, P.O. Box 5599, Fargo, ND 58105-5599. Telephone : 701-231-8416. emmmiller@badlands.nodak.edu.

Regional Gatherings: These are held throughout Germany periodically each year. Their activities and contacts are reported in Volk auf dem Weg.

Genealogical and family history research: The Landsmannschaft does not have a staff or office to accept genealogical research correspondence at this time. Your very best source of genealogical information is to support the Landsmanschaft by subscribing to Volk auf dem Weg for yourself and/or for your German-Russian society chapter

Membership: With a subscription to the Landsmannschaft's journal, Volk auf dem Weg, one becomes a member of the organization.

Subscription Price: 54,00 DM
For addition subscription information, send two IPRC's (International Postal Reply Coupons) to the Stuttgart address above.

Contact in North America: For further information about the Landsmannschaft, contact:
Michael M. Miller, Germans from Russia Bibliographer
North Dakota State University Libraries
P.O. Box 5599
Fargo, North Dakota 58105-5599
Telephone: 701-231-8416
eMail address: mmmiller@badlands.nodak.edu

Prepared by Michael M. Miller
Germans from Russia Bibliographer
NDSU Libraries
Fargo, North Dakota 58105-5599.

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