Visit of Germans Officials to North Dakota

Jochen Welt, Member of the Deutscher Bundestag; Federal Government Commissioner for Matters Related to Repatriates and National Minorities, Berlin and Bonn, Germany
Klaus Pöhle, Director General, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Bundestministerium des Innern, Bonn, Germany
Dr. Alexander Schumacher, Assistant to Jochen Welt, Bonn, Germany

North Dakota State University, Fargo
July 31, 2003

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Tony Grindberg, Executive Director, Research Technology Park, North Dakota State University, Fargo, explains developments with economic development and incubator programs; left to right: Dr. Gordon Bierwagen, Chairman, Department of Polymers and Coating, NDSU; Tony Grindberg; Verena Bonitz, NDSU, translator; Jochen Welt; Klaus Pöhle and Alexander Schumacher.	German officials visit the Northern Crops Institute, NDSU; left to right: Alexander Schumacher; Klaus Pöhle; Jochen Welt; Verena Bonitz; John Crabtree, Assistant Director; and Michael Miller, NDSU.
The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection (GRHC), NDSU Libraries, Fargo, host a luncheon meeting. Jochen Welt explains the projects of of the Department of Interior in Germany.	Persons attending the meeting; left to right: Dr. Gordon Bierwagen; Jay Gage GRHC exhibits and textiles curator; Bob Dambach, Prairie Public Television; Ronald Vossler, East Grand Forks; Merrill Piepkorn, North Dakota Public Radio; Leo Sitter, Fargo; Mary Lynn Axtman, Fargo; Theresa Mack Wald, Grand Forks; and Victor Knell, Fargo. In the background are Kristi Jo Krebs Brink and Jessica Holkup, GRHC employees.
Persons attending the meeting; left to right: Ronald Vossler, East Grand Forks; Leo Sitter, Fargo; Mary Lynn Axtman, Fargo; Theresa Mack Wald, Grand Forks; Victor Knell; Wayne Schumacher, Moorhead; Cheryl Buechler Schumacher, Moorhead; and Dr. Thomas Isern, NDSU, Fargo.	Jochen Welt answers questions.