Journey to the Homeland Tour 2008 Photos

Journey to the Homeland Tour
North Dakota State University Library, Fargo

Visit to Glückstal, Neudorf, Kassel and Neu Glückstal Villages, Glückstal District, May 2008

Photographs by Julie Opp Burgum, Casselton, North Dakota

Market stop near Strassburg, Kutschurgan District.	Market stop near Strassburg.
Children performing for our group at school in Ginnoja (former Glückstal).	Allean Boschee, Esther Opp and JoAnne Gauper in former Glückstal church.
Allean, Esther and JoAnne by Glueckstal COlonies Memorial Monument.	Old tombstone propped against foundation of the old Glueckstal church.
Museum in basement of Glinnoja school building.	Karen, Esther, Ila and Allean looking around museum.
Esther with host Marta Kammerer.	Late evening meal with Marta and her daughter in law.
Russian Orthodox church in Kassel.	Stopped to take picture of typical German house and this old lady came out.
Horse and Wagon.	Neglected church in Kassel.
Inside of neglected church in Kassel.	Boys curious about our group in Kassel.
Russian Orthodox in Kassel.	Russian Orthodox in Kassel.
Russian Orthodox in Kassel.	Blue cross to commemorate the Germans.
Scene from bus.	Man and woman sitting on hay wagon.
Neu Glückstal - Emil walking in courtyard where church had been.	Old German headstone near lilac.
Old German headstone near lilac.	Mertz descendents standing near German cemetery in Neu Glückstal.
German house in Neu Glückstal.