Table of Contents:

Glückstal Colonies Research Association Newsletter, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2008

• The Glückstalers in New Russia, the Soviet Union and North America, by Homer Rudolf & Margaret Freeman — pp. 1-2

• A Preview of the New GCRA Book – The Glückstalers in New Russia, the Soviet Union and North America, by Margaret Freeman; with new research by Thomas A. Stangl — pp. 2-3

• St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Odessa — pp. 4-5

• Glückstal Lutheran Church [rural Tappan, ND] Reunion, by Twyla Zimmerman — pp. 5-6

• Reunions — p. 6

• Honorary Doctorate for Calvin Fercho [from NDSU, Fargo] — p. 6

• Memories of Herbert Koerner [Freeman, SD], by Herbert Koerner — pp. 6-11

• Pawns on the World Stage, by Alfred Opp [publication announcement] — pp. 11-12

• The Ancient Cradle (Triple Wedding in Bergdorf) 1933, by Alita (Kussmaul) Frank, translated by Gerda Fadden — pp. 12-23

• Our German Religious Heritage, by Edwin F. Zuern — pp. 23-27

• Returning to an Ancestral Place in Germany [Neidlingen], by George Niesl — pp. 27-28

• Excerpts from The Hutchinson Herald (SD), extracted by Gladys Mettler — pp. 28-29

• Special Thanks — pp. 29-30

• In Memory — pp. 30-31

• GCRA General Information — p. 31

• [Surname] Index — p. 32

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