Frisians in Peril
Soviet authorities are making life as difficult as possible for a village of Volga Germans, most of whose ancestors originated in the Frisian Islands, with taxes and other oppression.
Soviet authorities are making life as difficult as possible for a village of Volga Germans, most of whose ancestors originated in the Frisian Islands, with taxes and other oppression.
Friedrich Kayssler
Jürgen Wagner
Helene Fehdmer
Kathrin Wagner
Valéry Inkijinoff
Kommissar Tschernoff
Ilse Fürstenberg
Dörte Niegebüll
Maria Koppenhöfer
Frau Winkler
Soviet authorities are making life as difficult as possible for a village of Volga Germans, most of whose ancestors originated in the Frisian Islands, with taxes and other oppression.
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