Hist. Mss. 1-901
Reynold Sawatzky, 1924-
Papers and Photographs, 1951-53, 1992
2 Boxes (1 Long Gray; 1 Oversize File)

Introduction

This manuscript and photographs were deposited into the
Archives by Reynold Sawatzky, Goshen, Indiana in 1992. This
collection focusses on Sawatzky's service with Mennonite
Central Committee as director of material aid, 1951-53, in
Germany. Note also further records found in the section on
Material Aid, Europe, MCC Collection (IX-19-7).

Sawatzky has also written a family history of his
parents, Out From the Prairie: The History of the Family of
Jacob and Cornelia (Klassen) Sawatzky, compiled and edited
by Reynold Sawatzky, (Milford, Indiana: Kosko Printers,
1987).

Inventory Listing

Box 1 (Long Gray)

Biographical Sketch, 1992
"Biographical Data for Reynold Sawatzky," 2 pages.
Ms. "MCC Service in Germany, 1951-53"
Manuscript entitled "Mennonite Central Committee,
Service Assignment in Germany, June 1951 to July 1953,"
by Reynold Sawatzky, [1992]. Sawatzky was Director of
Material-Aid for MCC during this time period. Title
page; Table of Contents, 10 pages; Introduction, 3
pages; Journal, 161 pages; Appendix 9 pages.
Papers, 1951-53
Includes a few personal papers reflecting Sawatzky's
MCC service in Germany.
Photograph, Sawatzky, 1953
Photograph Album, 1952
Includes extensive identification and annotations by
Sawatzky: 1) clothing distribution in Schleswig-
Holstein region, 1952, 2) Mennonite World Conference,
Basel, Switzerland, August 9-15, 1952, 3) Anabaptist
memorial celebration at Zurich, August 15, 1952, part
of Mennonite World Conference, 4) North German
Mennonites meeting at Hamburg Mennonite Church, West
Germany, May 1952, 5) MCC personnel in Hamburg,
Germany, 6) Christmas bundles to children in Hamburg,
7) distribution of flour at various places, 1952, 8)
town of Muenster, 9) MCC center at Gronau.

Box 2 (Oversize Folder)

Menno Simons Plaque, Wuestenfeld, Germany, 1940s
Includes photograph of Menno Simons' Monument at
Wuestenfeld, Germany, ca. 1940s: "Menno Simons, 1492-
1559.". This plaque on the monument was torn down for
its metal, which was in short supply after the war.
Refugee Memorial, Luebeck, Germany, 1951
Includes photograph of refugee memorial in St.
Mary's Church, in Luebeck, Germany, which shows the
refurbished church after the war, with new stained
glass windows and the church bells sunk into the floor
where they had fallen when the church was bombed during
WW II.
Presented to Sawatzky in November 1951 by Dr.
Alfred Wiebe, a local Mennonite refugee and leader, in
appreciation of MCC aiding 7,000 German refugees from
the eastern provinces in Luebeck.

Name and Subject Tracing

Emigration and Immigration - Germany
Germany (West)
International Relief - Germany
Mennonite Central Committee
Mennonite World Conference, 1952
Mennonites - Germany
Simons, Menno, 1496-1561

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Archives of the Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana