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JOHANN DRIEDGER: Rebel With a Cause
Johann Driedger was born in a Mennonite village in Chortitza, Russia in 1859, one of hundreds of similar villages. His well written letters attest that he received the traditional solid six years of German education in Russia, before he came with his family to Manitoba, Canada at the age of fifteen in 1875. They helped form the village of Blumenfeld, one of about 100 villages established in a solid block reserve settlement in southern Manitoba. Johann Driedger lived in Blumenfeld for 29 years, until age 44. Although very little is ...more Story
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Western Development Museum
Contact:
Leo Driedger
83 Rutgers Bay
Winnipeg MB R3T 3C9
driedge1@cc.umanitoba.ca
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