Peter P. Klassen

Peter P. Klassen was a Russian Mennonite author who wrote in the German language. He fled with his parents from Soviet Russia to Paraguay, arriving there in 1931. He has had a distinguished career as the premier historian of Mennonites in South America. Klassen has also worked as a teacher and was a long-time editor of the Paraguayan Mennonite newspaper Mennoblatt.

Selected works

Die Mennoniten in Paraguay. Band 1: Reich Gottes und Reich dieser Welt Kaputi Mennonita. Eine friedliche Begegnung im Chaco-Krieg Und ob ich schon wanderte... Geschichten zur Geschichte der Wanderung und Flucht der Mennoniten von Preussen über Russland nach Amerika Die schwarzen Reiter. Geschichten zur Geschichte eines Glaubensprinzips

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