View of Leipzig from a distance

Sign for Leipzig

Abandoned collective outside of Leipzig

Village of Leipzig

War memorial in Leipzig

Wagon passing by us in Leipzig

Old German church in Beresina

Abandoned collective farm on the way to Hoffnungstal

Looking for the cemetery of Hoffnungstal

Finally, the cemetery

Memorial for the Germans

The road out of Hoffnungstal to Gnadenfeld

Sign to Gnadenfeld

Ancestral home in Gnadenfeld

Old German well at ancestral home

House in Gnadenfeld

The sun going down in Gnadenfeld

Notice there is a gas station to the right of the sign

This is where the cemetery used to be.

This picture was taken as we drove by. We did not stop in Beresina.

There is now a memorial there for the Germans who founded the village of Hoffnungstal which no longer exists. The sign is written on German on one side and Ukrainian on the other.

This is the side with Ukrainian text.

Gnadenfeld is also known as Blagodatne in Ukraine. Carolyn Schott is standing next to the sign as this is one of her ancestral villages.

Ancestor of Carolyn Schott

It times to head back to Odessa.