Books and Monographs
MARIENBERG: FATE OF A VILLAGE (Marienberg: Schicksal eines Dorfes) - by Johann
Bollinger and Janice Huber Stangl, 2000. Marienberg was founded in the early
1860's. It was a German colony located in a northwesterly direction from Odessa
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South Russia. The colonists were farmers whose lives depended upon the climate
and fluctuating grain prices and markets. All their dreams were aborted by the
advancing Russian army in 1944. Johann Bollinger's memories, as recalled in his
chronicle, and the additional information about its people's history that has be
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provided, give a glimpse at the heart, life and soul of its people. Index. Sof
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cover - 359 pages.