The Germans From Russia: Children of the Steppe, Children of the Prairie

Follow The Migration

1915

Volhynian Germans are deported to Volga Region and South Russia - The deportation is a result of the advancement of the eastern front during World War I. The war caused further difficulties for Germans in Russia. Although they fought and died in the Russian military, they were accused of being spies and saboteurs. Innumerable Germans were sent to Siberia for "crimes against the state."

Tetanus epidemics rage on the war fronts.
Junkers builds the first fighter airplanes.
Filmmaker D.W. Griffith makes "Birth of a Nation."
Albert Einstein postulates his General Theory of Relativity.

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Germans From Russia Heritage Collection
at the North Dakota State University Library

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