Peter P. Klassen (1926 – 29 July 2018) 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 (Bolanden-Weierhof, Germany 2001) ISBN 3-921881-05-6
- Kaputi Mennonita. Eine friedliche Begegnung im Chaco-Krieg (Asuncion, Paraguay 1976)
- Und ob ich schon wanderte... Geschichten zur Geschichte der Wanderung und Flucht der Mennoniten von Preussen über Russland nach Amerika (Bolanden-Weierhof, Germany 1997)
- Die schwarzen Reiter. Geschichten zur Geschichte eines Glaubensprinzips (Uchte, Germany 1999)
- So geschehen in Kronsweide (Germany 2003)
References
- "Nachruf über den Schriftsteller Peter P. Klassen und Gründer der Kolonie Fernheim - Wochenblatt". wochenblatt.cc (in German). 1 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- Gerhard Reimer (14 July 2007). "The "Green Hell" Becomes Home: Mennonites in Paraguay as Described in the Writings of Peter P. Klassen" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- "Historical Writing — GAMEO". Gameo.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- "Literature, Russo-German Mennonite — GAMEO". Gameo.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
External links
- Books by Peter P. Klassen in the German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)
- Laudatio für Peter P. Klassen by Jakob Warkentin (2006)
- "The 'Green Hell' Becomes Home: Mennonites in Paraguay as Described in the Writings of Peter P. Klassen" by Gerhard Reimer, Mennonite Quarterly Review 2002
- Pledge of Allegiance by Peter P. Klassen (2008)
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