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Chosen Nation Goossen 1 Bibliography Archival Material Chosen Nation Goossen Bibliography for Benjamin W. Goossen, Chosen Nation: Mennonites and Germany in a Global Era (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017). Bibliography Archival Material Archiv der Kolonie Fernheim, Filadelfia, Paraguay B.H. Unruh, Deutschland Dokumente G.S. Klassen Letters Information zur Völkischen Bewegung Nachlaß Dr. F. Kliewer Archiv der Kolonie Menno, Loma Plata, Paraguay Briefe (Walter Quiring u.a.) Chacokrieg Chortitzer Komitee Die Chaco-Expedition Fürsorge Komitee Gesetz Nr. 514 und Gesetz Nr. 914 M.C.C. Mission in Menno Archiv des Schweizerischen Vereins für Täufergeschichte, Basel, Switzerland Uncatalogued Documents Archives Nationales, Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, France AJ/43 (Organisation internationale pour les réfugiés) 31 (Emigration de réfugiés mennonites venant de Europe, février 1946- mars 1947) 49 (Eligibilité des Mennonites, décembre 1946-août 1947) 51 (Régles concernant l’éligibilité: Albanais, Autrichiens, Bulgares, Tchécoslovaques, Estoniens, Allemands, Hongrois, Italiens, Juifs, Lettons, Lituaniens, Mennonites, Polonais, Roumains, Russes 1 Chosen Nation Goossen républicains espagnols, Turcs, Ukrainiens, Yougoslaves, 1946- 1947) 93 (Correspondance avec le Comité central mennonite, mai 1951-janvier 1952) 265 (Mouvements de Mennonites vers le Paraguay et l’Uruguay, janvier 1948-janvier 1952) 293 (Mouvements de Mennonites, décembre 1947-août 1948) 462 (Groupes de réfugiés) 557 (Mouvements de Mennonites vers l’Amérique du Sud, avril 1951- mai 1952) 566 (Mennonites, 1946-1947) 572 (Volksdeutsche, juillet 1947-août 1951) 978 (Eligibilité des Tchèques, Mennonites, Baltes, Hongrois, 1948-1951) 1071 (Infiltration mennonite aux Pays-Bas, 1946-1951) 1177 (Mennonites) Archiwum Państwowe w Gdańsku, Gdańsk, Poland Syg. 9 (Regierung Danzig 1816-1944) Syg. 635 (Stogi/Heubuden) Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin, Germany R 60/478 (Verband d. Deutschen aus Rußland) R 67/401 (Rückwanderung aus Paraguay) R 127/502 (Brasilien: Flüchtlingssiedlungen – Mennoniten) R 127/514 (Umsiedlung d. Rußlanddeutschen nach Deutschland u. Übersee) R 127/518 (Mennoniten – Umsiedlungsaktion; Prof. Unruh) Bibliothek der Mennonitengemeinde zu Hamburg und Altona, Hamburg, Germany Protokolle der Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher Mennonitengemienden, e.V. Protokolle der Vereinigung der Deutschen Mennonitengemeinden Bundesarchiv, Berlin, Germany NS 1/1129 (Zugehörigkeit von Mennoniten zur NSDAP) NS 6/232 (Parteimitgliedschaft von Angehörigen der Deutschen Mennonitengemeinden sowie Verweigerung der Eidesleistung durch Mennoniten) NS 19/2385 (Einsatz volksdeutscher Reiterschwadrone im Gebiet von Halbstadt unter dem Befehl des Höheren SS- und Polizeiführers für die Ukraine, SS-Obergruppenführer Prützmann, im Rahmen der Waffen-SS) 2 Chosen Nation Goossen NS 19/3787 (Räumung des Gebietes Nordkaukasus von Volksdeutschen infolge militärischer Ereignisse und mögliche Ansetzung im Gebiet Halbstadt) R 6/8 (Vernichtung des Schwarzmeerdeutschtums) R 6/109 (Behandlung der Volksdeutschen in Russland) R 6/110 (Aufnahme der Volksdeutschen im Reichskommissariat Ukraine in die deutsche Volksgemeinschaft) R 6/621 (Kreisgebiete Groß-Alexandrowka und Alexanderstadt/Generalbezirk Nikolajew, Saporoshje/Generalbezirk Dnjepropetrowsk) R 6/626 (Kreisgebiete Cherson, Nowibug und Wosnessensk/Generalbezirk Nikolajew) R 59/66 (Errichtung einer zweiten Leitstelle der Vomi (in Halbstadt) im Bereich der Einsatzgruppe Transnistrien) R 69/150 (Deutsche Mennoniten in Galizien) R 69/215 (Erlasse des Reichsstathalters in Posen und Anordnungen des Gauamtes für Volkstumsfragen über die Ansiedlung und Rückdeutschungsarbeit) R 69/222 (Sofortaktion Schwarzmeerdeutsche) R 69/225 (Umsiedlung der Ukrainischen Volksdeutschen) R 69/418 (Erfassung der Rußland- und Schwarzmeerdeutschen im Gau Danzig-Westpreußen und Wartheland) R 69/425 (Die Leistung des Russlanddeutschtums) R 1401/1027 (Militärdienstpflicht der Mennoniten und anderer religioser Gesellschaften) R 5101/23408 (Mennoniten-Gemeinden in der Provinz Westpreußen) Evangelisches Zentralarchiv, Berlin, Germany No. 7 (Evangelischer Oberkirchenrath Generalia), vol. 3630 (Acta betreffend: Die Angelegenheiten der Mennoniten von Dez. 1850-Juni 1915) Geheimes Staatsarchive Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany Hauptabteilung I: Repositur 76 (Kulturministerium), III (Evangelisch-Geistliche Angelegenheiten), Sektion 1 (Generalia), Abteilung XIIIa (Sekten- und Judensachen), no. 2 (Die Angelegenheiten der Mennoniten) Repositur 77 (Innenministerium) Titel 31 (Mennonitensachen) Titel 332t (Militärpflicht) 3 Chosen Nation Goossen Repositur 89 (Geheimer Zivilkabinett) no. 23708-721 (Sekten-Mennoniten) Hauptabeilung II, Westpreußen: Amtersachen: Amt Marienburg, Varia and Amt Tiegenhof, Varia Materien: Titel 109 (Mennonitensachen) and Titel 111 (Militaria) Städte: Culm, Varia, no. 3 (Kadettenhauses); Elbing, Varia; and Danzig, Varia Hauptabteilung XIV (Provinz Westpreußen) Repositur 180 (Regierung zu Danzig) no. 13183 (Mennonitenwesen) Mennonite Central Committee Files, Akron, Pennsylvania, United States MCC Minutes Mennonite Church USA Archives, Goshen, Indiana, United States Harold Stauffer Bender Papers, 1919-1962 M.C. (Martin Clifford) Lehman Papers, 1923-1940 Mennonite Heritage Centre, Winnipeg, Canada Alexander Rempel Fonds J.J. Thiessen Fonds Mennonite Library and Archives, North Newton, Kansas, United States A.A. Friesen Collection Abraham Warkentine Collection Benjamin Heinrich Unruh Collection Cornelius Jansen Collection Danzig Mennonite Congregation Record Books Elbing Mennonite Congregation Record Books General Conference Emergency Relief Board Collection Gerhard Rempel Collection John J. Kroeker Collection Ludwig Keller Collection Mennonite World Conference Collection P.C. Hiebert Collection Van der Smissen Collection Wadsworth Institute Walter Quiring Collection Mennonitische Forschungsstelle, Bolanden-Weierhof, Germany 4 Chosen Nation Goossen Deutsche Mennonitenhilfe Heubuden Kirchenbücher Hochstättler Collection Mennonitische Hilfskasse Collection Mohnsheim Collection Nachlaß Adolf Hertzler Nachlaß Benjamin Heinrich Unruh Nachlaß Christian Hege Nachlaß Christian Neff Nachlaß Ernst Croes Nachlaß Gustav Reimer Nachlaß Kurt Kauenhoven Nachlaß Theo Glueck Vereinigung der deutschen Mennonitengemeinden Vereinigung der Mennoniten Gemeinden im deutschen Reich Vereinigung: Abrechnungsbuch und Statusbuch Staatsarchiv der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany 521-5 (Mennonitengemeinde) 14 (Die Wehrlosigkeit der Mennoniten) 28 (Personalakte des Pastors Hinrich van der Smissen) 29 (Briefwechsel des Pastors Hinrich van der Smissen) 140 (Ansiedlung der Familie Foth in Tostedt und Unterstützung von rußlandvertriebenen Mennonitenfamilien) 141 (Überlegungen zur Gründung mennonitischer Siedlungen in Angola) 142 (Mennonitische Siedlung in Wedel) 203 (Briefwechsel mit auswärtigen Gemeinden und Gemeindemitgliedern) 204 (Beziehungen zu anderen Religionsgemeinschaften und deren Organisationen) 209 (Verhandlungen am 29. Mai 1885 in Münster wegen der Gründung eines Predigerseminars) 210 (Gründung der Vereinigung der Mennonitengemeinden im Deutschen Reich) 212 (Briefwechsel und Pläne zu Veröffentlichungen der Vereinigung der Mennonitengemeinden im Deutschen Reich) 213 (Proteste der Vereinigung der Mennonitengemeinden im Deutschen Reich gegen die Aufführung des Schauspiels “Der Mennonit” von Ernst von Wildenbruch) 5 Chosen Nation Goossen 215 (Tätigkeit des Kuratoriums der Vereinigung der Mennonitengemeinden im Deutschen Reich) 222 (Die Mennonitengemeinde in Novo Omsk, Sibirien) 268 (Reform des Eidesrechtes und Stellungnahme der Mennoniten dazu) 269 (Stellung der Mennoniten zur Kriegsdienstverweigerung, Tätigkeit des Deutschen Mennonitischen Friedenskomitees) 333 (Betreuung von mennonitischen Umsiedlern aus der Sowjetunion, Überlegungen zum Bau neuer Gemeindehäuser) 335 (Organisation und Durchführung von Arbeitslagern in Stutthof und Majdanek im Rahmen der Aktion Sühnezeichen in den Sommern 1973 und 1974 zu Instandsetzungsarbeiten an den Gedenkstätten für die ehemaligen Konzentrationslager) 336 (Veranstaltung von Reisen nach Danzig und Umgebung) 340 (Briefwechsel und Manuskripte von Anna Brons geb. Cremer ten Doornkaat aus Emden, 1810-1902) Staatsbibliothek-Haus 2, Berlin, Germany Nachlaß Wilhelm Mannhardt Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1118 (Archief van de Algemeene Commissie Buitenlandse Noden) Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C., United States RG-60.0648 (Germans in Occupied Ukraine) RG-60.0651 (Germans in Occupied Ukraine) Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany Bestand 10001, Signatur 2392 Reference Works Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1996-2015. www.gameo.org. Lexikon der Mennoniten in Paraguay. Asunción: Verein für Geschichte und Kultur der Mennoniten in Paraguay. 2009. www.menonitica.org/lexikon. Mennonite Bibliography 1631-1961. 2 volumes, edited by Nelson P. Springer and A.J. Klassen. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1977. 6 Chosen Nation Goossen Mennonite Encyclopedia. Volumes 1-4 edited by Harold S. Bender, Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1955-1959. Volume 5 edited by Cornelius Dyck and Dennis Martin, Scottdale, PA: Herald Press. 1990. Mennonitisches Lexikon, Volumes 1-2 edited by Christian Hege and Christian Neff, Frankfurt am Main. 1913-1937. Volume 3 edited by Christian Hege, Christian Neff, Harold S. Bender, and Ernst Crous. Karlsruhe: Heinrich Schneider. 1958. Volume 4 edited by Harold S. Bender, Ernst Crous, and Gerhard
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