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Famines of Russia 1921-1922: The Plight of Mennonites and the beginning of MCC

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War, government policies and drought contributed to a massive famine that killed millions of people in Russia in the early 1920s. The Mennonite communities in southern Russia were not immune and thousands faced starvation. In response, a number of Mennonite groups in Canada and the US joined together to form Mennonite Central Committee(MCC).

Through this newly-formed organization, North American Mennonites responded with food, clothing, medical supplies and 25 tractor-plow outfits. In May 1922, American relief kitchens fed 25,000 people daily. By August they received a high of 40,000 per day. Some 60,000 Mennonites and 15,000 others received direct famine relief.

Winnipeg film-maker Otto Klassen was born in Russia and has spent a lifetime chronicling the Russian Mennonite experience. This film offers a glimpse of the historic forces at work at the time , the plight of Mennonites in Russia and the response of the Mennonites in Canada and the U.S,

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Type	DVD	Publisher	Otto Klassen
Language	English	Year	2009
Length	12 minutes	Call ID	M 130 Famines

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