Peter P. Klassen
Encyclopedia
Peter P. Klassen is a Russian Mennonite author living in Paraguay
and writing in German language
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Peter P. Klassen fled with his parents from Russia
to Paraguay, arriving there in 1931. He has had a distinguished career as the premier historian of Mennonite
s in South America
. Klassen has also worked as a teacher and was a long-time editor
of the Paraguayan Mennonite newspaper Mennoblatt.
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
and writing in German language
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
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Peter P. Klassen fled with his parents from Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
to Paraguay, arriving there in 1931. He has had a distinguished career as the premier historian of Mennonite
Mennonite
The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after the Frisian Menno Simons , who, through his writings, articulated and thereby formalized the teachings of earlier Swiss founders...
s in South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
. Klassen has also worked as a teacher and was a long-time editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
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 3921881056
- 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)
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)