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Tales from the Mennonite Heritage Archives

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Benjamin Ewert

October 25, 2026 · 15 min

Send us Fan Mail This morning, we bring listeners the story of Benjamin Ewert, who toiled for years to develop a ministry and church for urban Mennonites during a time when Winnipeg was often viewed by rural church leaders as “the…
Katherine Esau

October 18, 2026 · 15 min

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we bring you snapshot of the life of scientist Katherine Esau, who emigrated to California from Russia via Germany during the tumultuous era around World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution. Her seminal…
Fred Engen, Mennonites, and Paraguay

October 11, 2026 · 15 min

Send us Fan Mail Happy Thanksgiving to all of our listeners! In the Mennonite village of Loma Plata in Menno Colony, Paraguay, there is a street named after Fred Engen. In this episode, we share the story of the man whose name is on that…
Inventors and Innovators with Dick Braun (Part 2)

October 4, 2026 · 15 min

Send us Fan Mail It's time for Part 2 of our conversation with Dick Braun of Osler, Sask., which focuses on the prolific innovator, Julius Klassen. Klassen became known in the metal manufacturing industry, most notably for his machine that…
Inventors and Innovators with Dick Braun (Part 1)

September 27, 2026 · 15 min

Send us Fan Mail Today we bring you Part 1 of a conversation with Dick Braun of Osler, Sask. Dick has written on the topic of Mennonite inventors and innovators from the past. What he’s learned is so interesting, we just had to share it…

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Forced to Fight: The Jakob Guenther Story

September 20, 2026 · 15 min

Send us Fan Mail Today we share the the story of Jakob Guenther, who was born and raised in Russia, only to be conscripted by the German army during WWII just because he spoke German. He was forced to fight against the country from which…
C. C. Penner

September 13, 2026 · 15 min

Send us Fan Mail By the time C. C. Penner managed to get out of Soviet Russia in 1949, he’d lost track of his wife and family, and had to leave them behind. Eleven years later, he schemed a plan to meet Nikita Khrushchev, premier of the…
David Toews

September 6, 2026 · 15 min

Send us Fan Mail We’re delighted to launch our fall season with the story of David Toews, one of the most influential Mennonite leaders in 20th century Canada. He became so well-known across the Prairies and in Ottawa, that Prime Minister…
SUMMER REWIND: First Harvest in Canada 1876

August 30, 2026 · 15 min

Send us Fan Mail For our last rewind of Summer 2026, we bring you a special feature from Thanksgiving 2025! Mennonite history enthusiast Gerhard Ens first recorded this fictional account of the first harvest by Mennonites in Canada (1876)…
SUMMER REWIND: The Disappeared Beaver Mennonite Church

August 24, 2026 · 15 min

Send us Fan Mail Today, we bring you a story about the Beaverlodge Mennonite Church, a little known congregation that formed in the late 1920s and disappeared from the landscape of Peace River country in northern Alberta some 15-ish years…
SUMMER REWIND: From Russia with Woe (Part 2)

August 17, 2026 · 15 min

Send us Fan Mail During Stalin’s Reign of Terror the 1930s, Jacob Petrovich Janzen was one of many Mennonites swept up into forced labour camps called Special Settlements, and then the more severe form of the camps called the Gulag. More…
SUMMER REWIND: From Russia with Woe (Part 1)

August 10, 2026 · 15 min

Send us Fan Mail Today, we bring back 'From Russia with Woe', part one of a two part series. During Stalin’s Reign of Terror the 1930s, Jacob Petrovich Janzen was one of many Mennonites swept up into forced labour camps called Special…

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About the show

Explore the history of Mennonites through materials found in the Mennonite Heritage Archives. Using interviews, object, and documents, this podcast will dive into stories inspiring, tragic, strange, and beautiful. As varied as the lives of the people and organizations whose materials are housed in the Mennonite Heritage Archives, this weekly podcast aims to educate and inspire greater interest in Mennonite history.