FOLKLORE & VIDEOS of the Volga Germans
Leona Pfeifer on German dialects in Ellis County, Ks.
Leona Pfeifer on Wedding Customs of the Volga Germans in Ellis County, Ks.
German from Russia listens to a record from Kansas #1
German from Russia listens to a record from Kansas #2
This tape was made in Victoria, Kansas in the late 1990's with the Volga German Men's Choir and Kevin Rupp, Organist.
Uploaded on Oct 16, 2009
94-year-old Volga German (born in Russia in 1915) listens to the famous German-Russian catholic song "Das Schicksal" or "Schicksalslied" recorded at the Roman-Catholic Cathedral of the Plains in Viktoria, Kansas. The song she is very familiar with brings tears to her eyes.