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An oral interview with Alexander Braun conducted by Sara Keckeisen. He was born July 10, 1923 in Wernersdorf the Ukraine the son of Peter and Katharina (Braeul) Braun. After World War II, Mr. Braun fled west from the former Soviet Union. Eventually he immigrated to Canada (1949) on contract with the Canadian Government to work as a miner in Northern Quebec. After years of persistent attempts, in 1953 he was able to come to the United States from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, to join his wife and her parents in Kansas. Alexander worked in auto body repair. He later was employed by the Kansas Neurological Institute (KNI) and the State of Kansas as a Master Electrician before his retirement in 1991. These are long clips. The first clip is sixty-three minutes, the second is seventy-three minutes. A searchable transcription of the interview is available by clicking on Text Version below.
Creator: Keckeisen, Sara J. (Sara Ellen Judge)
Date: 2006
Item Number: 222253
Call Number: 2008-287.02
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 222253
Collections - Oral History
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Mennonite
Date - 2000s - 2006
Military - Wars - World War II
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Audio recording
People - European Americans - German Russians
People - European Americans - Ukrainian
People - Notable People - Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
People - Notable People - Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - International - Canada
Places - International - Germany
Places - International - Poland
Places - International - Soviet Union
Places - International - Ukraine
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Audio - Oral histories
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