[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Samuel Nickel (was Re: no subject)

[richard benert]

In the bibliography of his own "Die Deutschen in Wolhynien", Arndt lists 
this book as written by "Simon Nikel".  He says it was published by the 
Staatsverlag der nationalen Minderheiten der UdSSR.   This is somewhat 
interesting.  A government publication office for minorities in the Soviet 
Union?  At the very time that Stalin's regime was trying to suppress 
minorities like the Germans?

So was his name Simon or Samuel?

Dick Benert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Irene Kopetzke" <kopetzke at gmx.net>
To: "Volhnia Mailing List" <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 4:32 AM
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Samuel Nickel (was Re: no subject)


> On Sunday, October 17, 2004 4:18 AM, Donald Miller wrote:
>> What caught my eye is that his record indicated that he was
>> the author of the book, Die Deutsche Kolonie in Volhynia,
>> which was published in Kiev in 1935 and later republished
>> in Kharkov.
>>
>> Does anyone on the List know about this man and his book?
>> Does SGGEE library have any record of it?
>
>
> Don,
>
> You'll find some information on this in "Wolhynische Hefte" Vol.
> 13, written by Valentyn Witrenko who works as a teacher at the
> Lessja Ukrainka High School of Novograd Volynsk.
>
> According to Witrenko, Samuel Otto Nickel was a son of Otto
> Gottfried Nickel and Wilhelmine Rosin.
>
> The title of his book is "Die Deutschen in Wolhynien", 104 pages
> including a map. Witrenko summarizes the contents as follows:
>
> "Das Buch enthdlt 9 Abschnitte. Der erste Abschnitt und der zweite
> sind der Geschichte der deutschen Niederlassungen in Wolhynien
> gewidmet. Der dritte Abschnitt behandelt Beziehungen der
> Kolonisten zu den Gutsbesitzern und den Behvrden, ervrtert die
> Lage der lutherischen Kirche sowie der Schule in den deutschen
> Kolonien und hebt Probleme der internationalen Verhdltnisse in
> Wolhynien hervor [I suppose he means intercultural rather than
> international]. Der vierte Abschnitt macht die Lage des
> wolhynischen Deutschtums wdhrend des Ersten Weltkrieges bedeutend
> klarer. Der f|nfte und der sechste Abschnitt beschreiben
> entsprechende Prozesse im Land, welche die Revolutionen im Februar
> und im Oktober 1917 hervorgerufen haben. Im siebenten Abschnitt
> handelt es sich um Ereignisse des B|rgerkrieges in Wolhynien und
> im achten Abschnitt ist die Rede (vom kommunistisch-parteilichen
> Standpunkt aus) vom Verlauf der wirtschaftlichen und kulturellen
> Dnderungen im deutschen Dorf in den 20ern und Anfang der 30er
> Jahre." (More info available)
>
> To anticipate your next question: No, I do not know how to get a
> copy of Nickel's book. Nikolaus Arndt may have it or not. It might
> be easier for you to get in touch with Witrenko during your next
> visit in Ukraine.
>
> Irene Kopetzke
>
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