Migration to the Ukraine

It would be erroneous to assume that this report would interest only the Rothe and Drude Families.  We are visiting two village, two settlements:  Annette and Josephine.  These are more than just human habitations.  These colonies were the birth places of individuals whose lives were tied together by a common bond:  Faith.  Helping one another and relying upon the guidance of One God created spiritual families that no political, economic or social demon could destroy, even bruise.  Scattered over many lands, even today those who years ago were neighbours in peaceful little villages with wooden houses and thatched roofs, people who later rode in unheated cattle cars for a period of twelve days as political prisoners to Siberia, all of these are, in a sense, the sons and daughters of Mother Rothe.  Her faith is our heritage.  - From Mother's Faith - Our Heritage as recorded, in part, by Mrs. Agathe Rothe and her sons, Fred and Richard Rothe