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Name |
Wilhelm 'Willi' BISCHKE |
Gender |
Male |
Person ID |
I397 |
HEUTHER |
Last Modified |
6 Aug 2007 |
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Notes |
- Came to US after WW2 and July 1989 was living at: 309 S. 33rd Street Billings, MT 59101 (248) 248-8351 -2440 Willie: All Bischkes here in the US and Canada came directly from USSR; his grandfather came from W_urtenburg, Neukirchen; Ruhrgebiet-iron and coal region. He says it was so crowded there that many moved South Germany to Poland-some may have moved to Switzerland. The Russians kicked out the Turks and gave free land to the ambituous German farmers who founded several settlements. Then Germany in WWII wanted the Germans out of Russia. Books: 'Paradise on the Steppe', Dr. Joseph S. Height, 1221 E. Adams Drive Franklin IN 46131 $6.90 'The GErman-Russians: Two Centuries of Pioneering', Karl Stumpp, Edition Atlantic-Forum Bonn, Brussels, NY Jubilee Edition 1971
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