Josefstal – Skripalovo Russia

A German Village on the Volga

Josefstal: Unknown

| December 13, 2011

The above photograph, taken in or near Josefstal, is of persons unknown…only that the individuals were residents of Josefstal.

Margareta Stremel

| December 13, 2011

This photograph was taken in Josefstal, probably around 1920.  On the left is Margareta (Stremel) Gerk, wife of Michael Gerk.  The girl on the right is unknown.

Family Gerk: circa 1917

| December 5, 2011

This photograph was taken circa 1917 in the Volga German village of Josefstal.  The family consists of the Johan Georg Gerk family. Standing in the upper right hand side is Paul Gerk, who would escape from Russia and travel to Canada in 1924.