Josefstal – Skripalovo Russia

A German Village on the Volga

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.

Russian Army

| December 31, 2010

Circa 1911 The names of these Josefstal men are, drafted into the Russian army: Left to right: Georg Gerk, Adam Schaab and Kaspar Rohwein

Josefstal Residents in Nizhny Tagil Labour Camp, Sverdlovsk Region

| November 18, 2010

Here is the list of Josefstal residents housed in this slave labour camp: Breidt, Katarina Wagner, Josef Gerk, Ivan Dieser, Andreii Dreser, Peter Rohwein, Peter Stremel, Georg Stremel, Peter Erdle, Fedor The complete list, along with what photos survived from camp records, is available here.

Nizhny Tagil Labour Camp: Gerk, Ivan Ivanovich

| November 18, 2010

Johannes Ivanovich Gerk, born in Josefstal in 1926. Source

Family Gerk, Blattner, Leonardt

| June 16, 2008

  This photo was taken in Josefstal aprox. 1924.  It features: Back Row, Left to Right: Kaspar Blattner, Gottfried Gerk, Johannes Gerk. Front Row, Left to Right: Katarina (Gerk) Blattner , Anna Margareta (Rohwein) Gerk, and Maria (Gerk) Leonardt