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TellTale: Dakota Folklife and Stories

Come to America

By Bill Thomas
Published September 20, 2021 at 4:43 PM CDT

Germans from Russia talk about why their ancestors came.

The family stories of Germans-from-Russia folk singers Gaylynn Becker, Joe Johs, and John, Joe, and Andy Gross illustrate the tumultuous reasons why their ancestors left Russia and what happened to those who stayed behind.

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