Immigration to South America
Although most people from Norka immigrated to the United States, Canada, and Germany, several reports confirm that a small number immigrated to South America. Some families initially settling in South America later immigrated to the United States.
According to Ruth Nielsen, her contact in Entre Ríos, Argentina, reported that the Russian "mother villages" of Aldea San Juan are both Norka and Dönhof.
Aldea San Juan is located in Entre Ríos Province on land once owned by Johannes Spangenberg. Spangenberg was a German diplomat who sold the land to a contingent of Volga German immigrants in 1889.
According to Ruth Nielsen, her contact in Entre Ríos, Argentina, reported that the Russian "mother villages" of Aldea San Juan are both Norka and Dönhof.
Aldea San Juan is located in Entre Ríos Province on land once owned by Johannes Spangenberg. Spangenberg was a German diplomat who sold the land to a contingent of Volga German immigrants in 1889.
German Settlements in Argentina. Source: "Jarbuch d. Deutsch. Volksbundes f. Argentinien" (1933) as published in Handwörterbuch des Grenz- und Auslandsdeutschtums, Carl Petersen, ed.
Sources
Koch, Fred C. The Volga Germans: In Russia and the Americas, from 1763 to the Present. University Park: Pennsylvania State UP, 1977. 192-94. Print. <https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=rzJh_whDGmIC>.
Nielsen, Ruth. Personal email to Steven Schreiber.
Nielsen, Ruth. Personal email to Steven Schreiber.
Last updated December 7, 2023