Johannes FISCHER

Alternate spellings of this village name. New Schloessel, Nue Schloessel, Neu Schloessel, Schluessel, Schlossel. As at Feb. 14, 2012 spelling of village in Khdrson/Odessa: NowAndreaschewka, Andriasevca Nova, Andrejaschevski. <p></p> <p>The New Schloessel massacre is also known as the "Red Massacre".</p> <p></p> <p>Source 1: " Nue Schlossel" (found under: http://www.oocities.org/vienna/choir/5362/nue.html) part of "The Schiffmacher List". <p></p> <p>The treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany took Russia out of the war in March 1818. <p></p> <p>During this German occupation of 1918, an attempt wasmade to establish an independent Ukrainian State, but Red Russia used its brutal power and weapons to take back the Ukraine, and by 1922 attached it formally to the USSR, but with Russia clearly in control. <p></p> <p>By this treaty, Russia lost a third of its people and a third of its resources, for the treaty demanded the independence from Russia of Poland, Finland, and the Baltic States, and virtual German control of the Ukraine. <p></p> <p>Almost miraculous the Bolshevik Government survived, that it did so was largely due to an Ukrainian named " Lev Davidovich Bronstein " who had taken the name of" Leon Trotsky ".( Revolutionary Leader) <p></p> <p>As Lenin's lieutenant, Leon Trotsky hastily organised the Workers and Peasants Red Army (1918) <p></p> <p>And hammered them in to fightingunits, Trotsky proved to be a brilliant militair organizer, by 1922 he had quelled all military opposition. <p></p> <p>The foreigen armies had gone and the Bolsheviks were fully in control of the country. <p></p> <p>But units of Bolsheviks had been roaming out of control in the country side, and many atrocities were committed by the Bolsheviks on the people of the Kutschurgan and other Ukrainian Villages. <p></p> <p>On that day in August 1919 the Bolsheviks entered the Village of Neu Schlossel and committed great transgression and atrocities to the German descendent farmers in the Kutschurgandistrict in the name of Communism. <p></p> <p>The Settlement of Nue Schlossel was founded in the late 1870.</p> <p></p> <p>Andreas Volk, is named as the founder of the Nue Schlossel commune</p> <p></p> <p>There is a mention in a Birth Register in 1877 of a " Ferdinand Volk " who may well have been the first recorded Birth in Nue Schlossel <p></p> <p>In the book</p> <p>"PARADISE ON THE STEPPE"</p><p>by Joseph Height:</p> <p>Joseph describes the events of August 1, 1919</p> <p>in Neu Schlossel ---- Now known as: Novo- Andrejaschevski</p> <p></p> <p>He describes the attrocities commited by the Bolscheviks on the people of the Kutschurgan villages and says: <p></p> <p>On that fatal day in 1919 seventeen men were brutally murdered by the Bolscheviks. <p></p> <p>Andreas Volk, the founder of thecommune, was captured in flight and brought back to the hamlet where his captors subjected him to savage torture in view of all of the residents. <p></p> <p>After cutting off his fingers and mutilating his face with a bayonet, the sadistic henchmen left him dying in the street for two days, more dead than alive <p></p> <p>No one was permitted to approach him until he had expired.</p> <p></p> <p>The corpse of Franz Moser, son of Karl Moser was left lying in the gutted courtyard of Jakob Fetsch until the dogs had torn it to pieces. <p></p> <p>Joseph Height lists the victims of Neu Schlossel as:</p> <p></p> <p>Andreas Volk</p> <p></p> <p>Johannes Fischer and his sons,</p> <p></p> <p>Franz Schiffmacher ( 1852 Age 67 )</p> <p></p> <p>Joseph Schiffmacher ( 1856 Age 63 )</p> <p></p> <p>Jakob Schiffmacher (1888 Age 31 ) (and his sons ?)</p> <p></p> <p>Other schiffmachers not named are:</p> <p></p> <p>Ignatz Schiffmacher (1878 Age 41 ) Son of Franz.S 1852</p> <p></p> <p>Anton Schiffmacher (1880 Age 39 ) Son of Franz.S 1852</p> <p></p> <p>Franz Schiffmacher (1882 Age 37 ) Son of Franz.S 1852</p> <p></p> <p>Heinrich Schiffmacher (1894 Age 25 ) Son of Joseph.S 1856</p> <p></p> <p>Johannes Schiffmacher (1886 Age 33 ) Son of Joseph.S 1856</p> <p></p> <p>Other Not Named Villagers:</p> <p></p> <p>Adam Fischer</p> <p></p> <p>The names of other Sons of Jakob schiffmacher are not known to me. And to the best of my knowledge Jacob had only: 2 Children: <p></p> <p>1 Daughter Rosa. S Born: May.10.1912</p> <p></p> <p>1 Son Joseph.S Born: Dec.02.1913.</p> <p></p> <p>Joseph S. Married about 1940 to:</p> <p></p> <p>Emilia Vogel who was born in Kandel Jan 07,1919 Daughter of Sebastian Vogel. <p></p> <p>Source2: "Memories of the Black Sea Germans, The Odyssey of a Pioneering People". by Joseph S.Height, ppgs 232-233. <p></p> <p>According to the most reliable reports 87 men were shot. Of these 24 were from Selz, 8 from Baden,4 from Kandel and one from Strassburg. The victums have been listedin alphabetical order according to the villages they were from. <p></p> <p>The identified victums in Neu-Schloessel were: Andreas Volk, Johannes Fischer and his sons, Franz and Joseph Schiffmacher, and Jakob Schiffmacher and his sons. <p></p> <p>Source 3: Moved to New Schloessel, killed in New Schloessel massacre Aug 01, 1919 along with sons Josef, Peter, Franz. Daughter Martha killed in Selz massacre Aug 05 1919. <p></p> <p>A3342-EWZ50-B063 0244.</p> <p>Marr. Film #5.</p> <p></p>

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