They had gone to the field and brought him to speak to us. He has relatives who have left Russia and live in Germany. He is attempting to locate descendants who came to North America. We were able to spend only a portion of an afternoon at Holstein but we achieved our objective of having a glimpse of the village our grandmother had told us about. Click on the picture to see a larger image.
New house is on the right side of the street.
Houses are built close to the road. There are no well-kept front yards. Street and houses in Holstein. There was no pump handle. People came with buckets to get water.