Three groups of Mennonite Germans from Russia settled in and around Freeman, South Dakota starting in 1873. A community museum houses the archives and artifacts of their settlement and the overall history of the area. | SDPB

Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory There is far more to 1919-1939 Germany than it simply being a prelude to Hitler’s rise to power. As financial ruin, military defeat, and a humiliating treaty blew in gales, Germans pushed for a republican system of government, and a new constitution to lift them off their knees. It was a period of not only struggle as hyperinflation and reparations cut holes int