Visit of Germans Officials to North Dakota

Jochen Welt, Member of the Deutscher Bundestag; Federal Government Commissioner for Matters Related to Repatriates and National Minorities, Berlin and Bonn, Germany
Klaus Pöhle, Director General, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Bundestministerium des Innern, Bonn, Germany
Dr. Alexander Schumacher, Assistant to Jochen Welt, Bonn, Germany

Strasburg, North Dakota
July 30, 2003

Photo Set 3

The group visits the Homestead of Ludwig and Christina Schwan Welk, birthplace of Lawrence Welk, near Strasburg; left to right: Alexander Schumacher; Bob Dambach, Prairie Public TV, Fargo; Klaus Pöhle; Jochen Welt; Verena Bonitz, translator, NDSU, Fargo; and Michael Miller, NDSU Libraries, Fargo.	The Welk sodhouse at the historic farmstead.
The group visits Saints Peter and Paul's Catholic Church; left to right: Michael Miller; Jochen Welt; Father Leonard Eckroth; Klaus Pöhle; and Alexander Schumacher; back row: Verena Bonitz and Albert Feist, Strasburg, farmer and local historian.	The group in front of Saints Peter and Paul's Catholic Cemetery; left to right: Alexander Schumacher; Michael Miller; Jochen Welt; Verena Bonitz; Albert Feist; and Klaus Pöhle.