This 20-foot monument was erected to serve as a reminder of the history of Mennonite people and to honour those who suffered through times of violence, terror and war. It was created by a committee of the Mennonite Historical Society and dedicated in July of 1985. There are six sides to the structure and each side has a plaque to remind us of different events that have impacted Mennonites. The earliest beginning of the timeline is 1914, the beginning of the First World War and it goes until 1953.
There are plaques to honour the Mennonite victims of this violent century; the hardship endured by Mennonite women who faced persecution and lost husbands and homes during 1929 to 1953; victims of the Second World War; victims of terror 1929-1941; victims of war and anarchy 1914-1921; unknown victims, 1914-1953; and to those who found their resting place in unmarked graves in labour camps, in the endless loneliness of Russia’s northern wastes, or on the road between east and west.