Belarus was our homeland for many years

Summercamp Smol'e 2006
Summercamp Smol'e 2006
Youth Summercamp Smol'e 2006
Youth Summercamp Smol'e 2006
Youth Summercamp Smol'e 2005
Youth Summercamp Smol'e 2005
Ada, Vale and Marina from Vitebsk
Ada, Vale and Marina from Vitebsk
Christene and Kusa in Smol'e
Christene and Kusa in Smol'e
Christene and Kusa in Smol'e in the morning
Christene and Kusa in Smol'e in the morning
Yoga at the Summercamp 2005
Yoga at the Summercamp 2005
Baha'i Center in Minsk 2004
Baha'i Center in Minsk 2004

For many years Belarus was our homeland, its wonderful people shaped us and held us tight.

1978 Helmut, a 27 year old youth, went to the Soviet Union to a place close to Minsk as an employee of a company. There he married Olga on the 23rd of May 1981. Soon afterwards they went to Kazakhstan with the same company. 1984 the three of them (Olga was pregnant in the 7th month) to Bavaria where Jana and Janis were born. 1986, when Jana was 2 years old and Janis just 3 months, they went back to Belarus.

A special place in Helmut's and our hearts took the Baha'i community and the great amount of our wonderful friends.

Deep love we feel for a little place on Earth called Smole.

On the following pages we will share with you pictures and stories of those times.

If you want to find out more about the Baha'i community in Belarus follow the link www.bahai.by/indexen.html