Meet A Maker
Arthur Kroeger at age fourteen, 1936. Background image: Kroeger Clock and Motor Works factory, ca. 1910.
Arthur Kroeger at age fourteen, 1936. Background image: Kroeger Clock and Motor Works factory, ca. 1910.
In this kindergarten photo, taken c. 1927, in Rosenthal, Arthur is seated on the far left, wearing a sailor-style outfit. Background image: Kroeger clock tower of the Chortitza Zentralschule.
Arthur Kroeger's father, Peter D. Kroeger (1890–1942), working at a lathe in Rosenthal, 1935. Background photo: Peter D. Kroeger with brother Johann D. Kroeger (1894–1942) in the Kroeger factory, ca 1921.
Arthur Kroeger's refugee camp identification card, 1949. Background photo: Arthur aboard the Samaria, crossing the Atlantic to Canada, 1949.
Letter giving the Kroeger factory permission to re-open after being shut down by Soviet authorities.
Arthur Kroeger discussing Mennonite clocks with Polish antique clock collector Paweł Fietkiwicz at the Ethnographic Department of the National Museum in Gdansk, Poland, in May 2006.
Press play to follow a discussion by museum specialists on Arthur Kroeger's approach to restoring Kroeger clocks.
(Left to right): H. Elizabeth Kroeger, Angelika V. Kroeger and Arthur Kroeger researching Kroeger clocks at the Library of the National Academy in Gdańsk in 2006.