Günther, Herbert Hugo Julius

Profession: 
Clergy
Biography: 

Pastor Herbert Hugo Julius Günther, son of The Rev. Hugo Amandus Julius Günther & Maria Allendorf, was born 24 May 1891 in the Volga German colony of Beideck.

He was married to Agathe Kurtz, daughter of pastor Martin Kurtz & Amalie Mettig, who was born 15 October 1891 in Simbirsk.

He studied theology at the University of Dorpat. He served the parish of Beideck from 1918 to 1929 and Warenburg from 1929 to 1931.

He was exiled in 1931, and his fate is unknown.

Source(s): 

- Günther Herbert Hugo Julius (wolgadeutsche.ru) [Online]
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen – Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: AER Verlag Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Rußland, 1978): 139.