Profession
Clergy
Biography
The Rev. Arthur Pfeiffer was born in Norka in 1897.
He studied theology at the Lutheran Seminary in St. Petersburg (Leningrad).
He served the parish in Yagodnaya Polyana from 1929-1934.
He was arrested in 1935, along with his brother, the Rev. Emil Pfeiffer, and exiled to Alma Ata (current Kazakhstan) whree he was executed by Soviet authorities.
Source(s)
- Pfeiffer Arthur (wolgadeutsche.ru) [Online]
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen – Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: AER Verlag Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Rußland, 1978): 163.
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Pastor Arthur Pfeiffer.
Source: wolgadeutsche.ru