Heinrich Groth, son of Heinrich Groth, was a leading activist for the re-establishment of a Volga German Republic in the latter days of the Soviet Union. He served as the secretary of the Coordinating Committee of Soviet Germans. He remained active in the causes of Germans from Russia. Heinrich Groth moved to Germany in 2003 and served as chairman of the Russlanddeutsche in Deutschland group there.
The Volga German ancestors of Heinrich Groth came from the daughter colony of Brunnental, and before that from Walter.
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Heinrich Groth.
Source: Russian Wikipedia Commons.
Photo of the group of delegates that met in Moscow in October 1988.
Heinrich Groth is standing near the center.
Source: Karl Becker.