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Harff, Otto Heinrich Johann

Biography
The Rev. Otto Heinrich Johann Harff was born 23 June 1872. He was ordained on 27 October 1896 and served the congregations in Rosenberg (1906-1929), Gnadenflur (1913?-1931), and Kukkus (1929-1931). He was arrested in 1931 and sent to the Semipalatinsk Gulag.
Sources
- Die Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Russland: 1914.
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen – Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: AER Verlag