DAVID ZERSEN, D.Min., Ed.D., is President Emeritus of Concordia University Texas. He and his wife, Julie live in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Zersen has published extensively on the subject of the Wends in the United States in journals like Lutheran Forum, Lutheran Quarterly and Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly and in Europe in Pomhaj Bóh and Serbska Protyka.Additionally he has edited books on Wendish themes including A Rock Against Alien Waves (2008) by Charles Wukasch, Shores of Hope (2009) by Trudla Malinkowa, and The Poetry and Music of Jan Kilian (2010). Zersen was made an Honorary Wend of the Texas Wendish Historical Society in 2001.
Copies of A Rock Against Alien Waves can be purchased at the Texas Wendish Heritage Society Museum, 1011 CR 212, Giddings, TX 78942 through its Executive Director, wendish@bluebon.net. This preface was written by Dr David Zersen. Preface In teaching students about heritage, I have often made the comment that there is no such thing as […]
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This book of Jan Kilian’s poetry and music was prepared for the 200th anniversary of his birth on March 22, 2011. Copies can be purchased at the Texas Wendish Heritage Society, 1011 CR 212, Giddings, TX 78942 through its Executive Director, wendish@bluebon.net. This is the Preface that was written by Dr David Zersen for this book. There
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Dr David Zersen wrote this Foreward to Trudla Malinkowa’s masterpiece. We hope that it will inspire you to read her blog and get a copy of her book for your bookshelves and your family’s edification. Copies can be gotten through the Texas Wendish heritage Society, 1011 CR 212, Giddings, TX 78942 by contacting the Executive Director,
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