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Alberta Mennonite Relief Society was organized in 1946 at the instigation of [[Klassen, Cornelius Franz "C. F." (1894-1954)|C. F. Klassen]] to aid Russian Mennonite refugees stranded in [[Germany|Germany]], but later devoted itself to aiding the settling of these refugees in [[Alberta (Canada)|Alberta]], and to collecting money for relief needs in [[Paraguay|Paraguay]]. It served both the [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]] and [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite]] groups throughout Alberta.
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