Michael M. Miller, director and bibliographer of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection at NDSU Libraries, will lead the 15th Journey to the Homeland tour May 20-30 to Odessa, Ukraine and Stuttgart, Germany.

Tour members will visit their ancestral former German villages near Odessa and nearby Moldova. While in Stuttgart, tour members will visit the Germans from Russia organization's museums and take a day trip to visit Alsace, France.

Miller will stay additional days in Germany for work in Berlin, Freiburg, Stuttgart and Augsburg. While in Berlin, he will meet with Ute Schmidt, author of “Bessarabien: Deutsche Kolonisten am Schwarzen Meer.” They will translate the work to English to be a Germans from Russia Heritage Collection publication.

For more information, go to library.ndsu.edu/grhc/outreach/journey/index.html.