Heinrich Jakob Braun, b. 30 April 1873 at Alexanderwohl, South Russia, was a leading representative of the Mennonite Brethren of the Molotschna settlement. Braun was graduated from the Hamburg Baptist Seminary, was a minister, a director of the Raduga Publishing House, and owner of two large estates. After the Revolution (1922) he left Russia to make his home in Germany, where he practiced healing. In 1924 he made a trip to South America to investigate settlement possibilities for Mennonites in Paraguay. He undertook this project entirely at his own initiative and on his own expense but submitted a comprehensive report to the Mennonitische Studienkommision delegated by the Mennonites of Russia to investigate settlement possibilities. He died 24 June 1946. His major achievements lay in the realm of promoting the publication and distribution of Christian literature among the Mennonites and others in Russia.

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