cover image: Brother Knöbel and Brother Schieve in Moravian Hill, Cape Town, South Africa, ca.1936-1937

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Brother Knöbel and Brother Schieve in Moravian Hill, Cape Town, South Africa, ca.1936-1937

"Br. Knöbel und Br. Schieve vor der Tür. Moravian Hill." ("Br[other] Knöbel and Br[other] Schieve in front of the door. Moravian Hill."). The two European missionaries are standing in front of the door of a big house, resembling a mansion. Brother Knöbel is wearing a regular suit and a tie in light colors. Brother Schieve is wearing a dark suit and a pocket watch of which the chain is visible. Karl Rudolf Knöbel (1910-?) worked as a missionary and merchant in South Africa. He married Ottilie Emma Hese (1914-?). -- Moravian Hill was a congregation in District Six, now called Zonnebloem. -- This picture was taken by Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?). He worked as a missionary in South Africa West, mostly in Elim. He married Elfriede Henriette Johanna Nigrin (born 1898) in Herrnhut near Dresden, Germany, in 1929. It is not known when and where he stopped working and died.
clergy men houses conversation pieces

Authors

Schaberg, Willibald Paul, 1900?

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m13289
Date published
1936/1937
Dates
1936/1937
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 5.9 x 4.5 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Cape Town South Africa
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m13289 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-3-12460
Rights
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de Moravian Archives Moravian Archives; http://www.archiv.ebu.de/ Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Deutschland unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/be7adfaeda80031f9e26a7c2d16be52f

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