cover image: Chapel in Vukuga, Usoke, Unyamwezi, Tanzania, 1933

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Chapel in Vukuga, Usoke, Unyamwezi, Tanzania, 1933

1933

"Vukuga, Aussenstation von Usoke, eröffnet an diesem Tage, neue Kapelle nach dem Eröffnungsgottesdienst" ("Vukuga, Usoke's outstation, inaugurated on this day, new chapel after the opening sermon"). The small chapel with a thatched roof in the centre. African people standing around it. c.f. pictures nos. IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09218, IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09219, IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09224, IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09236.--The chapel was inaugurated on October 8, 1933. Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).
buildings indigenous populations churches general views
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14725
Dates
1933
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
6 x 10.6 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Tanzania Usoke uncategorized: Unyamwezi
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m14725 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09217
Rights
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Germany http://www.archiv.ebu.de unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/bf7fbfa3c1361a5cdf2f6c5a728b267d

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