cover image: A group of people standing in front of a church, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1936

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A group of people standing in front of a church, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1936

1936

"Unsre Kirche in Rutundu." ("Our church in Rutundu."). A rectangular building made of bricks with a thatched roof. A group of people standing in a line in front of the building. In the foreground grassland. On the left a tree. Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi till 1929 and in Utengule till 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
buildings exterior views

Authors

Tietzen, Theodor, 1893-1973

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11509
Dates
1936-10/1936-12
Format
Photographs
Pages
2 copies photographic print, 11.5 x 8.5 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Nyasa Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Malawi
Reference
impa-m11509 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10586
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/c285605f03ca05cdbd8ee2f76cfd07f4

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