cover image: Evangelization assembly in Makaula, South Africa East

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Evangelization assembly in Makaula, South Africa East

„Evangelisationsversammlung in Makaula“ („Evangelization assembly in Makaula“). A large group of predominantly young people sitting or standing on a plain. On the right side of the picture a group of children standing in rows. A man is standing in front of them, with his back to the photographer. Maybe the children are singing. In the background huts and hills. Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Blohm, born in 1884 in Keffenbrinck (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1911 he married Marie Bürger. He started his missionary work in 1911 in Unyamwezi (East Africa). After being imprisoned by the Belgians from 1916 till 1917 he returned to Germany. From 1922 till 1945 he worked as a missionary in Baziya (South Africa). He died in Baziya in 1945.
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Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57866
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
5.5 x 8.1 cm
Place Discussed
Africa South Africa Unknown
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m57866 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-3-08342
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/acbbd83d6c87f94539f6b730060d725f

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