"Erntedank- und Kinderfest am 27.9.36. Am Glücksrad." ("Harvest festival and children's party on 09/27/36. At the Wheel of Fortune.") A group of European children (with their backs to the photographer) is crowding together at a Wheel of Fortune that is installed in a small hut. On the left side of the hut: two (or three?) little Swastika-festooned flags. Cf. photo nos. 10632, 10633 and 10636, 10637. -- 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.
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11576
- Dates
- 1936-09-27
- Format
- Photographs
- Pages
- 2 copies photographic print, 11.8 x 8.8 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Africa Nyasa Tanzania
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Malawi
- Reference
- impa-m11576 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10634
- 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/513009cf29d7998c2137daa19cb58e2d
