cover image: Missionary Giersch with students, Mbozi, Tanzania, ca. 1906-1929

Missionary Giersch with students, Mbozi, Tanzania, ca. 1906-1929

"Mbozi: Lese- u. Schreibunterricht im Freien. Br. Giersch." ("Mbozi: Outside class for reading and writing. Br[other] Giersch."). View of Missionary Giersch standing next to a group of sitting Africans placed on benches. They are all holding writing boards whereas Missionary Giersch is holding a book. In the background: a white clay wall and trees. Ernst Otto Giersch (1878-1946 [1947]) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served from 1906 to 1908 in Mbozi (together with his wife Anna Magdalena, née Seiler) and returned home because of illness. From 1927 to 1929 he again served in Mbozi.
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Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m10995
Date published
1906/1929
Dates
1906/1929
Format
Photographs
Pages
2 copies, black-and-white slide no. 4697 photographic prints, 11.8 x 8.9 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Mbozi Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m10995 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-04697
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/5d7fc81e0a5ee395b459e245cd5e6a89

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