cover image: A hospital, Mwaya, Tanzania, 1936

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A hospital, Mwaya, Tanzania, 1936

1936

"Das alte Hospital in Mwaja." ("The old hospital in Mwaja."). On the left: a building made of bricks. On the right: a round thatched hut. In the background: large palm trees. Between these buildings a man, probably a missionary. 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.
health services buildings exterior views

Authors

Tietzen, Theodor, 1893-1973

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11516
Dates
1936-10/1936-12
Format
Photographs
Pages
2 copies, colored slide no. 10593 photographic print, 11.4 x 8.5 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Mwaya Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m11516 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10593
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/ea29e8030c61990d0028906df99bf04f

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