cover image: Children after the Christmas church, Baziya, South Africa East, 1933

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Children after the Christmas church, Baziya, South Africa East, 1933

1933

„Baziya. Besucher der Weihnachtskirche. Schulkinder nach der Versammlung“ („Baziya. Visitors of the Christmas church. Schoolchildren after the gathering“). A group of about fourteen children standing near to the photographer, looking at him. Some of them are smiling, others are looking curiously. 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.
children church group portraits
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57942
Dates
1933
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
7.7 x 10.3 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Baziya South Africa
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m57942 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-4-08968
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/1d274b2fd5339ea0694e2655e3ee8818

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