cover image: Receiving medicine, South Africa East

Receiving medicine, South Africa East

„Alles drängt sich an der Tür des Missionars nach Medizin“ („Everyone is crowding for medicine at the missionary's door“). A group of about fifteen African men and women are standing at the entrance of a house. The women are wearing long skirts, draperies and headdresses. The men are wearing trousers, jackets and hats. In the entrance a European woman. 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.
clergy medical treatment general views
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57879
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-m57879 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-4-08380
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/e185a95bdbf96ebff2df176d0c4f5c45

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