Wilhelm Blohm and a native doctor, South Africa East

„Missionar Blohm mit einem Kaffer-Doktor bei Sixugulu“ („Missionary Blohm with a Kaffir doctor near Sixugulu“). On the left side Wilhelm Blohm in a suit, with hat, glasses and a small bag. Beside him on the right a man, wearing large draperies and a cap, holding a long stick in his right hand. 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.--Johannes Vogt (1883-1973) was bishop of the Moravian Church (from 1947 onwards) and has visited Tanganyika in the years 1938 and 1939. [One picture is yellowed.]