"Iswangala, Aussenstation von Ipole. Irrsinniges Mädchen, in eine Astgabel gefesselt weil sie sonst in den Wald läuft, wo sie wilden Tieren ausgesetzt ist, usw. 28.9.33" ("Iswangala, Ipole's outstation. Insane girl, tied to a crutch because otherwise she would run into the forest where she would be exposed to wild animals, etc. 28.9.33"). The girl is standing next to the wall, one hand is touching it. The wall is made of wooden poles. She is wearing a cloth around her waist. Her neck is tied to a large crutch, the crutch is facing her throat. Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).
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