"Baziya. Kraal Hochzeit. Nahaufnahme des jungen Paares vor der Kirche. Das Gesicht der Braut wird durch den Schleier verhüllt" ("Baziya. Kraal wedding. Close-up view of the young couple in front of the church. The face of the woman is covered by the veil"). A group of people standing. A couple: The bride is wearing a white wedding dress, a veil and pearls in her hair. She is holding flowers in her hands. The bridegroom left to her is wearing a dark suit, a striped necktie and a flower on his collar. Right to the bride and left behind the bridegroom two women wearing white dresses and caps. Other people behind the couple. Two women with dark caps. 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. c.f. pictures nos. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-8-10704, -10705, -10707, -10710, -10711, -10712, -10713, -10714, -10715.
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