„Mvenyane. Die Täuflinge vor der Kirche (26 Frauen, 1 Mann)“ („Mvenyane. The baptizands in front of the church (26 women, 1 man)“). A group of women, wearing white dresses and headdresses, next to a church. The group on the left and the group on the right side are standing, the group in the middle is sitting near the entrance. Trees are around and in between. The man, mentioned in the title, is not visible. 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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