“Kaffern in Mvenyane, die sich ‘Christmas-Box’ holen wollen” (“Kaffirs in Mvenyane want to to get the ‘Christmas-Box’“). Children, men and women are standing in multi-lines, wearing indigenous clothes, some are covered in light-coloured blankets. The surroundings are marked by shrubs and trees. Samuel Baudert (1879-1956), born as son of the missionary Samuel Baudert in South Africa, was mission director of the Moravian Brethren from 1924 to 1927 and since 1929 their bishop. c.f. picture no. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-2-07038.
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