"Erntedank- und Kinderfest am 27.9.36. Kinder deutscher Farmer b. Spiel nach d. Gottesdienst." ("Harvest festival and children's party on 09/27/36. Children of German farmers at play after worship.") Two boys are sitting on a thin log that has been laid upon two upright logs. Under them a pile of straw. They are trying to push each other off. They are surrounded by men, women and children. In the background: a hut. Cf. photo nos. 10632 - 10634 and 10637. -- Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi till 1929 and in Utengule till 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
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2 copies photographic print, 11.6 x 8.7 cm. photographs
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