„Mutter und Tante bringen ein krankes Kind zum Missionar“ („Mother and aunt are bringing a sick child to the missionary“). Two women, wearing draperies, headdresses and necklaces. The necklace of the women standing on the right side is looking like it is made of fur. The woman on the left is holding a child in her arms. Apparently, she is breast-feeding it. A building and trees in the background. 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.
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