"Engotini. Im Garten des leerstehenden Missionshauses. Br. Daniel Schärf aus Kapstadt fotografiert alte Bekannte, den Evangelisten und seine Frau (vor dem Haus)" ("Engotini. In the yard of the untenanted mission house. Brother Daniel Schärf from Capetown is taking a photo of old friends, the Evangelist and his wife (in front of the house)"). Several people standing in front of a small house. Another man with a light coloured hat is standing a bit further right (apparently, this is Daniel Schärf). Around and between are a lot of plants. Johann Daniel Schärf, born in 1813 in Fulneck (England), was a baker. From 1843 till 1866 he worked as a missionary in South Africa (1843-1844 and 1852-1861 in Gnadenthal, 1844-1852 in Silo, 1861-1866 in Mamre). In 1866 he returned to Europe and died in 1884 in Niesky (Germany).--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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