"Mbozi: Lese- u. Schreibunterricht im Freien. Br. Giersch." ("Mbozi: Outside class for reading and writing. Br[other] Giersch."). View of Missionary Giersch standing next to a group of sitting Africans placed on benches. They are all holding writing boards whereas Missionary Giersch is holding a book. In the background: a white clay wall and trees. Ernst Otto Giersch (1878-1946 [1947]) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served from 1906 to 1908 in Mbozi (together with his wife Anna Magdalena, née Seiler) and returned home because of illness. From 1927 to 1929 he again served in Mbozi.
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2 copies, black-and-white slide no. 4697 photographic prints, 11.8 x 8.9 cm. photographs
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