„Mvenyane. Zwei gebrechliche Christen vor einer ihrer Hütten, in der ihnen ein Kranken-Abendmahl gegeben wurde“ („Mvenyane. Two frail Christians in front of one of their huts, in which they had been given a medical supper"). Two people standing next to a round hut, wearing draperies and blankets. The one on the left is wearing a cap, holding a stick in his right hand. 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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