„Mvenyane, auf dem Neubau fürs Seminar: Br. Liebich mit seinen Industrieschülern an der Arbeit vom Dach aus“ („Mvenyane, on the new construction for the seminary: Brother Liebich with his industry students working from the roof“). Six men next to the construction of a wall. A European man cowering on one wall, wearing a suit, a necktie and a hat. Further behind four young men standing next to another wall, mainly dressed in trousers and shirts, two are wearing hats. They are smiling. Further left another man standing next to the third wall, wearing a shirt, a hat and braces. He is raising his right arm, holding an object (maybe a hammer) in his right hand. Trees and another building around and in the background. 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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