Men after the church service, South Africa East, 1933

„Tinana. Die Männer nach dem Kirchgang, am Eingang des Missionshofes“ („Tinana. The men after the church going, at the entrance of the mission court“). A group of people, mainly men in jackets and with hats, are standing behind a wall and a fence. Hills 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).