The bridal couple is leaving the sacristy, South Africa East, 1933

„Zincuka. Neben der Kirche. Das Brautpaar tritt aus der Sakristei, Schw. Hartmann in der Tür“ („Zincuka. Beside the church. The bridal couple is leaving the sacristy, S[ister] Hartmann at the door”). A group of people is standing next to the entrance of a building. Apparently, they are dancing. In the middle the bridegroom, wearing a dark suit, a necktie, a hat and white gloves. In the front a woman and a man standing with their back to the photographer. The woman is wearing dark draperies and a headdress, the man a suit with a light coloured jacket. He is leaning forward in the bridegroom’s direction.; 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).; c.f. picture no. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-5-09360.