cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59677
title: Orthodox seminarists at the church entrance, Ethiopia, [s.d.]

description: 22 Ethiopian boys and young men stand in front of a stone wall with a door. The wall is roofed by corrugated iron sheet.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59678
title: Medhane Alem Cathedral, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, [s.d.]

description: Behind a stone wall a fenced off octagonal building with a corrugated sheet roof and an Ethiopian cross on top is visible.; Cf. picture no. ELM/AE/Fotos - 532
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59679
title: Crowd at the celebration of timkat, Addis Abeba?, Ethiopia, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of a very big crowd in a valley with few trees, "in welchem am Thimkatfest die Waschung der Bundeslade vollzogen [wird]" ("where on the celebration of timkat the washing of the Ark of the Covenant takes place").; cf. picture no. ELM/AE/Fotos - 533.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59681
title: Ethiopian Christian woman, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, [s.d.]

description: Profile of an Ethiopian woman with braided hair. She is wearing an Ethiopian silver cross on a leather necklace and an earring with an Ethiopian cross.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59682
title: Celebration at the mission station in Aira, Ethiopia, [s.d.]

description: To the right on the veranda of a thatched house a group of people, among them three Germans and two children. To the left a thatched round hut, in front of it a group of Ethiopians. Most of the men are holding spears, the women have the back of their head shaved and are wearing broad white headbands.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59683
title: Group portrait in front of the mission house in Aira, Ethiopia, ca.1932

description: Group portrait in front of the thatched mission house: ca. 34 Ethiopians and 11 children, to the left in the front row Martha Waßmann sen. with her son Dietrich, to the right nurse Martha Waßmann with her niece Martha. In the rearmost row Dietrich Waßmann sen. (with glasses and sun helmet) and an Orthodox priest. Hermann Elbers in a white shirt on the veranda.; Hermann Elbers (1906-1944) was a carpenter and served the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1928 to 1935. He married Martha Böttcher in 1933. -- Dietrich Waßmann (1897-1954) was a missionary of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1927 on. In 1928 he married Martha, née Asmus. He worked at first at the mission station of Aira, where he established a protestant church and built an infirmary together with his sister Martha Waßmann. In 1935 he had to leave Ethiopia. He returned in 1938 and went back to Aira. In 1942 Waßmann  went back to Germany. He returned again to Ethiopia in 1951. -- Martha Waßmann (1903-1987) was a nurse and the sister of Dietrich Waßmann. She began her work for the Hermannsburg mission in Aira in 1929, but due to ill health she soon had to leave for Harar. By the end of 1930 she worked again in Aira. In 1935 she left Ethiopia because of the war.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59684
title: Members of the German church, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 1930

description: Group portrait of 33 people and 9 children on the veranda of the rented house of the mission station in Addis Abeba.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59685
title: Church in the lemon grove, Gambela, Ethiopia, 1935

description: Photograph of churchgoers in the lemon grove of the district comissioner. Ca. 50 seated Ethiopians and 7 Europeans, among them possibly the family Waßmann.; Dietrich Waßmann (1897-1954) was a missionary of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1927 on. In 1928 he married Martha, née Asmus. He worked at first at the mission station of Aira, where he established a protestant church and built an infirmary together with his sister Martha Waßmann. In 1935 he had to leave Ethiopia. He returned in 1938 and went back to Aira. In 1942 Waßmann  went back to Germany. He returned again to Ethiopia in 1951.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59686
title: Italian military cemetery, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia, ca.1938

description: Distant view of a hilly, meager country. In the middle a cemetery with a chapel is visible.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59687
title: Italian military cemetery, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia, ca.1938

description: Photograph of a chapel, tombstones and crosses.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59689
title: Grave of Heinz Rhode, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia, ca.1938

description: To the right a chapel, to the left 5 people standing at the grave of Heinz Rhode on the Italian military cemetery.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59690
title: Grave of Heinz Rhode, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia, ca.1938

description: In the background graves, in the front a fresh grave with a cross and a bouquet of flowers.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59691
title: Planting the grave of Heinz Rhode, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia, ca.1938

description: "Alle helfen mit, das Grab Heinz Rhodes zu bepflanzen" ("All are helping with planting Heinz Rhode's grave"). 6 people are bent over a grave that is enclosed by stones and pallisades. In the background other graves are visible.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59692
title: Women at Heinz Rhode's grave, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia, 1938

description: Two women are standing in front of a grave that is enclosed by stones and pallisades. On the cross of the grave is visible the inscription: "Hier ruht in Gott Heinz Rhode, *2.11.1912, +27.4.1938" ("Here rests in God Heinz Rhode, *11-02-1912, +04-27-1938"). One woman is holding a box, the other a stick.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59693
title: Grave of Heinz Rhode, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia, ca.1938

description: Photograph of a grave that is enclosed by stones and pallisades. On the cross of the grave an inscription is visible reading: "Hier ruht in Gott Heinz Rhode, *2.11.1912, +27.4.1938" ("Here rests in God Heinz Rhode, *11-02-1912, +04-27-1938").
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59694
title: Inauguration mass of the German church, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 1930

description: Group portrait of members of the German church of Addis Abeba in front of the three-storied mission house with a surrounding gallery on each story. On the gallery of the second floor from left Hermann Grabe, Hans Borinski, Hermann Bahlburg in a cassock, the Austrian globetrotter Mr. Böhm. Downstairs in front of the house the interpreter Johannes, D.Ges and painter Mr. Winninger, behind them Dr. Schlobbies, D.Ges minister Dr. Prüfer, behind them consul Dr. Melchers, Mr. Gerke, Mr. Büron, Kurt Schumacher and his wife, the wife of Mr. Dostrowski, hehind them Ms. Haertel, Mr. Fischer, Ms. Gerke, Ms. Fischer, Mr. Dabbert, Mr. Nauss, Mr. Stift, Adolf Müller, Dietrich Waßmann sen.  The children are Inge Plazikowski and the Schumacher children.; Hermann Bahlburg (1892-1962) was the leader of the Galla [Oromo] mission of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1927 until his internment in 1941. He was based mostly in Adis Abeba, where he promoted the founding of a German school and church. He was part of the first caravan to Aira and undertook several journeys to the newly established mission stations in Aira and Bedele. From 1941 to 1948 he was interned by the British occupying forces. Afterwards he returned to Germany, where he continued his work as missionary until he was banned by the leadership of the Hermannsburger Missionsanstalt. He  was posthumously rehabilitated in 2007. -- Hermann Grabe (1901-1984) was a ship carpenter and deacon. He was a missionary of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1927 to 1935. -- Adolf Müller (1905-1936) was a mission artisan of the Hermannsburg mission. He started his work as a missionary in Ethiopia in 1927. From 1928 he served in Aira, later in Bedele. He was married to Minna, née Nottorf. In may 1936 he left Bedele with his wife and baby to flee to Adis Abeba. He was killed on the way in an attack on the caravan. -- Dietrich Waßmann (1897-1954) was a missionary of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1927 on. In 1928 he married Martha, née Asmus. He worked at first at the mission station of Aira, where he established a protestant church and built an infirmary together with his sister Martha Waßmann. In 1935 he had to leave Ethiopia. He returned in 1938 and went back to Aira. In 1942 Waßmann  went back to Germany. He returned again to Ethiopia in 1951.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59695
title: First singing lesson in the mission station in Aira, Ethiopia, [s.d.]

description: Interior view of a room. In the background the entrance door framed by two windows, to the left a cupboard with a curtain, on it enamel crockery. In front of it to the very left a high chair, to the right a reed organ with an bouquet of flowers and a candle on it. Dietrich Waßmann sen. is playing the organ. To his feet are seated 12 Oromo with 3 children, nurse Martha Waßmann, Mrs. Martha Waßmann sen., and another missionary.; The photograph is retouched. -- Dietrich Waßmann (1897-1954) was a missionary of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1927 on. In 1928 he married Martha, née Asmus. He worked at first at the mission station of Aira, where he established a protestant church and built an infirmary together with his sister Martha Waßmann. In 1935 he had to leave Ethiopia. He returned in 1938 and went back to Aira. In 1942 Waßmann  went back to Germany. He returned again to Ethiopia in 1951.  -- Martha Waßmann (1903-1987) was a nurse and the sister of Dietrich Waßmann. She began her work for the Hermannsburg mission in Aira in 1929, but due to ill health she soon had to leave for Harar. By the end of 1930 she worked again in Aira. In 1935 she left Ethiopia because of the war.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59696
title: Marriage of Dafaa Jammoo and Qanatu Karorsa in Aira, Ethiopia, 1936

description: Group portrait of the wedding party: Seated in the front from left Hermann Hornbostel in white shirt and trousers, Miijanaa Jammoo (Dafaa's brother, teacher at the Adventist mission in Gimbi), Qanatu, Dafaa, Dafaa's mother. Standing behind at the right Turaa Guutee, next to him Fritz Bock in a white suit and other Ethiopians. All Ethiopians are wrapped in white cloths.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59697
title: Bridal couple in Aira, Ethiopia, 1936

description: Portrait of the bridal coupel Dafaa Jammoo and Qanatu Karorsa. Both are wrapped in thick cotton cloaks.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59698
title: Group portrait of Ethiopian protestants in Aira, Ethiopia, 1939

description: Group portrait of Ethiopian protestants (2 women and 5 men) in front of the thatched mission house. The third person from right is Turaa Guutee. All are wearing light-colored drapery.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59699
title: Second group of confirmands in Aira, Ethiopia, 1939

description: "am Tage der Trauung der Paare und Taufen ihrer Kinder" ("on the day of the marriage ceremony of the couples and the baptism of their children"). Group portrait of the second group of confirmands in Aira (7 women, 9 men, and 6 children). Rightmost is Lamuu Simaa, the fourth from right in the back row is the shepherd Turaa Guutee, in the front row to the right is Zewditu Barkeesaa, in the middle Gutddataa Desta (in a black vest) with his wife. Next to Guddataa with crossed arms is Hermann Hornbostel's apprentice Dheeressaa Batoo. In the background palm trees and to the right the thatched mission house are visible.; Hermann Hornbostel (1913-1985) was a carpenter. He served the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1934 to 1941 and from 1951 to 1956. He was interned by the British from 1942 to 1948. Hornbostel was married to Gertrud, née Tangermann.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59700
title: Ethiopian family, Ethiopia, ca.1939

description: Group portrait of the couple Dafaa Jammoo and Qanatu Karorsa with their two children. Qanatu is sitting on a chair with a baby on her lap. Next to her a toddler is standing, behind her Dafaa. Qanatu and Dafaa are wearing light-colored draperies.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59701
title: Tomb of Dafaa's daughter Ayantuu, Ethiopia, 1939

description: Photograph of  the stone encircled tomb of Dafaa's daughter Ayantuu, on it a vase of flowers. It is the first tomb of the mission station in Aira.; cf. picture no. ELM/AE/Fotos - 572.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59702
title: Protestant community of Aira, Ethiopia, 1939

description: Group portrait of the protestant parish of Aira. Ca. 90 Ethiopians (men, women, and children) wearing light-colored draperies are posing in front of the first mission house of Aira. The two-storied house has a thatched roof and a surrounding veranda.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59703
title: Ethiopian family, Ethiopia, ca.1939

description: Group portrait of the couple Dafaa Jammoo and Qanatu Karorsa with their two children. Qanatu is sitting on a chair with a baby on her lap. Next to her a toddler is standing, behind Dafaa. Qanatu and Dafaa are wearing light-colored draperies.; cf. picture no. ELM/AE/Fotos - 558.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59704
title: Brass choir at the mission festival, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 1938

description: "Der Rest des Chores" ("The rest of the choir"). Four Europeans sounding brass instruments outdoors. Among them Hinrich Rathje, possibly also Hermann Hornbostel. Two dogs in front of two music stands with music books are visible, in the background trees.; Hermann Hornbostel (1913-1985) was a carpenter. He served the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1934 to 1941 and from 1951 to 1956. He was interned by the British from 1942 to 1948. Hornbostel was married to Gertrud, née Tangermann. -- Hinrich Rathje (1904-1959) was a missionary of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1934 to 1941 and again from 1954 to 1955. In the beginning he served in Adis Abeba and was then in 1940 transferred to Aira. After the assassination attempt on Rodolfo Graziani in 1937 Hinrich was arrested by the Italians and sentenced to death, but later set free again. In 1938 he married Greta Köster. From 1942 to 1948 he was interned by the British.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59705
title: Church choir on the mission festival, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 1938

description: In the background trees and gymnastic apparatus, in the foreground a row of seated festival participants, in the middle a reed organ, left of it 4 European women (2 with bonnet) and 4 European men. The festival is located in the mission station "Harmshusen" in Addis Abeba.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59707
title: Participants of the mission festival, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 1938

description: Photograph of participants of the mission festival of the german religious community in Addis Abeba. In the background trees, to the right the chair of the reed organ, 3 rows of chairs, ca. 22 festival participants with 5 children.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59708
title: Festival of the german community, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 1938

description: Photograph of participants of the festival of the german community at the mission station "Harmshusen" in Addis Abeba. In the background trees, to the left rows of chairs with festival participants, to the right a lectern under a thatched canopy.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59851
title: Coffe break on the mission festival, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 1938

description: Photograph of the coffe break on the mission festival of the german community at the mission station "Harmshusen" in Addis Abeba. Ca. 25 festival participants are helping themselves from the buffet provided on tables. In the background trees.; Cf. picture no. ELM/AE/Fotos - 584.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59854
title: Confirmation of Hermann Bahlburg jun., Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 1938

description: Group portrait of ca. 19 adults and 7 children on the veranda of Hermann Bahlburg's house. Rightmost Dietrich Waßmann sen.; Hermann Bahlburg sen. (1892-1962) was the leader of the Galla [Oromo] mission of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1927 until his internment in 1941. He was based mostly in Adis Abeba, where he promoted the founding of a German school and church. He was part of the first caravan to Aira and undertook several journeys to the newly established mission stations in Aira and Bedele. From 1941 to 1948 he was interned by the British occupying forces. Afterwards he returned to Germany, where he continued his work as missionary until he was banned by the leadership of the Hermannsburger Missionsanstalt. He  was posthumously rehabilitated in 2007. -- Dietrich Waßmann (1897-1954) was a missionary of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1927 on. In 1928 he married Martha, née Asmus. He worked at first at the mission station of Aira, where he established a protestant church and built an infirmary together with his sister Martha Waßmann. In 1935 he had to leave Ethiopia. He returned in 1938 and went back to Aira. In 1942 Waßmann  went back to Germany. He returned again to Ethiopia in 1951.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59856
title: Portrait of teacher Sibhatu, Ethiopia, [s.d.]

description: "Von den Italienern festgenommen nach dem Attentat auf Graziani und im Gefängnis gestorben 1937" ("Arrested by the Italians after the assassination attempt on Graziani and died in prison in 1937"). Portrait of a young, bare footed Ethiopian standing on the veranda of a house. He is wearing light-colored draperies and tight trousers.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59857
title: Excursion of the german community of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, [s.d.]

description: In the background hills, in front a crushed stone road. On the roadside two parked cars, 15 Germans (among them 7 children), 5 Ethiopians, and a dog are visible.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59858
title: Tomb of Dafaa's daughter Ayantuu, Ethiopia, 1939

description: Photograph of the stone encircled tomb of Dafaa's daughter Ayantuu in Aira, on it a vase of flowers. It is the first tomb of the mission in Aira.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59860
title: Parishioners on the day of the confirmation, Ethiopia, 1939

description: "Speisung der Festteilnehmer am Konfirmationsfesttag" ("Feeding of the festival participants on the day of the confirmation"). Photograph of a group of parishioners standing on the veranda of the thatch-roofed house of the mission station in Aira.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59861
title: Hermann Hornbostel with parishioners, Ethiopia, 1936

description: Group portrait under a big tree from left: Dafa Jammoo, Hermann Hornbostel with dog, and his two apprentices Ciibsaa Dangalaa and Qaciisaa.; Hermann Hornbostel (1913-1985) was a carpenter. He served the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1934 to 1941 and from 1951 to 1956. He was interned by the British from 1942 to 1948. Hornbostel was married to Gertrud, née Tangermann.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59862
title: Parishioners at the mission station in Aira, Ethiopia, [s.d.]

description: Group portrait of 6 women, 11 men, and 4 children. The man in the black vest is the swineherd Gudetta Desta,  Turaa Guutee is standing in the middle behind the basket. To the right the tatched roof of the first mission house and palm trees are visible.; Gudetta Desta comes from Northwest Ethiopia. He was the servant of Kentiba Gebru who sold his land in Aira to the Hermansburg mission. Gudetta Desta went with the Hermannsburg missionaries from Addis Abeba to Aira and stayed there and worked for them.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59863
title: Ciibsaa Dangalaa and Qaciisaa with their families, Ethiopia, 1936

description: Group portrait of Ciibsaa Dangalaa and Qaciisaa with their families. To the left Qaciisaa standing behind his seated woman with a baby on her lap, to the right Ciibsaa Dangalaa behind his seated woman.; The picture was taken on Easter, 1936.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59864
title: Terefa Danki with family, Boji, Ethiopia, 1928

description: Photograph of the Oromo teacher Terefa with a baby on his arm an his wife with an infant next to her standing on a blanket. The heads of the children are shaved on the sides. To the right behind another man is visible. In the background a fence of twigs and branches and the thatched roof of Terefa's house is visible.; Terefa Danki was a teacher from Boji. He was a student of the swedish missionary Karl Cederqvist.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59865
title: Parishioners after church service, Ethiopia, ca.1952

description: Group portrait of ca. 36 parishioners standing in a semi-circle or sitting in the grass. In the background a thatch-roofed longhouse is visible.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59866
title: Pastor Taasisaa Dureessaa after church service, Ethiopia, 1952

description: Photograph of two persons in front of  a church, to the right in a white robe and with books under his arms Taasisaa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59867
title: Churchwarden Turaa Guutee and his wife, Ethiopia, 1953

description: Photograph of an elderly man with his wife, behind a girl.; The photograph is retouched.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59868
title: Transport of corrugated iron sheets, Ethiopia, 1954

description: In the background a corrugated iron roofed  house, in front of it ca. 10 walking men from the community Korme, carrying corrugated iron sheets on their shoulders.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59869
title: Church community, Loma, Ethiopia, [s.d.]

description: Group portrait of ca. 50 parishioners posed in front of the church, a thatch-roofed longhouse.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59870
title: Coffee break at the mission festival, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 1938

description: Photograph of the mission festival at the mission station "Harmshusen" in Adis Abeba. Ca. 25 festival participants helping themselves to food and drink provided on tables. In the background trees.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59871
title: Two pastors with parishioners, Ethiopia, ca.1952-1953

description: In front 5 parishioners sitting in the grass, behind Pastor Taasisaa Dureessaa in a robe and Pastor Dafaa Jammoo in a black cloak, backmost a group of ca. 26 parishioners standing in a semi-circle. In the background a thatch-roofed longhouse.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59872
title: Memorial for a hero, Ethiopia, 1928

description: "Bruder Bahlburg und Frau Wassmann betrachten einen Mukafatscho [...], an welchem die Siegestrophäen des Verstorbenen zur Schau gestellt sind. Dieser hat zwei Büffel getötet." ("Brother Bahlburg and Ms Wassmann look at a Muka Faachoo [...], on which the trophies of the deceased are exhibited. He had killed two buffalos.") To the right two buffalo skulls hanging from the frame of a tree amidst wood, to the left two persons on horseback.; The picture was taken on the second mission caravan to Aira. -- Hermann Bahlburg sen. (1892-1962) was the leader of the Galla [Oromo] mission of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1927 until his internment in 1941. He was based mostly in Adis Abeba, where he promoted the founding of a German school and church. He was part of the first caravan to Aira and undertook several journeys to the newly established mission stations in Aira and Bedele. From 1941 to 1948 he was interned by the British occupying forces. Afterwards he returned to Germany, where he continued his work as missionary until he was banned by the leadership of the Hermannsburger Missionsanstalt. He  was posthumously rehabilitated in 2007.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59873
title: Burial hut and memorial of a deceased Qalu, Ethiopia, 1929

description: "Der Topf auf der Hütte ist der Mutscho sileti = Heilige Brustwarze = Heiliger Obertopf, der den Blitz abhalten und das Weichen des Zaubergeistes verhüten soll." ("The pot on the hut is the Mutscho sileti = Holy nipple = Holy Upper Pot, which shall keep away the lightning and prevent the magic spirit from leaving.") A thatched hut made of loosely set sticks. Two sticks with a pot imposed on their ends are protruding from the roof. A statuette made out of wood and cloth is placed on a timber scaffolding at the side of the hut.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59874
title: Trophies of a deceased, Ethiopia, [s.d.]

description: "Der Mann hat 2 Büffel, 2 Giraffen, 9 Elefanten und [...] 12 Männer getötet." ("The man has killed 2 buffalos, 2 giraffes, 9 elefants and [...] 12 men.") Photograph of the remains of several animals hanging from scaffolding poles.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59875
title: Daughter of a sorceress(?), Bedele, Ethiopia, [s.d.]

description: Portrait of a young femal Ethiopian with dots tatooed on her breast, "die um den Hals einen Zauberring trägt. Man nennt sie Hateti. Ihr Verhältnis zum Zauberpriester ist noch nicht ganz geklärt." ("who is wearing a magic ring around her neck. She is called Hateti. Her relationship to the shaman is not yet entirely clarifyed.")