cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59258
title: Camp, Agaro, Ethiopia, 1938

description: To the left the rearview of a black car with the license number AA 3671. Next to it from left: Capitano Olla in uniform in front of his tent, Jürgen Bahlburg, Dietrich Waßmann sen. in front of a round tent, and Hermann Bahlburg. In the background a house with a tiled roof.; cf. picture nos. ELM/AE/Fotos - 50, 147. -- The picture was taken on a travel to Bedele in order to assess war damage. -- 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 Addis 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-m59259
title: Crossing the river Gibe in a canoe, Ethiopia, 1929

description: An Ethiopian ferryman with his canoe, an Ethipian boy, in front probably Hermann Bahlburg's companion.; The photograph is retouched.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59260
title: Camp life, Ethiopia, 1933

description: From left to right: Hermann Grabe, standing in front of a tent, Heinz Rohde lying in it, Fritz Bock sitting, an Ethiopian and Roman Hall packing up; rightmost "Ato Tassama, der bis zum letzten Augenblick bei Müller ausgehalten und ihn beerdigt hat" ("Ato Tassama, who stayed with Müller till the end and buried him"). In front of the tent baggage, in the background several mules.; One copy is retouched. -- Friedrich (Fritz) Bock (1902-1993) was a missionary of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1932 to 1936. He was married to Marie Engel, née Harmening.  From 1937 to 1944 he served in South Africa. Afterwards he worked as a missionary  in Germany. -- Hermann Grabe (1901-1984) was a ship carpenter and deacon. He was a missionary of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1927 to 1935.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59261
title: Departure from the mission station, Bedele, Ethiopia, 1933

description: "[Es] sind die ganzen Gebäude unseres Mietgrundstückes zu sehen ausser der Küche" ("all the buildings of our rented estate are visable apart from the kitchen"). Ca. 20 men packing up baggage on a court. The men with sun helmets are (from left): Heinz Rohde, Dr. Hermann Lüders, Adolf Müller, and Fritz Bock. In the background grass-thatched huts and houses covered with corrugated iron are visible.; Friedrich (Fritz) Bock (1902-1993) was a missionary of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1932 to 1936. He was married to Marie Engel, née Harmening.  From 1937 to 1944 he served in South Africa. Afterwards he worked as a missionary  in Germany. -- Dr. Hermann Lüders (1880-1951) was a physician. He worked in Bedele in Ethiopia for the Hermannsburg mission from 1931 to 1936, where a small hospital was built. From 1937 on he served the Bethel mission in Tanganyika. -- 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 Addis Abeba. He was killed on the way in an attack on the caravan.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59262
title: Rest at the riverbank, 1929

description: Photograph of a slow running river, on the riverbanks several Ethiopians resting under large trees.; The picture was taken on Hermann Bahlburg's second return trip. -- 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 Addis 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-m59263
title: Hermann Bahlburg crossing a river in a rubber boat near Gore, Ethiopia, 1929

description: Hermann Bahlburg and two Ethiopians are crossing the river in a rubber boat. To the left stone pillars of a bridge under construction.; 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 Addis 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-m59264
title: Camp in the province of Jibat, Ethiopia, ca.1935

description: Side view of a tent, in front of it from left Hinrich Rathje, Hermann Hornbostel, and Hermann Elbers.; Hermann Elbers (1906-1944) was a carpenter and served the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1928 to 1935. He married Martha Böttcher in 1933. -- 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 Addis 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-m59265
title: Missionaries and a customs official, Ethiopia, ca.1935

description: In the back row an Ethiopian boy and Marie and Fritz Bock standing, in front of them an Ethiopian customs official who is wrapped in a white cloth and wearing a sun helmet, next to him nurse Martha Waßmann, in front of them three Ethiopian children.; Friedrich (Fritz) Bock (1902-1993) was a missionary of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1932 to 1936. He was married to Marie, née Harmening.  From 1937 to 1944 he served in South Africa. Afterwards he worked as a missionary  in Germany.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59266
title: Setting up camp beds, Ethiopia, [s.d.]

description: Photograph of two Germans setting up camp beds in front of a thatched hut.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59267
title: Mules swimming through the river Gibe, Ethiopia, [s.d.]

description: At the left bank of a river 6 canoes are visible, around them mules swimming in the water and rushing to reach the riverbank. In the background a swimming Ethiopian can be seen.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59268
title: Camp, Jima, Ethiopia, 1938

description: In front of a black car from left: Jürgen Bahlburg, Dietrich Waßmann sen., Herrmann Bahlburg, and an Ethiopian wearing knickerbockers, stockings, and black shoes.; The picture was taken on a travel to Bedele in order to assess war damage. -- 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 Addis 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-m59269
title: Decampment from Jima, Ethiopia, 1938

description: To the left a black car, to the right a tent. Hermann Bahlburg, Dietrich Waßmann sen., and Jürgen Bahlburg packing up for the continuation of the journey to Agaro.; The picture was taken on a travel to Bedele in order to assess war damage. -- 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 Addis 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-m59270
title: Morning break, Ethiopia, 1938

description: Hermann Bahlburg and Dietrich Waßmann sen. in front of a black car; Jürgen Bahlburg is sitting in the car.; The picture was taken on a travel to Bedele in order to assess war damage. -- 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 Addis 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-m59271
title: Adolf Müller cutting up a gazelle, 1928
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59273
title: Car park in Waliso, Ethiopia, 1938

description: Hermann Bahlburg and his son Jürgen in front of a black car, to the right a European, probably a worker or a driver. In the background a loaded truck.; 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 Addis 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-m59274
title: Camp, Abelti, Ethiopia, 1938

description: Kurt Schumacher with baggage in front of a black car. In the background a bare conical mountain, "rechts Stacheldraht und Wachthütte vom Fortino [Fort]" ("to the right barbwire and the watch hut of the Fortino [fort]")
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59275
title: Missionaries at the railway station, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 1936

description: Karl and Margarethe John, Sister Eva Bartzsch, and Heinz Rohde at the station of Addis Abeba.; Eva Bartzsch (1907-1977) was a nurse and deaconess. She served the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1934 to 1941 and from 1950 in South Africa. -- Karl John (1906-1980) was a deacon. He was married to Margarethe, née Lange. He served the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1931 to 1937.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59276
title: Bridge construction, Ethiopia, 1938

description: "Aus dem fahrenden Auto aufgenommen" ("[Photograph] taken from a moving car"). Stone piles and scaffolding in the river Gibe.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59277
title: Breakfeast, Ethiopia, 1938

description: "am 2. Tag der Reise" ("on the 2nd day of the journey"). From left Kurt Schumacher, Jürgen Bahlburg, and Hermann Bahlburg standing in front of a black car, eating.; 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 Addis 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-c123-84733
title: Bow wave, [ s.d. ]

description: Photograph of the bow wave of a ship.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59281
title: Camp in Agaro, Ethiopia, 1938

description: "Die Eingeborenenhäuser in Agaro haben fast alle Ziegeldächer, die sie selbst gebrannt haben" ("Almost all of the he indigene houses in Agaro have roofs tiled with tiles baked by themselves"). From left: the rearview of a black car with the license number "AA 3671", in front of it a man, maybe the driver, Capitano Olla in uniform, an Ethiopian in front of a tent, Jürgen Bahlburg partly visible behind a round tent, and Hermann Bahlburg. In the background a house with a tiled roof.; cf. picture no. ELM/AE/Fotos - 29 -- The picture was taken on a journey to Bedele in order to assess war damage. -- 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 Addis 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-m59282
title: The first missionaries from Hermannsburg departing to Abyssinia, Genova, Italy, 1927

description: Group portrait of the first missionaries from Hermannsburg on deck of a Woermann steamboat (from left): the couple Minna and Hermann Bahlburg, Max Grühl, Adolf Müller, Dietrich Waßmann sen., and Hermann Grabe.; 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 Addis 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.  -- Max Grühl was a German traveler.  With his son he travelled throughout parts of Egypt and Ethiopia. He accompanied the first missionaries from Hermannsburg in 1927 to Ethiopia in order to help them to establish themselves in Addis Abeba. He soon split up with the mission because of his political entanglements. -- 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 Addis 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-m59283
title: Mules crossing the river Uwa, Ethiopia, 1928

description: Three mules wading through the river Uwa, a tributary of the river Birbir.; The photograph was maybe taken by Adolf Müller. -- 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 Addis Abeba. He was killed on the way in an attack on the caravan.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59284
title: Missionaries under quarantine, Djibouti, 1928

description: A desk covered with a white tablecloth, around it seated on wicker chairs from left: Hermann Bahlburg holding a booklet in his hands, Hermann Elbers, and Ernst Greb. They are all wearing white clothes and white shoes. On the right side there is another wicker chair.; 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 Addis 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. -- Ernst Greb (1904-1965?) was a carpenter. He served the Hermannsburg mission as lay brother in Ethiopia from 1928 to 1931. -- Hermann Elbers (1906-1944) was a carpenter and served the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1928 to 1935. He married Martha Böttcher in 1933.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59285
title: Train at the station, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 1928

description: "[i]n den dunklen Wagen folgen die Eingeborenen" ("In the dark cars are following the indigenes"). Two cars of a train at the station. Two men are looking out of the windows of one of the cars, probably Ernst Greb and Hermann Elbers. On the platform to the left a group of Indians, in the middle a group of Europeans. A group of Ethiopians on the right side and leftmost respectively.; The photograph was maybe taken by Hermann Bahlburg. -- 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 Addis 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 Elbers (1906-1944) was a carpenter and served the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1928 to 1935. He married Martha Böttcher in 1933. -- Ernst Greb (1904-1965?) was a carpenter. He served the Hermannsburg mission as lay brother in Ethiopia from 1928 to 1931.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59286
title: Going haymaking, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 1928

description: The court of the rented mission stattion. To the left a stone house covered with corrugated iron, to the right a wall, behind it eucalyptus trees, in the middle several mules, Ethiopians with tall bamboo canes, and two missionaries sitting on mules.; cf. pictures nos. ELM/AE/Fotos - 2, 16.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59287
title: Mules with their keeper, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 1928

description: In the court of the rented mission station the mules Erna v. Wriedel and Middels, in the middle an Ethiopian keeper, holding the reins.; In exchange for donations, which made it possible for the Hermannsburg mission to buy mules for the caravan, the mules were named after the German donators.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59288
title: Camp in Adis Alem, Ethiopia, 1928

description: Photograph of four tents and a smoking fire.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59289
title: Travel equipment, Ethiopia, 1927-1936

description: An open tent made out of canvas and Bamboo canes, under it a camp bed, a tea pot, a bag, and baggage.; 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 Addis Abeba. He was killed on the way in an attack on the caravan.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59290
title: Picnic in Guliso, Ethiopia, 1928

description: To the left the couple Martha and Dietrich Waßmann sen. sitting in the grass. Both are wearing hats. Dietrich Waßmann is smoking a pipe. In the middle three mules, one with a saddle. Behind it an Ethiopian is rearranging the stirrup.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59291
title: Camp in T'alu, Ethiopia, 1928

description: Photograph of a site with two tents.; The place is located within a distance of four days of traveling to Nek'emte.