"Zerstörte Götzen 1912. "
Item Details
Title:
"Zerstörte Götzen 1912. "
Alternate title:
"Figures of deities destroyed in 1912."
Description
Names
Creator:
Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)Name: Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1955
Date of Birth: 19.11.1886
Date of Death: 07.01.1975
Biography: Walter was held captured by communist troops (17.08.1929-11.12.1930). He returned from China in 1931 and was then a city missioner in Zürich (1933-1940) and a pastor in Winterthur (1940-1956). From 1946 to 1948 he was in China again.
Profession: curate (Pfarrvikar)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
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Basel mission membership number: 1955
Date of Birth: 19.11.1886
Date of Death: 07.01.1975
Biography: Walter was held captured by communist troops (17.08.1929-11.12.1930). He returned from China in 1931 and was then a city missioner in Zürich (1933-1940) and a pastor in Winterthur (1940-1956). From 1946 to 1948 he was in China again.
Profession: curate (Pfarrvikar)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
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Dates
Date early:
1912
Proper date:
1912
Acquisition year:
<1925
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Asia {continent}: China {modern state}People:
Subject
Keywords:
altar, deity - representation of, destruction, iconoclasm, interior, objects, statue, temple Individuals:
Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)Name: Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)Basel mission membership number: 1955
Date of Birth: 19.11.1886
Date of Death: 07.01.1975
Biography: Walter was held captured by communist troops (17.08.1929-11.12.1930). He returned from China in 1931 and was then a city missioner in Zürich (1933-1940) and a pastor in Winterthur (1940-1956). From 1946 to 1948 he was in China again.
Profession: curate (Pfarrvikar)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 7.9cm x 10.7cm
[Condition]: medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
[Condition]: medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
A-30.79.024
Citation:
Reference: BMA A-30.79.024
Title: "Zerstörte Götzen 1912. "
Creator: Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)
Date: <1925
Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr), “Zerstörte Götzen 1912. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 18, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/51677.
Title: "Zerstörte Götzen 1912. "
Creator: Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr)
Date: <1925
Walter, Georg Ernst (Mr), “Zerstörte Götzen 1912. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 18, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/51677.
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