"Das Grab von zwei Kindern von Miss. Kurtz in Akropong. "
Item Details
Title:
"Das Grab von zwei Kindern von Miss. Kurtz in Akropong. "
Alternate title:
"The grave of the Kurtz' two children [who died in] Akropong."
Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
27.12.1925
Date late:
31.12.1935
Proper date:
27.12.1925-31.12.1935
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {traditional states}: Akwapim {traditional state}: Aburi {place}: Aburi-Akropong {mission district}: Akropong {place}People:
Subject
Keywords:
cemetery, cemetery view, child, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, cross, grave, gravestone, woman Individuals:
Kurtz, Heinrich (Mr)Name: Kurtz, Heinrich (Mr)Basel mission membership number: 1283
Date of Birth: 02.06.1870
Date of Death: 04.01.1947
Biography: Travelling secretary of the Basel Mission from 1903 to 1933. NB Kurtz' wife Line Kurtz-Hesse was a cousing of Johannes Hesse (in this database). His son Robert, a pastor in Zürich, was the BM's "Secretary for Switzerland & Germany 1946-56.
Profession: secondary school pupil (Realschüler)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 5.9cm x 8.2cm
[Condition]: good
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
[Condition]: good
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QD-30.012.0087
Citation:
Reference: BMA QD-30.012.0087
Title: "Das Grab von zwei Kindern von Miss. Kurtz in Akropong. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 27.12.1925-31.12.1935
“Das Grab von zwei Kindern von Miss. Kurtz in Akropong. ,” BMArchives, accessed July 2, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/70208.
Title: "Das Grab von zwei Kindern von Miss. Kurtz in Akropong. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 27.12.1925-31.12.1935
“Das Grab von zwei Kindern von Miss. Kurtz in Akropong. ,” BMArchives, accessed July 2, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/70208.
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