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Pictured is a "Notkirche" (church built from rubble) at Mannheim-Waldhof, American zone of Germany, at the time of cornerstone-laying ceremonies.
Creator:
Thorrelson. (photographer)
Subject names:
World Council of Churches., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Germany., Cornerstone laying--Germany., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Buildings--Repair and reconstruction--Germany., Interdenominational cooperation--Germany., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Germany--Buildings, structures, etc., Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147289
Description:
Hilfswerk worker welcomes disabled German war veterans to the home in the American zone.
Creator:
Thorkelson. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Germany., Disabled veterans--Germany., Humanitarian assistance, American--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147004
Description:
An Easter sunrise service led by Chaplain Howard McNight Wilson near Bollington, Cheshire, England, 1944.
Subject names:
Wilson, Howard McKnight.
Geographic subjects:
Bollington (England)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8727
Description:
[Federal Council Bulletin, A Journal of Religious Cooperation and Inter-church Activities, vol. 1, no. 8, September 1918] 1. With the Commanding General of the Second French Army, after the Religious Service in the Citadel of Verdun. 2. Meeting at a French Y.M.C.A.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Periodicals., Federal Council Bulletin., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Presbyterian Church., World War, 1914-1918--France--Verdun., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects:
Verdun (France)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8307
Description:
Dr. William Pugh, stated clerk PCUSA and chairman general commission of army and navy chaplains, visits military cemetery in Iceland on tour of battlefronts, 1943.
Subject names:
Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh)
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., Cemeteries--Iceland., Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of--Iceland.
Geographic subjects:
Iceland.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5569
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Chaplain Reads Thanksgiving Proclamation in Field; Lieut. Col. Edward L. R. Elson, 75th Infantry Division chaplain, is shown reading the President's Thanksgiving proclamation as a highlight [..]
Subject names:
Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Archives., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993.
Topics:
Military chaplains., Thanksgiving Day sermons., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5550
Description:
After church, February 1945, Battle of Colmar. Held service in church not far from Albert Sweitzer's home.
Subject names:
Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Archives., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945., Military chaplains--United States., Colmar, Battle of, France, 1945.
Geographic subjects:
Colmar (France)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5331

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