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Title: Catholic Bishop of Berlin.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CATHOLIC BISHOP OF BERLIN #1261 BERLIN -- Konrad Count von Preysing, Roman Catholic Bishop of Berlin, was one of the most militant critics of the Nazi regime. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-12-5)
Creator Name(s): Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Catholic Church--Bishops., Preysing, Konrad, Graf von, 1880-1950., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945., Bishops--Germany--Berlin., Fascism and the Catholic Church--Germany.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany., Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1261; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1261
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356932

Title: Germany's Methodist Bishop.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: GERMANY’S METHODIST BISHOP #1264 BERLIN -- Dr. F. H. Otto Melle is the Methodist Bishop of Germany, and a leading temperance crusader on the Continent. A resident of Berlin, Dr. Melle formerly was director of the Methodist Theological Seminary at Frankfurt am Main, largest free-church institute of its kind in Europe. One of the first Germans to visit the U.S. after World War 1, Bishop Melle often has been a delegate to the General Conference of the Methodist Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-12-5)
Creator Name(s): Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Evangelisch-Methodistische Kirche (Germany)--Bishops., Melle, F. H. Otto, -1947, Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Germany--Berlin., Theologians--Germany--Berlin., Temperance--Germany.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Germany., Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1264; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1264
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356934

Title: Prominent in German Christian political movement.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PROMINENT IN GERMAN CHRISTIAN POLITICAL MOVEMENT #1266 BERLIN -- Mrs. Hildegard Staehle, of Berlin, is an important figure in the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, which is built around remnants of the old Roman Catholic Center party, but is open to members of all faiths. Mrs. Staehle is also a councellor in the Social Service Office of the Berlin City Government. Her husband, Col. Wilhelm Staehle, was murdered by the Gestapo April 29, 1945, for anti-Nazi activity and she was thrown into a concentration camp. Women are playing an increasingly important role in the Christian political movements of Europe. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-12-5)
Creator Name(s): Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Staehle, Hildegard., Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945., Nazi concentration camp inmates --Germany--Berlin., Women--Political activity--Germany., Ecumenical movement--Germany., Christianity and politics--Germany.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany., Germany., Germany., Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1266; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1266
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356936

Title: Press chief of German religious political group.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PRESS CHIEF OF GERMAN RELIGIOUS POLITICAL GROUP #1267 BERLIN -- Wrapped in a heavy overcoat to stave off the cold, Georg Dertinger, press chief of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, formed from remnants of the old Roman Catholic Center Party, works at his desk in his unheated Berlin office. Dertinger also acts as secretary to the president of the Union, Dr. Andreas Hermes. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-12-5)
Creator Name(s): Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Dertinger, Georg., Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Press secretaries--Germany--Berlin., Ecumenical movement--Germany., Christianity and politics--Germany.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany., Germany., Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1267; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1267
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356937

Title: Berlin's Dom.
Description: Text transcribed from captions on reverse: The heavily damaged Dom, Berlin’s Protestant Cathedral, where the Kaisers attended divine worship before World War I. This church was vandalized for 8 days following the occupation of Berlin. Most of the tombs of former German emperors and princes desecrated. At the right can be seen the towering St. Mary’s Church, one of the oldest sanctuaries in Brandenburg Provinces, and one of the mostly lightly [sic] damaged of the Berlin churches. Provost Heinrich Grueber, who is Protestant Counsellor in the Berlin City Government, is pastor of St. Mary’s. Domprediger Dr. ____Doehring standing amid the ruins of the Dom, Berlin’s Protestant Cathedral. Dr. Doehring, who is still active in German church affairs, was the Kaisers’ pastor before World War I. During the Nazi regime he resisted efforts of the Hitlerites to “Nazify” the Christian Church. Services of the Dom parish are now held in a hall, as are most of church services in Berlin.
Creator Name(s): Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Berliner Dom., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Buildings., Grüber, Heinrich, 1891-1975., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Clergy., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Germany--Berlin., World War, 1939-1945., Church buildings--Germany--Berlin., Buildings--War damage--Germany--Berlin., Theologians--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Berlin (Germany), Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1268; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1268
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356938

Title: Berlin church leader.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: BERLIN CHURCH LEADER 1292 BERLIN -- Dr. Hans Boehm, a member of the High Council of the Evangelical Church, was one of the leading anti-Nazi figures among the German clergy during the war. A Berlin Provost of the Evangelical Church, he was imprisoned five times by the Gestapo, the last time in connection with the plot against Hitler’s life in July, 1944. One of two persons to escape alive from Gestapo headquarters when the city fell, Dr. Boehm is 46 years old. His right leg was amputated in World War 1. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-19-5)
Creator Name(s): Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Böhm, Hans, 1899-1962., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland. Kirchenkanzlei., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Clergy., Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Assassination attempts., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Germany--Berlin., Anti-Nazi movement--Germany., World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German., Operation Valkyrie, 1944.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany., Germany., Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1292; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1292
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356952

Title: Berlin Counsellor for Roman Catholic interest.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #810 BERLIN COUNSELLOR FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC INTEREST Father Peter Buchholz is the Counsellor [sic. Councillor] for Roman Catholic interests and chairman of the Office for Church Affairs of the Berlin city government. For twenty years he was chaplain at the Plotzensee Prison near Berlin. During the Nazi regime he ministered to over 1000 political prisoners who were sentenced to die by hanging. These included Catholics executed for the famous July 20 attempt on Hitler’s life. Father Buchholz and other Catholic clergymen in Berlin frequently wear ordinary street clothes when engaging in civil affairs. Credit Line Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-LM-11-26-5)
Creator Name(s): Turner. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Buchholz, Peter., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Diplomatic service.
Topical Subject(s): Church and state--Germany--Berlin., Prison chaplains--Germany., Christian leadership--Germany--Berlin., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany., Germany, Berlin., Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Schleswig-Holstein--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 810; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_810
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358850

Title: Berlin Counsellor for Jewish Problems.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #811 BERLIN COUNSELLOR FOR JEWISH PROBLEMS Siegmund Weltinger, journalist and banker, is Counsellor for Jewish Problems in the Office for Church Affairs of the Berlin city government. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-LM-11-26-5)
Creator Name(s): Turner. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Weltlinger, Siegmund., Gesellschaft für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit in Berlin.
Topical Subject(s): Church and state--Germany--Berlin., Jewish leadership--Germany--Berlin., Journalists--Germany--Berlin., Jewish journalists--Germany--Berlin., Bankers--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Schleswig-Holstein--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 811; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_811
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358851

Title: Berlin bishop's aide.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: BERLIN BISHOP’S AIDE #3317 BERLIN -- Eberhard Bethge is assistant to Dr. Otto Dibelius, Bishop of Berlin of the Evangelical Church in Germany. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-BER-MES-4D-6-L)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Bethge, Eberhard, 1909-2000., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3317; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3317
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359324

Title: Religious affairs director in Stuttgart.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTOR IN STUTTGART #s-3345 STUTTGART, Germany -- Dr. A. Arndt, former professor of Germanics at Louisiana State University, is in charge of religious affairs for the U.S. military government in the Stuttgart region. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4D-6-W-L)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Arndt, Karl John Richard., Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)--Faculty.
Topical Subject(s): College teachers--Louisiana., Military government--Germany--Stuttgart., lcsh--Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany.
Geographic subjects: Louisiana., Germany, Stuttgart., Germany., Stuttgart (Germany), Europe--Germany--Baden-Württemberg--Stuttgart
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3345; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_S-3345
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359576

Title: German church official.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: GERMAN CHURCH OFFICIAL #3318 FRANKFURT, Germany -- Dr. Hans Werner Jensen (above) is assistant general secretary of the Evangelical Church in Germany. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-W-L)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Jensen, Hans Werner., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Europe--Germany--Hesse--Frankfurt am Main
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3318; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3318
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359325

Title: German churchworker.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #S-4683 GERMAN CHURCHWORKER FRANKFURT -- One of the younger sisters of the Motherhouse for Deaconesses, located on the outskirts of this city, manages a pleasant smile despite the private and desperate need suffered by many German civilians like herself. She is one of the group which during the war busied itself evacuating sick and wounded to air raid shelters during aerial bombardments and has now undertaken the care of German war orphans. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-FRANK-BS-10E6-W-L)
Creator Name(s): Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Church work with orphans--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Women in church work--Germany--Frankfurt am Main.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Frankfurt am Main., Germany, Frankfurt am Main., Germany., Germany, Frankfurt am Main., Germany, Frankfurt am Main., Niederrad (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Europe--Germany--Hesse--Frankfurt am Main
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-4683; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_S-4683
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360551

Title: Reopens Catholic school.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: REOPENS CATHOLIC SCHOOL #C-4872 BERLIN -- Abbott Angelus Kupfer has received permission from occupation authorities to reopen Ettal Cloister, famous Bavarian monastery which the Hitler SS confiscated during the war. A picked faculty has been assembled to prepare students from established anti-Nazi families for the teaching profession--all part of the long-range de-Nazification policy now in effect in Germany. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-BER-BS-12A-6-C)
Creator Name(s): Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Benediktinerabtei Ettal (Germany), Kupfer, Angelus.
Topical Subject(s): Abbots--Germany--Ettal., Monasteries--Germany--Ettal., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Denazification--Germany--Ettal., Teachers--Training of--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Church and education--Germany.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Ettal., Germany, Ettal., Germany., Germany, Ettal., Germany., Germany., Germany., Ettal (Germany), Germany (West), Europe--Germany--Bavaria--Ettal
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-4872; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-4872
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:360534

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