Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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Title:
Ecumenical hospitality.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-45910 ECUMENICAL HOSPITALITY WEST BERLIN -- Dr. Philip A. Potter, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, chats with Roman Catholic Bishop Friedrich M. Rintelen of East Germany (right) outside West Berlin’s Kaiser Wilhelm Church following the opening worship service of the WCC’s Central Committee meeting. The Catholic prelate was a guest of honor at the meeting. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-GEN-8C-74-DS)
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Central Committee--Congresses., World Council of Churches. Central Committee., Potter, Philip., Rintelen, Friedrich M. (Friedrich Maria), 1899-1988., Catholic Church--Bishops., Kaiser Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (Berlin, Germany)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Germany--Berlin., Ecumenical movement--Germany (West), Clergy--Germany--Berlin., Bishops--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360892
Title:
At Central Committee meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-45909 AT CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING WEST BERLIN -- The annual meeting of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches brought church leaders from all over the world to West Berlin for the committee’s last meeting before the 1975 WCC General Assembly. In top photo, from left, are: the Rev. Sang Park of Korea; Pauline Webb of Britain, vice-chairman of the Central Committee; Dr. Kiyoko T. Cho of Japan, a WCC president; and Dr. W.A. Visser ‘t Hooft, former general secretary and honorary president of the Council. Below, from left, are: anthropologist Dr. Margaret Mead; Central Committee members Oberlandeskirchenrat Ulrich von Bruck of the Lutheran Church of Saxony and Bishop D. Kurt Scharf of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg; and Dr. Paul Albrecht, a WCC staff member. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-GEN-8C-74-DS)
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Central Committee--Congresses., World Council of Churches. Central Committee., Park, Sang., Webb, Pauline., Takeda, Kiyoko, 1917-2018., Visser’t Hooft, W. M. (Willem M.), Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978., Brück, Ulrich von., Scharf, Kurt., Albrecht, Paul G. E., Kaiser Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (Berlin, Germany)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Germany--Berlin., Ecumenical movement--Germany (West), Clergy--Germany--Berlin., Anthropologists--Germany--Berlin., Women anthropologists--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360891
Title:
At Central Committee meeting.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Central Committee--Congresses., World Council of Churches. Central Committee., Park, Sang., Webb, Pauline., Takeda, Kiyoko, 1917-2018., Visser’t Hooft, W. M. (Willem M.), Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978., Brück, Ulrich von., Scharf, Kurt., Albrecht, Paul G. E., Kaiser Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (Berlin, Germany)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Germany--Berlin., Ecumenical movement--Germany (West), Clergy--Germany--Berlin., Anthropologists--Germany--Berlin., Women anthropologists--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360795
Title:
Ecumenical hospitality.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Central Committee--Congresses., World Council of Churches. Central Committee., Potter, Philip., Rintelen, Friedrich M. (Friedrich Maria), 1899-1988., Catholic Church--Bishops., Kaiser Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (Berlin, Germany)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Germany--Berlin., Ecumenical movement--Germany (West), Clergy--Germany--Berlin., Bishops--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360708
Title:
Harmony in a German orphanage.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: HARMONY IN A GERMAN ORPHANAGE #C-4868 BERLIN -- Catholic nuns at a German orphanage, sisters of the Order of St. Joseph, gather in the courtyard for some instrumental diversion. Many religious workers such as these have accepted the monumental task of rededicating the lives of Germany’s “lost” youth to new ideals. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-BER-BS-12A-6-C)
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of Saint Joseph.
Topics:
Nuns--Germany--Berlin., Musicians--Germany--Berlin., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Denazification--Germany--Ettal., Orphanages--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360531
Title:
Reeducating Germany's youth.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: REEDUCATING GERMANY’S YOUTH #C-4867 BERLIN -- Catholic nuns are helping to reeducate German youth, as shown in this exclusive photo taken by a Religious News Service photographer in the American occupation zone. The school is located in a deserted brewery that stands on the grounds of a medieval castle. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-BER-BS-12A-6-C)
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Nuns--Germany--Berlin., Church and education--Germany., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Denazification--Germany--Ettal., Education--Germany--Berlin., Nuns as teachers--Germany--Berlin., Children--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360530
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)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Bethge, Eberhard, 1909-2000., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359324
Title:
Berlin church headquarters.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: BERLIN CHURCH HEADQUARTERS #3316 BERLIN -- Burckhardt House, Berlin headquarters of the Evangelical Church in Germany, also houses the headquarters of the German YWCA. Dr. Otto Dibelius, Bishop of Berlin, has his offices here. The building is located in the Dahlem suburb. Note rubble still in yard and temporary wood repairs at right. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-BER-MES-4D-6-L)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Buildings., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland.
Topics:
Buildings--War damage--Germany--Berlin., Buildings--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Dahlem (Berlin, Germany), Dahlem (Berlin, Germany)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359323
Title:
Bishop of Chichester in Berlin.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: S-1004 BISHOP OF CHICHESTER IN BERLIN BERLIN -- A little German refugee crouches by a fire at Lehrter Station and watches the Anglican Bishop of Chichester, Dr. G. K. A. Bell (directly behind the little girl). Dr. Bell was touring Berlin to inspect conditions on behalf of the World Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MCE-NY-LM-11-13-5)
Creator:
Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin, Germany), World Council of Churches., Bell, G. K. A. (George Kennedy Allen), 1883-1958., Church of England--Bishops.
Topics:
Visits of state--Germany--Berlin., War relief--Germany--Berlin., Interdenominational cooperation., European cooperation., Reconstruction (1939-1951)
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358919
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:
Turner. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Weltlinger, Siegmund., Gesellschaft für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit in Berlin.
Topics:
Church and state--Germany--Berlin., Jewish leadership--Germany--Berlin., Journalists--Germany--Berlin., Jewish journalists--Germany--Berlin., Bankers--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358851
Title:
Niemoeller preaches first Berlin sermon.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #1008 NIEMOELLER PREACHES FIRST BERLIN SERMON Pastor Martin Niemoeller, famous German Confessional pastor, is shown preaching at Annan Church [sic. St. Anne's Church] in Berlin. It was his first sermon in Berlin since being released from a Nazi concentration camp. (An exclusive RNS photo) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-LM-11-13-5)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Niemöller, Martin, 1892-1984., Bekennende Kirche--Clergy., St. Anne's Church, Dahlem (Berlin, Germany)
Topics:
Protestant churches--Clergy., Confessionalization., Ex-internment camp inmates--Germany--Berlin., Preaching--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358797
Title:
Niemoeller preaches first Berlin sermon.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #1008 NIEMOELLER PREACHES FIRST BERLIN SERMON Pastor Martin Niemoeller, famous German Confessional pastor, is shown preaching at Annan Church [sic. St. Anne's Church] in Berlin. It was his first sermon in Berlin since being released from a Nazi concentration camp. (An exclusive RNS photo) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-LM-11-13-5)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Niemöller, Martin, 1892-1984., Bekennende Kirche--Clergy., St. Anne's Church, Dahlem (Berlin, Germany)
Topics:
Protestant churches--Clergy., Confessionalization., Ex-internment camp inmates--Germany--Berlin., Preaching--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358796
Title:
The manger unites Catholic and Protestants.
Description:
Handwritten caption on reverse by contributor E.E. Tucker.
Creator:
Tucker, E. E. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Christmas--Germany--Berlin., Children--Germany--Berlin., Interdenominational cooperation--Germany--Berlin., Christmas pageants --Germany--Berlin., World War, 1939-1945--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Pankow (Berlin, Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357449
Title:
The manger unites Catholic and Protestants.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: THE MANGER UNITES CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANTS S 1439 BERLIN -- Catholic and Protestant children participated in the Kripenspiel, or Manger Pageant, at Hope Church in Pankow, a borough in the Russian sector of this city. All the Catholic and Protestant churches of Pankow cooperated on the production. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-1-6-W)
Creator:
Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Christmas--Germany--Berlin., Children--Germany--Berlin., Interdenominational cooperation--Germany--Berlin., Christmas pageants --Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Pankow (Berlin, Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357448
Title:
Berlin church to be rebuilt.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: BERLIN CHURCH TO BE REBUILT #S-1289 BERLIN -- The Kaiser William Church, one of Germany’s most fashionable pre-war edifices, although repeatedly hit during the heavier bombings, will be rebuilt. A sum of 300,000 marks is being sought to restore the sanctuary to its former glory. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-14-5)
Creator:
Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Subject names:
Kaiser Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (Berlin, Germany), Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Buildings., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Germany--Berlin., Buildings--War damage--Germany--Berlin., Church buildings--Reconstruction--Germany--Berlin., World War, 1939-1945.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany), Berlin (Germany)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357017
Title:
Niemoeller's parsonage in ruins.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: NIEMOELLER’S PARSONAGE IN RUINS #1286 BERLIN -- His parsonage as well as his church were ruined in Pastor Martin Niemoeller’s Dahlem pastorate. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-14-5)
Creator:
Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Subject names:
Niemöller, Martin, 1892-1984., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Buildings--War damage--Germany--Berlin., World War, 1939-1945., Church buildings--Germany--Berlin., Parsonages--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Dahlem (Berlin, Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357016
Title:
Niemoeller parsonage.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: NIEMOELLER PARSONAGE #S-1285 BERLIN -- This view of Pastor Martin Niemoeller’s pre-war parsonage is typical of the destruction wrought by the war on the churches of Germany. Materials for repairs and skilled workers are impossible to obtain due to shortages and the priorities of hospitals and schools. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-14-5)
Creator:
Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Subject names:
Niemöller, Martin, 1892-1984., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Buildings--War damage--Germany--Berlin., World War, 1939-1945., Church buildings--Germany--Berlin., Parsonages--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Dahlem (Berlin, Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357015
Title:
Bismarck surveys wreckage of Berlin's Dom.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1298 BISMARCK SURVEY WRECKAGE OF BERLIN’S DOM BERLIN -- Comparatively undamaged, Bismarck’s statue still stands in the Dom, Protestant cathedral here, surveying the ruins of the burial chapels. Tomb in foreground is that of Emperor Friederick, who ruled over Germany in 1888. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-5-L-O-DEN)
Creator:
Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Subject names:
Berliner Dom., Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898--Statues., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Buildings., Frederick III, German Emperor, 1831-1888--Tomb., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Germany--Berlin., Buildings--War damage--Germany--Berlin., World War, 1939-1945., Crypts--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356954
Title:
American church in Berlin a war casualty.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1296 AMERICAN CHURCH IN BERLIN A WAR CASUALTY BERLIN -- Twisted girders and shattered walls surround the tower of the wrecked American Church here. The tower was the gift of John D. Rockefeller. Parish house of the church also was destroyed. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-5-L-O-DEN)
Creator:
Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Subject names:
American Church in Berlin., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945., Church buildings--Germany--Berlin., Buildings--War damage--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany), Berlin (Germany)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356953
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:
Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Subject names:
Böhm, Hans, 1899-1962., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland. Kirchenkanzlei., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Clergy., Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Assassination attempts., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
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:
Berlin (Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356952

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