I purchased a photo lot on eBay in 2018, with most photos bearing absolutely no clues as to the identities of the photographed persons. One of the photos, though, had an inscription on the back, saying: “Martin Krawielitzki & Emmi Spieß, engaged couple, 1924”.
I did a quick search on Ancestry and found out that Martin August Wilhelm Eugen Krawielitzki, born in 1896, married Amalie Mathilde Emilie Spieß, born in 1899, on June 16th, 1925 in Nürnberg, Germany. Martin was a pastor, and an author of several religious books. He died in 1975. I couldn’t find much on Emmi. The couple had a son Gottfried Ludwig Hans Siegfried Krawielitzki in 1937 who died only 7 years later in 1945. They didn’t seem to have any other children.
I recognised the same persons in another group photo and with the help of the internet could identify further members of the family Krawielitzki. The group photo shows the parents Theophil Krawielitzki and Thusnelda née von Kolkow, the sons Martin und Hans with their wives, and an unknown deaconess (perhaps a daughter, but I don't know).
I had not heard of this family before, but the Krawielitzki family was apparently a pretty well-known name in the theology circles. Father Theophil Krawielitzki was a renowned clergyman in Marburg and at the turn of the 20th century, the Head of the Hebron Deaconess Mother House.
His other son Hans Krawielitzki was a politician and unfortunately sympathized with the National Socialist Party in the 1930s and 1940s of which he was later officially denacified. According to Wikipedia, he most probably emigrated to the United States.
I wonder if there are any relatives out there who'd love to keep these photos with the family.
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