Ernst Jakob Christoffel
(1876 - 1955)
He was a German Evangelical pastor and founder of the Christian Blind Mission
Ernest J. Christoffel was a practicing Evangelical priest and a medical doctor who assisted the blind in the city of Malatia. He practiced his profession from 1908 to 1919 when he was expelled from the country after World War I. When the Genocide took place, Christoffel was instrumental in saving many Armenian lives during the deportations. Christoffel eventually reported what he had witnessed during the Armenian Genocide in published books and letters. One such book, Zwischen Saat und Ernte (Between sowing and harvest), provided a vivid account of the deportations and subsequent massacres of the Armenian deportees.
(1876 - 1955)
He was a German Evangelical pastor and founder of the Christian Blind Mission
Ernest J. Christoffel was a practicing Evangelical priest and a medical doctor who assisted the blind in the city of Malatia. He practiced his profession from 1908 to 1919 when he was expelled from the country after World War I. When the Genocide took place, Christoffel was instrumental in saving many Armenian lives during the deportations. Christoffel eventually reported what he had witnessed during the Armenian Genocide in published books and letters. One such book, Zwischen Saat und Ernte (Between sowing and harvest), provided a vivid account of the deportations and subsequent massacres of the Armenian deportees.