Starting a Job and a Family


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    Waltraud, Johannes, Udo und Else Koch 1935 in Oberwetz
In 1927, Johannes Koch received the call to his first parish in Wetzlar district in Hessen; he took over the rural dual congregation of Oberwetz and Griedelbach. Koch married Else Gerdes, his fiancée of many years, and fathered three children.

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  • © Udo Koch-Mehrin