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- ↑ Jonas Nwiyende Dah Missionary motivations and methods: a critical examination of the Basel Mission in Cameroon, 1886-1914 University of Basel, 1983
- ↑ Biography in German "Vielhauer wurde schon während des Studiums Mitglied der Bekennenden Kirche. Aufgrund seiner Überzeugung weigerte er sich, einen Beamtenfragebogen für kirchliche Mitarbeiter auszufüllen, durch den das staatliche Beamtengesetz auf die Kirche übertragen worden war, und eine Erklärung auf den nationalsozialistischen Staat zu unterzeichnen. Deshalb lehnte ihn die Finanzabteilung der Badischen Kirche - trotz seiner sehr guten fachlichen Leistung - aus »staatspolitischen Gründen« für den Kirchendienst ab."
