Archive guide to the German Colonial Past

To know where documents are located

German colonial past left numerous marks in archives. It is the aim of this project to bring this traces together as well as to link them with information on places, actors, objects and events.

About the project

Backgrounds, topics and tools.

Archival descriptions

Thesaurus

Get an overview on people and organisations involved

Map Finder

Search for related records using historical maps

Old German typewriter

A tool for better reading the old German handwriting

Participate

Link data! Expand knowledge!

German Colonialism

A brief overview of Germany's colonial past

Diplomatics

Learn more about how records were created

Special Fonds

Unique data for your research

People and Events

Data visualisation based on the Thesaurus

Related Projects

Where you can find more interesting facts

Press releases

Media reports about the project