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Explanation: Documents from the possession of the leader of the indigenous movement against the German colonial rule in today's Namibia, at that time German South West Africa, Hendrik Witbooi (ca. 1830-1905) had fallen into the hands of the Bremen merchant August Engelbert Wulff in 1895 in the course of military conflicts in Gibeon, Namibia. In 1935 he sold it to the then German Colonial and Overseas Museum. The documents were handed over to the National Archives of Windhoek in 1995 after reproductions had been made for the State Archives of Bremen and the Übersee-Museum. Content: Correspondence

Explanation: 1834-1886, merchant and explorer. Content: Expeditions and land acquisitions in Southwest Africa 1883-1886 - Splinters of the estates of brother August Lüderitz (1838-1922) and Heinrich Vogelsang (1862-1914) - Photo albums Use restriction: Please use on microfilm FB 3167, photos are digitally available

Explanation: 1861-1934, merchant. Content: Correspondence, especially with the son Claus Vietor and the merchants Nikolaus Freese, Karl Rieke, Eugen Maier, E. A. Euting - Management of the Huder Grashaus (residence of Vietor) - Splinter of the estate Nikolaus Freese (1864-1958)