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RMG 2.649 a · File · 1932-1954,1960-1966
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Half-yearly and annual reports, 1932-1951; Schülerlisten, 1936-1954; Bericht e. lnspektionsreise d. Rheinischen Missionsschulen in Südwestafrika, by Ernst Eßlinger, 1947; Schulrundschreiben, 1947-1951; Correspondence Gustav Menzel - Ernst Eßlinger, 1947; Memorandum on questions of the Rheinische Missionsschulen, established at "Onderwys Kommissie" by Praeses Hans Karl Diehl, 1950; Verzeichnis d. School and church building of the RMG with values, 1951; negotiations about the future of the Augustineum, 1951-1952; newspaper report "Der Schülerstriik im Augustineum", IN: "Allgemeine Zeitung", Windhoek, 1960; 2 sermons, held in the Augustineum, by Werner Andreas Wienecke u. N. N., 196-1966; travel report by E. H. Beukes about a visit to the Christlicher Studenten-Vereinigung d. Augustineums in Ovamboland (Afrikaans), 1966;

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Berger, Carl (1871-1962)
RMG 1.341 b · File · 1897-1963
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Portfolio 8: Miscellaneous; "Der kleine Missionsfreund", No. 1, No. 4-11, 1899, Letter from Carl Berger in No. 9; Letter from the Natural History Museum Wiesbaden (copy) with thanks for collected natural objects, in part after Berger (bergeri), 1922; postcard by Missionar Mindermann, Saarbrücken, 1948; correspondence with Mrs. Smeer, Karibib 1950; various newspaper articles by Carl Berger, 1933-1963; collection of postcards, stored separately;[delivered 1971 by the daughter, Mrs. Margarete Berger, Neuwied];

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RMG 1.037 · File · 1903-1926
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Correspondence; Agreement of the Hülfs-Comités f. d. Anstalten d. Innere Mission in Treffen/Carinthia (Vors. Insp. Haussleiter) and Countess La Tour (Grün-derin d. Anst.) on the employment of P. Aschoff and Dienst-weisung, 1903; Call for care for abandoned half-white children in Southwest Africa, 1907; Protocols of the Commission f. Innere Mission in d. Dt. Schutzgebieten, 1908 1913; Report on work of the Commission IN: Das Reich, July 1908; Report on the Innere Mission in d. d. d. Schutzgebieten, Dr. m. Fig. 8 p., 1912; Conference German Protestant Work Organisations, about the founding verse, 39 p., Dr., 1916; newspaper article about this, IN: Der Reichsbote Nr. 197, April 1916

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Church in the 3rd Reich

Collection of newspaper cuttings, pamphlets, circular letters, confessional writings, official gazettes of the Protestant Confessional Synod, intercession lists, sermons and lectures on the conflict between German Christians and the Confessing Church

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Church in the 3rd Reich

Collection of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, printed matter, confessions, green letters on the situation and correspondence on the dispute between German Christians and Confessing Church; Die Deutsche Bekenntnis-Synode, S.-Dr., Barmer Zeitung, May 1934; Theological Declaration on the Barmer Confession Synod, 1934

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RMG 1.093 · File · 1939-1941
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Günther Hecht: Colonial question and racial thought. Series of the racial policy. Amtes, H. 16, 36 p., Dr., 1939; Nine Theses of the Office of Racial Policy on Colonial Politics, copy from Prussia. Newspaper, No. 6, January 1939; Letter of the Colonial Political Office concerning the road conditions in Southwest and South Africa and reply with statement of the Addresses of local missionaries, 1941

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RMG 435 · File · 1866-1956
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)
  1. inspector 1857-1884; Description of the attack by Jonker Afrikaner in Walfischbai by the Dane Iversen, English German, 1866; translation of an English newspaper article about fighting in Damraland, 1867; H. von Rague rejects appointment as deputation member, 1871; Program of the funeral in Godesberg, Dr., 1891; E. Kriele: Personal memories of Dr. Fabri, Dr., 1924; Correspondence about Fabri's youngest son Dr. Hermann Fabri, 1925; E. Kriele to Traugott Hahn about Fabri's relationship with Carl Hugo Hahn, 1927; Kölnische Zeitung, No. 205: Dr. Friedrich Fabri, a deserving colonial politician, 1937; General-Anzeiger d. City of Wuppertal, No. 234: Wuppertal and German colonies, memorial sheet to Dr. Fabri, the colonization pioneer, 1937; correspondence with A. Rosenkranz about Fabri dates, 1953; efforts for the manuscript estate, which was lost, 1956; [ Fabri Exegese 1. Joh.-Letter and 1st Cor. letter, co-authored by H. Sundermann, in RMG 1.844]
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RMG 1.103 · File · 1935-1942
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Correspondence and memos on the situation of mission members in China and the Netherlands India; lists of names and news about internees; description of the conditions on mission stations after the Chinese-Ja-Panic War; newspaper article by journalist Zentgraff against RMG, IN: "de Java-Bode", No. 109, 110 112, May 1935; K. Helbig: Something about Atjeh & the Alas Valley, p.-Dr., Ostasiatische Rundschau, 3 p., 1940; The situation of Germans in Dutch and English overseas possessions, 7 leaflets, printed, partly in English. Ill. from internment camps, 1940-1942

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RMG 920 · File · 1935-1960
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Minutes, circulars, annual accounts, notices, correspondence; Constitution of the DEMH of 5.12.1913, amended 1939, approved 25. 11. 1940; Dr. Freytag: Facts on the question: Mission, 4 p., Dr., 1941; Overview of articles published in leading mission magazines, arranged by topic, 17 p., Dr., 1935-1942; Dr. Freytag: Sermon on Luke 8:4-15, on the Feast of the Year 1943; Work Report of DEMH for 1943-1946

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RMG 918 · File · 1915-1919
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Minutes, Circulars, Communications, Correspondence; On the War, Prison Camp in South Africa, North German General Newspaper, No. 135, May 1915; A. W.Schreiber: Die Kriegsarbeit der Dt. Evang. Missions-Hilfe, 6 p., Dr., July 1915; Th. Kaftan: Zur Frage der Dt. Evang. Missions-Hilfe, 8 p., Dr., August 1915; A. W.Schreiber: Kriegstagung der DEMH, 6 p., Dr., 1915; The Church Chonicle, September 1915; Allgemeine Missions-Nachrichten, Okober 1915; A. W.Schreiber: Numerical overview of the participation of missions in domestic military service until autumn 1916; H. Johannsen: Das Verhältnis d. Mission Conferences to DEMH, paper, 15 p., ms., 1917; Against the rape of German missions, flyer with demands for peace treaty, 1919

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RMG 1.641 · File · 1897-1906, 1924, 1955
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

1897-1905 in Okahandja, Otjikango, Otjihaenena, Walvis Bay, 1906-1926 Parish office in Brazil including Paraiso, Rio Grande do Sul; letters and reports, 1897-1905; private letters to inspectors, also by Mrs Johanna Hamann, nee. Jansen, 1898-1899; Letter of the community elders of Otjikango with the request to leave Karl Alexander Hamann there (in Herero language), June 1902; Question A. von Falkenhausen because of the fate of his son, Febr. 1904; Reply to the article published in the Schlesische Zeitung: "Ein Bild aus Deutschsüdwestafrika" taken from e. Brief d. Frau von Falkenhausen, June 1904; Report by Ms Johanna Hamann about her experiences during the Herero uprising for d. "Kleinen Missionsfreund", 1905; Testimony for Karl Alexander Hamann, 1906; Letter from Karl Alexander Hamann from Brazil, 1924; Obituary for Karl Alexander Hamann, 1955;

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RMG 1.256 · File · 1897-1961
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Built in 1890 and sold in 1917, see also RMG 1.240; correspondence concerning education and upbringing of children, administration, behaviour of teachers; land deeds, cadastre extract; newspaper articles: The Johanneum in Moers, 1917; index of the missionary sons educated in Moers, 1928

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RMG 1.678 a-c · File · 1901-1969
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

1907-1936 in Karibib, Keetmanshoop, Okahandja, Windhoek; curriculum vitae, references, application, 1901; correspondence and work reports by Christian Ludwig Kühhirt, 1907-1958; correspondence also with Mrs. Elisabeth Kühhirt, née Wangerin, 1938-1969; correspondence also with d. Söhnen Kühhirt, 1940-1959; report e. Reise zu d. Herero in the reserve, (pale-grass), 1920; report about the journey to the Herero and Ovambo to the railway, 1920; Farmmissionsreise, 1925; newspaper article by Martin Kühhirt (son): "Das ehemalige Deutsch-Südwestafrika unter englischer Verwaltung", IN supplement of the "Aufwärts" of 30.09.1928; death announcement, sermon, obituary for Mrs. Helene Kühhirt, née Schubert, 1936; Der Heimgang unserer Mutter, Georg Kühhirt (son), 1936; Theofilus Ileka, evangelist: Letter to Christian Ludwig Kühhirt with greetings from the Ovambo parish Windhoek, 1936; travel report by Elisabeth Kühhirt, née Wangerin, 7 p. ms., 1938; copies of testimonies by Elisabeth Kühhirt, 1917, 1928, 1938; obituary for Christian Ludwig Kühhirt, 1959

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Laaf, Karl Emil (1871-1937)
RMG 1.656 a-b · File · 1894-1909
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

1901-1921 in Keetmanshoop, Khois, Rietfontein, Lüderitz Bay, Hoachanas, 1923-1937 parish office and farmer in Brazil; letters and reports, 1901-1926; curriculum vitae (2 versions) u. Bewerbungen, 1894 1895; ärztliches Zeugnis, 1901; "Lüderitzbuchter Zeitung", No. 14, May 1909; Memorandum on the events at the Hochanas station, 1922; correspondence with the Laaf family, 1937-1938; Sketch of Shark Island;

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RMG 2.635 b · File · 1841-1967
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

The missionary work in Southwest Africa according to the annual reports of 1949; Der künstliche Abortus bei d. Herero u. Ovambo, N. N., o. J.; Arigene Religion u. Christentum, August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, o. J.; Foreign - and yet at the heights of Christianity, August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, o. J.; As under d. Church of the Urafrikans, August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, n.d.; The "Old Holy Book" in Africa, August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, n.d.; Visiting d. Hei-//om (Buschschläfern), Friedrich Pönnighaus, 1936; Unter d. Buschmännern in Südwestafrika, Alfred Unterkötter, 1936; Ein Dankopfer, Friedrich Hermann Rust, no year; Der heute Stand d. Missionsarbeit im Waterberg-Reservat, Friedrich Pönnighaus, 1936; Death Sunday in Swakopmund, Heinrich Johann Brockmann, 1937; Abendmahl u. Orunjara bei d. Herero, Friedrich Pönnighaus, n. J.; Comfort in the African earth sorrow, August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, n. J.; The natives of Southwest Africa, Heinrich Vedder? o. J.; Unterwegs (im Ochsenwagen), by Friedrich Pönnighaus, o. J.; Zur Frage d. finanz Selbstständmachung unserer Gemeinden oder wie erziehehehe ich meine Gemeinde zum finanz Selbstständigkeit, Christian Wilhelm Friedrich Spellmeyer, 1937; Ist finanzielle Selbstständmachung unserer Gemeinden in Südwestafrika möglich, u. wie?, Karl Schmitz, 1937; Zu d. Bericht d. Bruder's Karl Sckär über Ehescheidung, Johannes Georg Heinrich Heinrich Olpp, 1929; Ist d. Ausbau unserer Missionskonferenz zu e. Synod required and possible, Friedrich Pönnighaus, 1937; Annunciation in the Mix of Nations of Southwest Africa, Friedrich Pönnighaus, no year; The Battle with the Holy Fire, Friedrich Pönnighaus 1935; The Holy Fire (The Sacrificial Altar of Herero = okuruuo), Friedrich Pönnighaus, no year; Hurus, Friedrich Pönnighaus, 1932; "On African Travelling Routes", N.N..., Windhoek, 1934; World and world view of Bergdama in Southwest Africa, Heinrich Vedder, without year; Unter d. Betschuanen, Friedrich Pönnighaus, without year; Remarks to the Lecture by Pg Reinbeck on the activities of the Pagan Mission in South West Africa, Mission Director J. Warneck, 1935; Die Akazien unseres Landes, Friedrich Pönnighaus, no year; The trees and shrubs of the District of Windhoek (excluding the Akazien), Friedrich Pönnighaus, no year; Which duties does the Protestant Germany in South West Africa have? ca. 1910; The Jackal and the Leopard, e. Märchen aus Südwestafrika, Heinrich Vedder, without year; Das Volk hinter d. Berge, Wilhelm Loeber, 1937; A strange Christmas message, Wilhelm Loeber, o. J.; And new life blooms from the ruins, Wilhelm Loeber, no year; house building in the Heidenland (Ovamboland), N. N.?, no year; The Chief's Hunt (Mandume), N. N.., n. J.; Rasse u. Mission in Südwestafrika, N. N., ca. 1935; Between War and Crisis: On the 125th Anniversary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in South-West Africa (Rheinische Missionskirche), press release by RMG, Werner Andreas Wienecke, 1967; Südwestafrika - e. zweites Kongo?, newspaper article, General-Anzeiger Wuppertal, 08.04.1967;

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RMG 2.636 · File · 1910-1933
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Wuppertal: Kriegserlebnisse e. Rheinischen Missionars, newspaper article, 1935; Erastus Omulundu; Haluodi; Nekoto u. Haischi in Zwistigkeit, 2 versions; Schihepo u. Schalnlange; Haschipala: Memories e. old missionaries of the.., what he heard and experienced under the heathens, pictures from the life of the heathens in Ovamboland German Southwest Africa; Memories e. old missionaries, speech at the mission evening in the mission house Barmen, 1933; Untitled (Memories); Experiences and Memories from Southwest Africa in d. Zeit d. Weltkrieges (1914-18), 2 versions; What the history of the RMG tells us, especially of Southwest Africa; The Portuguese campaign against Mandume; About the Efundula (consecration of a girl) in Southwest Africa; The missionary in the fight with paganism; Kaukungua (Noah), hs. u. ms..;

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Oegst geest
RMG 831 · File · 1895-1917
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Correspondence; De Sumatra-Post, No. 126 No. 130, 1911; Correspondence with mission commissioner in Rotterdam, de Bilt-Station, Amsterdam, Leiden; newspaper articles (copies) on the question of financial support for schools in the Netherlands.India by the Government, 1895-1911; Report Miss. van Asselt on Relations of the RMG to Dutch Friends of Missions, 10 p., ms., ca. 1900; Keynote Speech on Cooperation of Dutch Aid Society for Barmen m. d. holl. Missionsgellschaften, 15 p., ms., 1912; Manifesto of the Dutch Anti-War Council, Dr., 1914; Guarantee of the RMG to Dutch citizens who, in favour of the RMG at Nederl. Handels Maatschappij Guarantee sums have subscribed, 1917

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Press feuds
RMG 1.148 · File · 1928-1937
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Correspondence with publishers and authors concerning polemical or misleading reporting on mission; correspondence about "Die Deutsche Christenfibel" by Fritz Beckmann, 1934; voucher copies of various journals and magazines

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RMG 1.277 · File · 1837-1910
Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

see also RMG 1,276; Letters from:; Pastor Treviranus, Bremen (and Cand. Wyneken), 1837, 1843; Heinrich Mühlhäuser, Rochester, 1838, 1840, 1841; Georg Julius Kempe, New York, 1838; Philipp Jacob Heyer, St. Charles, 1840; Pastor Burger, Fürth, 1841; Louis Schwarz, Williamsburg, 1845; "The Orphaned Germans in North America", c. 1840; 2nd, 3rd and 4th annual report of the Ev. Ges. f. d. Protestant German in North America, Langenberg, 1845-1848; Instruction for the preachers sent to Brazil, 1872; Advertising German theologians for Brazil, correspondence and newspaper articles, Corr. with applicants, 1880-1908; "Emigration to America", observations by Dr. Martin Niemeyer, Missionary of the Mennonites Church at Canada, 1881; Revised Statute of the Protestant German Protestant Church in America, founded 1837, 8 p.., Dr., 1881; leaflet on recruitment, Dr., 1881; 37-40th Annual Report of the Erziehungs-Anstalt- S. Isabella, Brazil, 1901-1905; 12th Annual Report of the Asylum "Pella", Taquary, Bras., 1905; Circular to the German clergy of Rio Grande do Sul, 10 p., Dr., 1903; admission of the pupil Hugo Dehmlow/South America to Johanneum Gütersloh, 1909-1910

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RMG 1.705 a · File · 1914-1966
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1925-1960 in Okahandja, Gobabis, Karibib; curriculum vitae (3 versions), testimonies, 1914-1915; letters from the internment camp Andalusia, 1940-1945; "Our faithful farm workers should be the refuge", dedication of the native church in Frieden-au, Windhoeker "Allgemeine Zeitung", no. 53, 1959

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RMG 1.648 d · File · (o. J.)
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Memories of d. Witbooi Uprising in Gibeon, by Else Spellmeyer; Experiences from the first days of the occupation of Gibeon by the troops of General Mackenzie, by Else Spellmeyer; Ochsenwagen journey to the new beginning e. Mission at the edge of the Kalahari desert (!Gochas) from 27 August to mid October 1901, by Else Spellmeyer; A visit to the diamond fields near Lüderitzbucht; Report on a branch trip (1923), by Christian Spellmeyer; "Gibeon without a missionary", letter by Christian Spellmeyer to d. Brüder d. Vorstandes, January 23, 1936; Various newspaper articles;

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RMG 2.596 · File · 1912-1937
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The Bushmen, Heinrich Vedder, 18 p., ms., 1912; Report on the Bushmen and thoughts on their future, by Th. Wetschky, Grootfontein, 1913; 2 newspaper clippings on the Bushman question in Grootfontein, 1913 1914; The Bushmen, Result e. Interrogation, by Friedrich Pönnighaus, 11 p.., ms., Ill., 1926; The Bushmen in North Southwest Africa, N. N., 7 p., hs, under the Bushmen in South West Africa, Alfred Unterkötter, 10 p., ms., o. J.; I will exterminate the wizard with you, Alfred Unterkötter, 14 p., ms., o. J.; Experiences between Operet and Onguma, Alfred Unterkötter, 4 p.., ms, no year; Self-biography of the Bushman //Kou-goa-//ob, Alfred Unterkötter, 13 p., ms, no year; Among the Bushmen of Southwest Africa, Alfred Unterkötter, 9 p., ms., no year;

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