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Photos from German colonies. Currently available: Cameroon, Yaoundé Station, 1889nnScope, storage unitsn 0nnnProvenance informationnnnnNamen ReichskolonialamtnExistence periodn 1874 - 1942nInstitutional historynnn1907 Formation of the Reichskolonialamt from the Colonial Department of the Foreign Office, which had existed since 1890; 1919 Transformation into a Reich Colonial Ministry and takeover of the settlement business for the former German colonial territories; after its dissolution in 1920, the Reich Ministry for Reconstruction (Central Colonial Administration) took over the tasks until its dissolution in 1924; thereafter, colonial affairs were again handled by the Foreign Office.

The collection documents primarily the settlements of Germans abroad together with their social and landscape environment in accordance with the objectives of the Institute. At the same time, however, the pictures illustrate the life, culture and customs of the respective people in whose country the photographs were taken. The photographs also offer insights into the regional economy and architecture, the flora and fauna and the transport system of the respective regions. Furthermore, the photographs also convey a picture of the political and social events and conditions.

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In particular, the collection includes photographic material from the regions in southern and eastern Africa, Indonesia and China in which the missionaries of the above-mentioned missions were active.

Parts of the image material are available in digital form. In order to guarantee a modern way of working with the holdings in the future, the digitisation of the entire holdings is currently underway. Further access in the form of a representative selection of images available on this page is being planned.

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Tradition: Donation by Mrs. Maria Fink from Ettlingen to the General State Archive Karlsruhe in 2014. Adaptation: The collection comprises 255 propaganda photographs from the years 1917 and 1918, probably from the Bild- und Filmamt (Bufa), which was founded by the Supreme Army Command at the beginning of 1917. The undated photos were arranged in chronological order according to the photo and serial numbers as well as the image content. The exact chronological classification is difficult because it is often unclear in which context the picture was created and exactly when it was presented to the public. The pictures were probably used in the context of a "newsreel" or a "documentary film" as a poster photo. For the use of the cinematograph see also picture no. 10. Content: The German military successes of the years 1917 and 1918 occupy special space: the breakthrough in Eastern Galicia, the 12th Battle of Isonzo, the peace negotiations in Brest-Litowsk and the spring offensive in 1918 in the West (Operation Michael). Also spectacular individual acts like the return of the auxiliary cruiser "Wolf" to Kiel in February 1918 are mentioned. A personnel focus is placed on reporting on the emperor as well as Hindenburg and Ludendorff. In addition to pictures of the economic efforts on the home front, ethnologically seeming depictions of the Balkans, Turkey, Ukraine and Georgia, but also of the lost German colonies, appear. There are also calls for the drawing of the 8th and 9th War Bonds. Grand Duke Friedrich II of Baden appears at the welcoming of exchange prisoners in Constance (no. 196), Prince Max of Baden on the occasion of his appointment as Reich Chancellor in October 1918 (no. 255).

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