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Askaris in German East Africa, 1908

Askaris (soldiers from Tanzania) of the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika (Tanzania) during the exercise with the heliograph / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

Battle for Cameroon, 1915

Theatre of war in Cameroon: For lack of barbed wire, German soldiers made hindquarters from tree trunks. / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

Collection Prof. Dr. Günther Behm-Blancke (1912-1994)

Contains: 2 notebooks 1819 and 1838 - birthday letter 1848 - photo of the colonial summer festival in the Brauhof (Karlsplatz 4) 1907 - letter and inventory of the Armbrust-Schützengesellschaft 1946 - furniture seizure 1948 - letter to the mayor o...

In: City Archive Weimar >> Holdings 53 - Discounts

Execution in German East Africa

A summary court is controlling the execution of three Africans. Loops are attached to the branch of a mango tree, on which the convicts are hanged. In the background and on the right you can see soldiers of an Askari company, on the left German of...

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German Askari in the First World War in German East Africa

Without the support of his native troops, the so-called Askaris, the German commander in East Africa, the famous General von Lettow-Vorbeck, could never have endured until the end of the war in 1918. The photo shows one of these soldiers from the ...

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

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