Advertising of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft for the expansion of the German fleet

• BArch, R 8023/243
• File
• 1873-1898

Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

Contains above all: Results of the fleet survey carried out by the "Allgemeine Zeitung" Memorials of the German Reichstag on the development of the Imperial Navy (printed matter)

In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Organizations, associations and commercial enterprises >> Foreign Affairs and Colonial Administration >> German Colonial Society (inventory) >> R 8023 German Colonial Society >> naval affairs

German Colonial Society

Battle for Cameroon, 1915

• 473227
• File
• 1915

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

Cameroon: 1884-1914 Chapel of the German Schutztruppe, 1903

• 291923
• File
• 1884-1914

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Cameroon: 1884-1914, colonies: Deutsch-Westafrika, Germany, German Empire Black soldiers and German officers: View of the chapel of the imperial garrison in the Cameroon protectorate / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

Eastern camp of Tsingtau

• 69033
• File
• 1898-1914

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

A German barracks in Tsingtau, the so-called East Camp. In the background the bay of Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

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Eastern camp of Tsingtau

• 69044
• File
• 1898-1914

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

A German barracks in Tsingtau, the so-called East Camp / Photographer: Scherl

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Fights in Tsingtau during the First World War

• 473314
• File
• 1914

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

German occupying troops in Tsingtau in the foreland of the fortress. The soldiers with rifles are lying in wait for the enemy / Photographer: Scherl

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German Protection Force, 1916

• 473261
• File
• 1916

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Soldiers of the Schutztruppe in Deutsch-Südwestafrika on their camels / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

German Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War

• 473273
• File
• 1914-1918

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Soldiers of the Schutztruppe and their military transport goods in the colony D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during World War I / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

German Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War

• 473272
• File
• 1914-1918

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Askaris and German officers of the German Schutztruppe in a battle position near Kilimanjaro / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

German Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War

• 473309
• File
• 1914-1918

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

German Schutztruppe in the Mahenge combat area resting on a harvested millet field. In the background characteristic formations of the Upogora Mountains / Photographer: Scherl

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German Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War

• 473275
• File
• 1914-1918

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Supporting column of the Schutztruppe on the march through D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

German barracks in Tsingtau, 1909

• 69037
• File
• 1909

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

A barracks of the German Schutztruppe in Tapautau (Dabaodao), a district of Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

German colonial troops in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War

• 52057
• File
• 1914-1918

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

African soldiers of the German Schutztruppe, so-called Askaris, have occupied a ditch in the area of Kilimanjaro in the German colony of East Africa / Photographer: Scherl

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German naval officers with the Samoan chief Mataafa, ca. 1900

• 140084
• File
• 1900

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Officers of the German warship SMS Cormoran with a Sanoan chief. 1st row, from left: Captain Lieutenant Engel, Mataafa, Corvette Captain Emsmann, Staff Physician Dr. Gelsam, 2nd row from left: Tolo, Private Secretary Mataafas, First Lieutenant Bar...

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

German patrol with Kaumi

• 77290
• File
• 1900-1901

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

German patrol with Kaumi (today: Gaomi) in the German colony Kiautschou during the Boxer Uprising / Photographer: Scherl

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German soldiers at the Mora position in Cameroon in the First World War

• 473229
• File
• 1914-1916

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Section of the Mora position in northern Cameroon: Sergeant Weissenberger on a captured English machine gun while firing at the opposite English position / Photographer: Scherl

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German soldiers in Cameroon, August 1914-February 1916

• 473226
• File
• 1914-1916

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Column of German soldiers on horses and in horse carts. Pre-war attempts by the captain of the Schutztruppe in Cameroon, Kurt Strümpell. / Photographer: Scherl

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German soldiers in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War

• 473292
• File
• 1914-1918

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

German soldiers in the jungle with a machine gun. The photo was taken by a photographer in captivity. / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

German soldiers in Mahenge in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War

• 473305
• File
• 1914-1918

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Soldiers of the German Schutztruppe felling trees in the fighting area Mahenge in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a / Photographer: Scherl

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German soldiers in front of the customs house in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a in the First World War

• 473282
• File
• 1914-1918

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

German soldiers (from left to right: Senior Physician Dr. Wolf, Lieutenant Baldamus, Lieutenant von Schappuis) in front of the customs house in Bagamojo with bullet hole in the colony of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War...

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Japanese shooters in Tsingtau, 1914

• 473321
• File
• 1914

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Japanese tree shooters shoot German planes in Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

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Main street in Tsingtau, 1903

• 70041
• File
• 1903

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

German soldiers of the imperial navy in the main street in Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

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Naval War in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War

• 473289
• File
• 1914-1918

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

In the German colony of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a the Kreuzer Königsberg was sunk on the coast. The German fleet was strengthened by Lettow-Vorbeck, commander of the Schutztruppe. / Photographer: Scherl

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Officers of the landing squad S.M.S. 'Kaiser', the flagship of the Rear Admiral of Diederichs

• 69977
• File
• 1897-1898

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Officers of the landing squad S.M.S. 'Kaiser', the flagship of the Rear Admiral of Diederichs, at the time of the coastal occupation. They are the first German colonial rulers to arrive in Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

Parade of German troops in Apia in the colony of Samoa, 1910

• 140076
• File
• 1910

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

German soldiers parade in Apia before the head of the German East Asian cruiser squadron Rear Admiral Gühler and the former king of Samoa Mataafa. The parade took place on the occasion of the visit of the East Asian squadron to Apia / Photographer...

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

Prince Adalbert of Prussia in Zanzibar

• 62192
• File
• 1902-01-01 - 1905-12-31

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Prince Adalbert of Prussia visits the English colony of Zanzibar on his way home from D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a and walks along a front of soldiers. Right beside him the British regent A.S. Rogers, left behind him the German consul Freiher...

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Protection Force in German Southwest Africa in the First World War

• 473262
• File
• 1915

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

The German pilot Scheele bombed a fine army in the Namib Desert / Photographer: Scherl

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Provision of information on income and military service as well as on career prospects abroad and in the colonies of the German Reich: Vol. 1

• BArch, R 1505/7
• File
• 1906-1916

Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

Contains also: Rules of procedure of the Central Information Office for Emigrants and basic principles for the regulation of the provision of information to persons willing to emigrate, issued by the Central Information Office for Emigrants, no da...

In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Foreign Affairs, Colonial and Occupation Administration >> Reichsstelle für das Auswanderungswesen (inventory) >> R 1505 Reichsstelle für das Auswanderungswesen (Reich Office for Emigration) >> Provision of information for prospective emigrants >> Providing information on income and military service as well as on career prospects abroad and in the colonies of the German Reich

Rifle appeal in Tsingtau

• 70022
• File
• 1898-1914

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Chinese recruits with their rifles have started the roll call and are instructed by German non-commissioned officers / Photographer: Scherl

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Sea battle during the First World War in D e u t s c h - Ostafria

• 52048
• File
• 1914-1918

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

The German cruiser S.M.S. 'Königsberg', assigned to the German station Deutsch-Ostafrika, in battle with a British cruiser / photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung