Archive guide to the German Colonial Past

Askaris in German East Africa in the First World War

473313
File
1914-1918

Group of local soldiers on the march. The Askaris supported the German Schutztruppe under General Lettow-Vorbeck until the end of the war in 1918. / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

Askaris of a Schutztruppeneinheit at the inspection by German officers

1990/36.74
File
zwischen 1914 und 1918

Part of German Historical Museum Foundation

In: German Historical Museum Foundation

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German troops

291842
File
1900

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German troops, colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Reich

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

Chief Malitoa. - Appointment as King of Samoa by the American Steinberger, deposition, capture and internment by the German Reich and appointment of the Viceroy Tamasese as King.

BArch, R 1001/2878
File
(1875) Apr. 1881 - Juli 1891, 1901

Part of Federal Archives (Archivtektonik)

Contains also: Photo of Malitoa and Tamasese from 24. Nov. 1884

In: General political affairs of the South Seas >> Samoa

Imperial Colonial Office

D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a: German researchers conducting research in the bush

Item
1900

Part of Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library

History * Germany's Wrestling for International Importance * The Penetration of the German Economy into World Trade, D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a: German Researchers in Research in the Bush* subtitle: Stoedtner, Franz (Photograph Publish...

In: Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library >> German Photo Library

Defensive fight i Rufiyi-Delta in German East Africa, 1915

473296
File
1915

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

The German Kreuzer Königsberg supported the troops of General Lettow-Vorbeck until 1915, until a defeat in the Rufiyi Delta. The surviving crew transported their wounded to Dar es Salaam with the help of local porters / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

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

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

Four Germans, three of them in uniform, at a covered table with African house boys

BA 2015/1669
File
zwischen 1909 und 1914

Part of German Historical Museum Foundation

In: German Historical Museum Foundation

Koch, Carl

German Colonial Officers

1990/36.46
File
zwischen 1914 und 1918

Part of German Historical Museum Foundation

In: German Historical Museum Foundation

German Colonial Officers at the Assembly Point of a Settlement

1990/36.72
File
vermutlich zwischen 1914 und 1918

Part of German Historical Museum Foundation

In: German Historical Museum Foundation

German Colonial Policy: Taking possession of Cameroon

22786
File
1884

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

The explorer Gustav Nachtigal raises the German imperial war flag in Cameroon. / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

German Colony in Tsingtau: Ceremony ?

Behme 9
File
zwischen 1897 und 1904

Part of German Historical Museum Foundation

In: German Historical Museum Foundation

Behme, Friedrich

German Colony in Tsingtau: Houses in Tsingtau

Behme 18
File
zwischen 1897 und 1904

Part of German Historical Museum Foundation

In: German Historical Museum Foundation

Behme, Friedrich

German Colony in Tsingtau: Korean Wood for Port Construction Tsingtau

Behme 1
File
zwischen 1897 und 1904

Part of German Historical Museum Foundation

In: German Historical Museum Foundation

Behme, Friedrich

German Colony in Tsingtau: Road Construction

Behme 5
File
zwischen 1897 und 1904

Part of German Historical Museum Foundation

In: German Historical Museum Foundation

Behme, Friedrich

German Colony in Tsingtau: Street in Tsingtau

Behme 2
File
zwischen 1897 und 1904

Part of German Historical Museum Foundation

In: German Historical Museum Foundation

Behme, Friedrich

German Colony in Tsingtau: View of Tsingtau

Behme 4
File
zwischen 1897 und 1904

Part of German Historical Museum Foundation

In: German Historical Museum Foundation

Behme, Friedrich

German Colony in Tsingtau: Villa Ohlmer

Behme 15
File
zwischen 1897 und 1904

Part of German Historical Museum Foundation

In: German Historical Museum Foundation

Behme, Friedrich

German Colony in Tsingtau: Yamen Bridge

Behme 8
File
zwischen 1897 und 1904

Part of German Historical Museum Foundation

In: German Historical Museum Foundation

Behme, Friedrich

German East Africa

24290
File
1905-01-01 - 1905-12-31

Part of Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

German colonial officials travel on the first section of the Dar es Salaam - Mrogoro railway / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

German Police, Colonial Soldiers and Chinese at the Telephone Station at the Post Fence of the Tsingtau Protectorate

F 67/1275
File
1911

Part of German Historical Museum Foundation

In: German Historical Museum Foundation

German School in Lwandai (Mlalo)

Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

Memorandum concerning the German school in Mlalo, 1910; Statuten der Schule, 1910; Chronik der Schule, 1908-1918; Korrespondenz, 1928-1939; Festschrift zur Einweihung der Friedrich-von-Bodelschwingh-Schule in Mlalo (Lwandai) with photo, 1931; Baup...

In: Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik) >> Archive of the Bethel Mission/Evangelische Missionsgesellschaft für Deutsch-Ostafrika, 1885-1970 >> fact files >> Commercial enterprises, schools, institutions

Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa

German barracks in Tsingtau, 1909