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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

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...

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

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

German Military, ca. 1900

German soldiers of the imperial Schutztruppe with native Askaris in a defensive position during riots or the military submission in Cameroon. Undated photo, ca. 1900. / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

Swahili soldiers

Phototype: Photo. Format: 12,0 X 9,0 Description: approx. 17 persons, Askaris in 2 rows. Remark: faded.

In: Picture archive >> Templates Sample book

Leipziger Missionswerk

untitled, roll call

Phototype: Photo. Format: 10,4 X 8,1. Description: soldiers and Askaris?, crosses. Reference: See Album 16 (Nachlaß Blumer), No. 3 (8,4 X 11,3).

In: Picture archive >> Album 4

Leipziger Missionswerk