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Contains: Correspondence of Ernst II (e.g. with Kaiser Wilhelm II); congratulatory letter and letter of sympathy; Ernst II's application for leave (approved by Reich Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow); memorandum on the planned reconstruction of the Colonial Administration (copy); newspaper clippings Darin: Reichstagdrucksachen (Results of the nominal votes on the Colonial Office budget, 29th ed.30.3. and 26.5.1906; draft budget for the Reichskolonialamt for 1906 (with memorandum), [1905]; minutes of meetings concerning the colonial budget, 1904/05).

Denkschriften und Petitionen an den Reichskanzler und den Kaiser (Samoafrage, Kamerun).

Contains among other things: Correspondence of Ernst II, Draft of an ordinance and memorandum concerning the R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t ; conditions of the German Schutztruppe in South West Africa (including the Herero Uprising, railway construction, port facilities, organisational issues) ; border issues (including correspondence with King Leopold II of Belgium) ; business distribution plans ; budget for 1906 ; newspaper clippings Darin: overview plan of the railway line Windhuk-Rehoboth ; caricature from the "Kladderadatsch" (with illustration of Ernst II).

Contains: political and private correspondence of Ernst II during his trip through Bulgaria and Romania as well as during his stay in Constantinople (among others with the State Secretary in the Foreign Office Jagow, King Ferdinand [Uncle 4. Grades] and Queen Eleonore of Bulgaria as well as members of the German Embassy in Constantinople); hand drawing of the Turkish Minister of War Enwer Pasha on the transfer of territory from Turkey to Bulgaria; passes; inscription list in Bucharest; congratulatory letter on the start of the journey; official farewell letter of the diplomatic corps in Constantinople; manuscript of a speech of Ernst II.Invoices, receipts, account statement; remuneration documents; business cards Darin: excerpts from the Turkish newspapers "La Defense" and "Hilal" with articles about Ernst II. (and one illustration); postcards from Kalisch (war destruction) and Constantinople among others; 8 photographs of Ernst II in connection with an audience with the Sultan, a stay at the Black Sea and a visit to the imperial steamship "Goeben" [separated; now in Bü 914].

Contains: Correspondence of Ernst II (among others with Kaiser Wilhelm II, Reich Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow, Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Ernst's successor as deputy head of the Colonial Department Bernhard Dernburg); commissioned as deputy head of the Colonial Department (copy); diploma of appointment as Imperial Plenipotentiary to the Federal Council (copy); letter of congratulations; notes on the emoluments of Ernst II.Newspaper clippings (including an excerpt from a speech of Ernst II by the Reichstag) Darin: Edition of "Die Zukunft" (The Future) with mocking article about Ernst II. "("Ubi Bubi?"), 1906 (printed); correspondence between Prince Hermann and Wilhelm II concerning the appointment of Ernst II.

Contains: Copies (in extracts) of the request of the Regional Court of Ravensburg to the District Court of Berlin-Mitte for the interrogation of Ernst II and of the incriminated newspaper article by Erzberger; inquiries of the District Courts of Berlin and Langenburg to Ernst II regarding the interrogation date; concept of a reply letter.

Contains: Subpoenas before local courts in Berlin and Langenburg; concept of a letter from Ernst II asking for his appearance in Berlin to be waived; letter from the court on the subject of the interrogation (comments by the defendant on the exploitation of the monopoly position in transport traffic with South West Africa by the Wörmann company at the expense of the Reich).

Contains among other things: Submission of Ernst II; Letter of Poeplaus to Ernst II and subsequent correspondence of Ernst II with the State Secretary of the R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t Bernhard Dernburg concerning an incorrect accusation of Poeplaus by Ernst II in the course of the interrogation.

Darin: Newspaper clipping (concerning Ernst's appointment as Head of the Colonial Department at the Federal Foreign Office)

Contains: Correspondence of Ernst II concerning, among other things, the whereabouts of the Grand Dukes, the refusal of the German side to end the exile, Ernst II's trip to Finland, inquiries about possible bank deposits of the Grand Dukes in the German Empire, political activity of the Grand Dukes and travel requests of supporters of the Grand Dukes.

Contains: Printed matter (minutes of meetings and other materials from the Reichstag, the Bundesrat and the Reichstag Commission for the Reich Budget).

Darin: several illustrations of Ernst II.