especially on the situation in East Africa

description: Contains:among others: Staudinger's review of Caton-Thompson: The Zimbabwe Culture ..., (1931), pp. 1 ff - Bastian: Leitende Gesichtspunkte für Reisende in den Deutschen Schutzgebieten, (o.D.), pp. 14 ff - o.A.: Europäische Colonien in Afrika und Deutschlands Interessen sonst und jetzt. Berlin : Dümmler, 1884, pp. 20 ff - Schlaginhaufen : Observation sheet and instructions for taking hand and foot prints. Special edition from the Correspondence Bulletin of the German Anthropological Society. 43 (1912) 5th p. 33-36. p. 54 ff. - Shaftabel: Egypt west of the Nile, [1942], p. 59 ff - Schmitt: Performance and potential of the African economy, [1942], p. 61 ff - Hartmann: The population of the cocoa field, (o.D.), pp. 65 ff. - Voeltzkow: "Acquisition and loss of Deutsch-Wituland", (o.D.), pp. 70 - "L'État Indépendant du Congo ...", (1903), Druckschr., pp. 86 ff.

302 sheet, Contains et al: - Award of the Crown Order 4th Class to Julius Wald, Plantanenhof near Basel, son of the former Konsistorialrat in Königsberg, for his great patriotic sacrifices and his services for the German Corps off Belford and at the Swiss border, Dec. 1873. Letter of thanks: "[...Already in the days of my earliest childhood I was enthusiastically attached to the lips of my blessed mother when she told us how she had baked "Kanehl waffles" [cinnamon waffles] for you in Georgienswalde on the Baltic Sea shore during a visit of your majesty and most highly your brother's majesty dormant in God, which sounded so splendid to you that you would have taken the recipe for the high sea queen with you [....]", Feb. 15, 1874 (pp. 57-69) - Award of the Crown Order of Class 4 to the Grand Duke of Luxembourg Archivist P. Ruppert for his publication of all laws, ordinances and treaties relating to the Wilhelm-Luxemburg- and Prinz-Heinrich-Eisenbahn. This facilitated the negotiations to take over the administration of the railways concessed by the Wilhelm-Luxemburg-Gesellschaft in the territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by the General Directorate of the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine, Dec. 1873 (pp. 55-56) - Award of the 3rd Class Red Eagle Order (without loop) to the administrator of the Royal Imperial Austrian Consulate General in Sudan, Dr. Theodor von Heuglin because of the offer and the transfer of animals for the local Berlin garden, October 1855. Approval of 500 Reichsmark to support the equipment of an expedition to the interior of Africa (exploration of the landscapes between the Nile and Lake Tsad) under the direction of the Würthemberg court councillor Dr. Theodor von Heuglin to shed light on the fate of the lost traveller Dr. Eduard Vogel. Aug. 1860 - Jan. 1861, including exposé with coloured map of Africa (private print) Gotha, 10. Aug. 1860 (pp. 161-175) - Award of the Crown Order of the Fourth Dalai Lama (Kronenordens) The first class addressed the saltwater bath administrator Denk in Bad Kissingen for his work on the springs there and the exemplary furnishings of the bath, as well as for his courteous behaviour and great impartiality [Remembrance of the Battle of Kissingen in the German War of 1866] towards all claims of the [mainly North German] bathers, Oct. 1874 (pp. 248-250) - Award of the Crown Order 3rd class to the Kapellmeister Sir Julius Benedikt after the award of the Crown Order 4th class for the Wilhelm I. accepted dedication of the Cantate "The Legend of the Saints Caecilia", Jan. / Sept.Oct. 1867, Nov. 1874 (pp. 257-265) - Award of the Crown Order 4th Class to Professor Dr. Wagner at the Imperial Medical Academy of Tockai [Tokai] in Japan for his mediation of the transfer and donation of valuable and interesting objects shown at the Vienna World Exhibition by the Imperial Japanese Government for the Ethnological and Zoological Collection in Berlin, Dec. 1874 (pp. 295-296).

Germany: Prisoners, including: Shipment of apples to British prisoners at Döberitz. Report of a reciprocal agreement between France and Germany regarding the postponement of the punishment of prisoners, and consideration of a similar agreement between Germany and England. Repatriation of Reverend E Heider, a German missionary held as a prisoner in New Zealand. Dr Fritz Rohrer: request for information from the British Consulate at Zurich concerning the welfare and whereabouts of his daughter, Mrs Mary Veith. Subsequent information provided by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief , East Africa, on the re-marriage of Mrs Mary Veith (now known as Mrs Osman) and her residency in Mrogoro, German East Africa. Captain Thomas Ormston: enquiry by his wife concerning the welfare and whereabouts of her husband and the crew of his ship, the SS Shipcote. Mr Emil Burmeister: request to be allowed to receive monthly remittances from his agent in South Africa, as a British colonial subject resident in Germany. Mr Emil Böhme: agreement by the British Government for the transmission to him of a medal and letter from the United States Congress, during his internment at Knockaloe Camp on the Isle of Man. Captain Otto Prejawa: written complaint regarding the circumstances of his internment in the German prisoner of war camp at Liverpool, New South Wales. Karl Marnitz: complaint from the German Government regarding the severity of the punishment for his attempted escape from the prisoner of war camp at Ahmednagar in East Bombay, India. Request by Mr Herman Wertheim, a naturalised South African subject resident in Wiesbaden, Germany, for the safeguarding by the British authorities of shares deposited by him in the Dresden Bank in London. Decision not to authorise the despatch of foodstuffs to Mr Herman Wertheim in Germany. Captain Grenville Peek of the 9th Lancers: enquiries regarding his transfer from the prison camp at Heidelberg to Switzerland for medical treatment. Terms of the special agreement between Britain and Germany regarding the release of consular officers. Mr J Hofman: refusal of a request by the German Government for the return of a cheque taken from him during his detention at Stratford Camp. Enquiries regarding a request from Mr Wolfgang Dreiss, a German subject interned at Malta, to make arrangements connected with the management of the 'Hotel du Nil' at Luxor. Daisy Toft (formerly Lüder): request for the German authorities to supply her with an official copy of the decree of divorce between herself and Karl Friedrich Lüder. Lieutenant Frederick Norton Grimwade: enquiries by his family concerning the decision of the German authorities to detain him him at the camp at Clausthal, despite his selection for transfer to Switzerland on medical grounds. Enquiries by the German Government regarding the whereabouts and welfare of Lieutenant Voigt, a German subject reported to have been captured by British forces in East Persia. Hirde Narain: enquiries concerning his son, Maharaj Narain Kaul, an Indian student detained in Germany at the outbreak of the war. Approval of the despatch of a consignment of wool to Bugler B J West, a prisoner interned at Döberitz, West Germany. Enquiries relating to Miss Louise Shaw, Miss Catherine Cleaverley, Miss Agnes Rourke and Mrs Black in the civilian internment camp at Holzminden in Germany. Confirmation that Mr W Hartnell, Chief Officer of the SS Brussels , and other crew members, were being held in Ruhleben Camp in Germany. Proposal for German prisoners of war held in France to be allowed to correspond with their compatriots interned in the United Kingdom. Enquiries regarding the welfare of Swiss citizens in the territory of German East Africa occupied by British forces. Increase in the rates of pay issued to British officers held as prisoners in Germany. Private C R Hutchinson: approval for the despatch of books to him at Hammelburg Camp in Germany. Allegations of the ill-treatment of British prisoners in certain German prison camps. Rudolf Ermrich and Paul Altenburg: enquiries about compensation from the British Government, following injuries allegedly sustained at the British prisoner of war camp at Rouen. Arrangements for the delivery of Red Cross parcels and Christmas presents to British prisoners in Germany during the Christmas season. Repatriation to South West Africa of the German nationals Heinrich Sindt, with his wife and child, and Hans Nurnberger, all formerly resident in Rio de Janeiro. Accidental shooting of Gustav Schulze, a German prisoner interned at Knockaloe camp on the Isle of Man. Code 1218 Files 172297-181006.

Map of Africa, with special attention to the German colonies; by W. Liebenow. 1:10,000,000. Insets: Nile area near Chartum, Massana and Eastern Abyssinia, Assab and Tadschurra Bai, Swahili or Witoland and Lower Tana, Angra Pequena area, Cameroon area, Tunis and surrounding area, German Togo area. Berlin, Lithographic Institute.

Includes: Körner, Theo Editing of the Japan Bibliography for the Ethnologische Anzeiger, 1941; Dammann, Ernst Lecture at the University of Cologne on Languages of Communication in Tropical Africa, 1942; Editing of a Bibliography of Bantus Languages, 1942; Draws-Tychsen, Hellmut Publication of his article "Gedenkblatt für Hjalmar Stolpe" in the Ethnologische Anzeiger, 1941; Eberhard, W., Ankara Mangelahfte Form of the publication of his China bibliography; editing of a Turkey bibliography; 1940 - 1943; Grau, Rudolf, Leipzig, Feldpostbriefe u. Herne Delivery of the manuscripts for the bibliography "Allgemeine Völkerkunde"; vacant custodian post at the Museums for Animal and Ethnology in Dresden, 1941; destruction of his ethnological documents, books, card indexes and the manuscript of the bibliography "Allgemeine Völkerkunde" by a bomb hit on his flat in Leipzig, 1944; compensation for the loss by the Reichskriegsschädenamt, 1944; release from American war captivity, job search, 1945; arrest of Gs. 25.9.1945 in Herne and imprisonment in an internment camp; imprisonment of Eugen Fischer and Otto Reche, 1946; foundation of an interim editorial committee for the Ethnological Anzeiger zur Erhaltung der Lizenz, 1946; work at the Volkshochschule in Herne, 1948; exhibition of references, 1948; recruitment to the Volksschuldienst, 1948; 1939 - 1948; Helbig, Karl, Hamburg Free provision of 3 copies of the Ethnological Anzeiger (Eth.A.) Collaboration on the bibliography of the Eth.A.; 1941; Hilgers-Hesse, Irene, Köln-Braunsfeld Termination of her position at the Auslandsbrief-Prüfstelle Köln, 1942; Application for an assistant position at the Ethnological Institute of the University of Cologne; Collaboration on the Eth.A.; 1942 - 1948; Kroll, Hubert, Essen Mrs. Kroll Participation in seminar exercises with Julius Lips, 1928; Obituary for Kr. in the Eth.A.., 1941, submission of manuscripts for publication in the Eth.A., 1941; Meyer, Emmi, Hamburg Lectures at the University of Cologne; collaboration on the bibliography for the Eth.A.; possibility of re-habilitation to Cologne; bomb damage at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, at the Institute for Ethnology at the University of Cologne, at Heydrich's apartment, 1943; processing of her Bali grammar, missing report about Dammann in Tunisia, 1943, capture and transport of Damann to the USA, Texas, 1944; death of Meinhof in Greifswald on 10. September 1944; death of Meinhof in Greifswald on 10. September 1944; possibility of re-habilitation to Cologne; bomb damage at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, at the Institute for Ethnology at the University of Cologne, at Heydrich's apartment, 1943; work on her Bali grammar, missing report about Dammann in Tunisia, capture and transport of Dammann to the USA, Texas, 1944; death of Meinhof in Greifswald.2.1944; 1942 - 1946; Reichskolonialbund, Berlin 1939 - 1948 Subscription to the periodical "Deutsche Kolonial-Zeitung" and acquisition of other periodicals; takeover of an ethnographic collection from Knechtsteden by the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum; 1932 - 1943; Schilde, W., Feldpostbriefe und Plauen Erforschung des Nilgebiets im Auftrag des kolonial-politischen Amtes, 1941; habilitation project with Otto Reche and his topic "Orakel und Gottesurteile in Afrika, 1941; application for the custodian position at the Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Dresden (Nachfolge Heydrich), 1941; collaboration on the bibliography for the Eth.A.; Tod Schildes 1942; wife Charlotte S., Plauen, purchase of the scientific library of her husband; 1940 - 1944; von Stackelberg, Maria, Baroness, Vienna, editing of the bibliography on Japan and Korea for the Eth.A.; 1942 - 1944; Waehner, Siegfried, Dresden, publication of the results of his research trip to the Tikuna and Katukino, 1941; 1941.old signatures: 217.

Contains:Overview of letters from scholars and friends to Theodor Bilharz and the ArchivAlfons Bilharz (with indication of signatures);Excerpt from the catalogue of Theodor Bilharz's skull collection (the collection kept at the University of Freiburg was destroyed in World War II);Recipe cover of the Bilharz pharmacy in Sigmaringen with short biography of Theodor Bilharz;Erich Ebstein: Bürgers Gedichte in der Musik. - In: Zeitschrift für Bücherfreunde 7 (1903/1904), p.177-198; From Elise Bürger's letters. (With dedications by Ebstein for Bertha Bilharz);Aus der Geisteswelt (Booklet, 1903);Up the Nile [probably: Up the Nile: a photographic excursion, Egypt 1839 - 1898, ed. by Deborah Bull and Donald Lorimer, New York 1979;Werner P. Heyd: Sum ergo cogito - In memory of Alphons Bilharz on the 50th anniversary of his death. - In: Hohenzollerische Heimat 25 (1975), p.33-37;Hans Schadewaldt: Theodor Bilharz. - In: German medical weekly 80 (1955), p.1053-1055;Hans Schadewaldt: Theodor Bilharz. Doctor and naturalist in Cairo. - In: Lebensbilder aus Schwaben und Franken 7 (1960), p.337-345.Provenance: NL Theodor and Alfons Bilharz.Index:Skull Collection; Ebstein, Erich; Bilharz, Bertha; Bilharz Pharmacy; Egypt; Heyd, Werner P.; Schadewaldt, Hans.Accession: 30/2001.Processed by: Bü.Erfassung am: 15.02.2006.