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Governor Adolf Graf von Götzen (5th from left) bids farewell to white and colored soldiers of the 5th Company of the German Protection Force in order to take a longer vacation in Germany. Count von Götzen was governor of German East Africa from 1901 to 1906 / Photographer: Scherl
History of the Inventor: In January 1915, the Hamburgische Landesverein vom Roten Kreuz and the Frankfurter Verein vom Roten Kreuz joined forces through the Prussian Ministry of War with the aim of bringing about a unified working group of all those involved in the investigation of missing persons and the care of prisoners. For the investigation of missing persons the name "Ausschuss für deutsche Kriegsgefangene" was chosen and for the care of prisoners the name "Hilfe für kriegsgefangene Deutsche". By May 1915 it had been possible to combine all the major Red Cross associations in Germany into a single working group. In September 1915, the Working Group and the Central Committee of the German Red Cross Associations in Berlin agreed on the principles of their respective responsibilities in the areas of missing persons investigation and prisoner welfare. The two headquarters in Hamburg and Frankfurt am Main became official information centres in the sense of the Hague Land Warfare Ordinance; at the same time they were attached to the Central Evidence Bureau of the Prussian War Ministry. Their tasks included the search for missing soldiers, the procurement of official death certificates and the improvement of postal traffic with prisoners of war. In addition, the Committee for German Prisoners of War of the Frankfurt Association of the Red Cross endeavored to provide information in the occupied territories of France, Russia, and Romania and to improve the situation of foreign prisoners of war in Germany. In July 1916, Rudolf Lismann, a senior member of the Committee for German POWs of the Frankfurt Association of the Red Cross, founded the Archive of the Committee for German POWs, later the Archive for POW Research. His aim was to produce a comprehensive documentation of the prisoners of war of the First World War from a uniform point of view. The collection areas included the relief organizations of the Red Cross associations, missing persons, prisoners of war and civilians, the position of prisoners under international law, refugees, hostages and refugees. Status: December 2003 Inventory description: In January 1915, the Hamburgische Landesverein vom Roten Kreuz and the Frankfurter Verein vom Roten Kreuz joined forces through the mediation of the Prussian Ministry of War, with the aim of bringing about a unified working group of all the offices concerned with the investigation of missing persons and the care of prisoners. For the investigation of missing persons the name "Ausschuss für deutsche Kriegsgefangene" was chosen and for the care of prisoners the name "Hilfe für kriegsgefangene Deutsche". By May 1915 it had been possible to combine all the major Red Cross associations in Germany into a single working group. In September 1915, the Working Group and the Central Committee of the German Red Cross Associations in Berlin agreed on the principles of their respective responsibilities in the areas of missing persons investigation and prisoner welfare. The two headquarters in Hamburg and Frankfurt am Main became official information centres in the sense of the Hague Land Warfare Ordinance; at the same time they were attached to the Central Evidence Bureau of the Prussian War Ministry. Their tasks included the search for missing soldiers, the procurement of official death certificates and the improvement of postal traffic with prisoners of war. In addition, the Committee for German Prisoners of War of the Frankfurt Association of the Red Cross endeavored to provide information in the occupied territories of France, Russia, and Romania and to improve the situation of foreign prisoners of war in Germany. In July 1916, Rudolf Lismann, a senior member of the Committee for German POWs of the Frankfurt Association of the Red Cross, founded the Archive of the Committee for German POWs, later the Archive for POW Research. His aim was to produce a comprehensive documentation of the prisoners of war of the First World War from a uniform point of view. The collection areas included the relief organizations of the Red Cross associations, missing persons, prisoners of war and civilians, the position of prisoners under international law, refugees, hostages and refugees. State of development: Findbuch (1984) Citation method: BArch, R 67/...
Askari soldiers at a shooting range in German East Africa / Photographer: Scherl
Coloured soldiers of a company of the German Schutztruppe, so-called Askari, marching out in the first days of the First World War / Photographer: Scherl
Native auxiliary soldiers (so-called Askaris) of the German Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a and German soldiers deport prisoners of war / Photographer: Scherl
Native soldiers of the Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a practice 'firing in two limbs'. / Photographer: Scherl
African soldiers of a German colonial army from the D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a colony. Undated recording. / Photographer: Scherl
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
Black soldiers of the German Schutztruppe march out in Dar es Salam for an exercise / Photographer: Scherl
Askaris (soldiers from Tanzania) of the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika (Tanzania) during the exercise with the heliograph / Photographer: Scherl
The music band of the Askaris (native soldiers of the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika) plays their wind instruments. / Photographer: Scherl
The music band of the Askaris (native soldiers of the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika) plays their wind instruments. / Photographer: Scherl
Bataille près de Nasanakang le 6.9.1914 (Liste des pertes), 1915nnnBataille près de la ferme Harmann le long de la route Baré - Melong - Dschang le 3.2.1915 (Rapport de bataille), 1915nnn
Schutztruppe of CameroonTwo soldiers, who served under the command of Lettow-Vorbecks, on deck chairs in an improvised camp from the first war time / Photographer: Scherl
Theatre of war in Cameroon: For lack of barbed wire, German soldiers made hindquarters from tree trunks. / Photographer: Scherl
Kommandierung zur deutschen Abteilung der deutsch-französischen Grenzkommission Ost-Kamerun, 7 Aug. 1905 [fol. 2] Kröger, S. - Kommandierung als Expeditionsunteroffizier zur deutschen Abteilung der deutsch-französischen Grenzkommission Ost-Kamerun, 7 Sept. 1905 [fol. 4] Winkler, Erwin Gotthold, Oberleutnant. - Appointment as 2nd Commissioner of the German section of the Franco-German Border Commission South Cameroon, 27 Aug. 1905 [fol. 7] Engagement of workers from the Togo protectorate for the German section of the Franco-German South Cameroon Border Expedition, 1905 [fol. 9 - 14] Cancellation of the Banjo garrison and establishment of a police post under the Garua Residentur - proposal by Governor von Puttkamer, 1905 [fol. 9 - 14] Enlistment of soldiers from the Togo protectorate for the German section of the Franco-German South Cameroon Border Commission, 1905 [fol. 9 - 14] Bernhardt, Max, non-commissioned officer. - Commanding the German section of the Franco-German Border Commission East Cameroon, 1905 [fol. 47] General political, military and economic conditions. - East and South Cameroon. - Report by Captain Scheunemann, 1905 [fol. 50] Freier, Otto, cartographer at the publishing house Dietrich Reimer, Berlin. - Request for and assignment to the German section of the Franco-German East Cameroon Border Commission, 1905 - 1906 [fol. 56 - 97] Difficulties of the South Cameroon Society in supporting the German section of the Franco-German East Cameroon Border Expedition due to lack of support, 1906 [fol. 61 - 78] Incorporation of the Lamidat Binder claimed by France. - Request from Lamidos Chalid to Lieutenant Schipper, Garua, ca. 1905 [fol. 91 - 92] Regional border matters. - Binder, 1904 - 1906 [fol. 91 - 92] General political, military and economic conditions. - Njong area. - Report by Captain von Stein, 1906 [fol. 93 - 95] Glass beads as a means of payment for the German-French border commission East Cameroon due to lack of procurement of barter items from German factories, 1906 [fol. 105 - 106] Bernhardt, Max, non-commissioned officer. - Burial in Kunde after death on 5 May 1906, 1906 [fol. 108 - 113] Regional border affairs. - Djau Kombol, 1906 [fol. 140 - 144] Borders with the French possessions. - Non-recognition of the agreement approved by the Governor. - Secret decree of the Foreign Office, 1906 [fol. 142] Provisional Franco-German agreement on the course of the border in the Chari-Lagone-Tuburi region: copy, 21 July 1905 [fol. 146] Transfer of African soldiers of the protection force for Cameroon to the German section of the Franco-German Border Commission East Cameroon on 15 October 1905 - List of names, 1906 [fol. 183] General political, military and economic conditions. - Southern Musgum region. - Report by Lieutenant Kund, Bongor, ca. 1906 [fol. 194] Deployment of the Franco-German East and South Cameroon border expedition. - Memorandum, ca. 1905 [fol. 205]
Gouvernement von KamerunSoldiers of the Imperial Marien pose in front of a Buddhist temple in Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl
Funeral of the fallen German soldiers at the cemetery of Swakopmund in March 1916 / Photographer: Scherl
Unrest and suspicion of incitement to cross into French territories with the support of the French authorities, 1906nService with the French detachment of the Franco-German Commission for the border demarcation of East Cameroon despite the wanted notice from the German authorities, 1906nFreier, Otto, Provision concerning his return to Germany, 1906nAfrican soldiers from the German detachment of the Franco-German Commission for the border demarcation of East Cameroon entitled to free repatriation to the Protectorate of Togo. - Nominative list, 1907Assumption of command by First-Lieutenant Bertram, 19.5.1906
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