Wash day in Magila in 'German East Africa' / Photographer: Scherl

Samoan woman / Photographer: Scherl

Samoan woman in traditional costume with headdress. In her hands she holds a head knife. / Photographer: Scherl

Samoan warrior with headdress. In his hands he holds a head knife. / Photographer: Scherl

Members of the Waniamuesi tribe in a village in the German colony of East Africa / Photographer: Scherl

From left to right you can see the Villa Ipland, the Villa Stickforth and the Villa of the general doctor König am Diederichs-Weg in Tsingtau. / Photographer: Scherl

View over the houses of Tapautau near Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

View of the Chinese harbour town of Tsingtau at the entrance to the Bay of Kiautschou / Photographer: Scherl

View of the Chinese port Tsingtau at the entrance of the bay of Kiautschou / Photographer: Scherl

During the Boxer Uprising, a militia was created in the German colony of Kiautschou for defence purposes. / Photographer: Scherl

The men who had been drafted into the war meet in front of the town hall in Windhoek, Namibia, which was then the colony of German Southwest Africa. De Vaal, the son-in-law General Botha´s speaks to the German population in Windhoek / Photographer: Scherl

The Germans in Tsingtau 1898-1914 - Public Life, Colonies: China, Germany, German Empire

The Germans in Tsingtau 1898-1914 - Public Life, Colonies: China, Germany, German Empire

The Germans in Tsingtau 1898-1914 - Public Life, Colonies: China, Germany, German Empire

The Germans in Tsingtau 1898-1914 - Public Life, Colonies: China, Germany, German Empire

The Germans in Tsingtau 1898-1914 - Public Life, Colonies: China, Germany, German Empire

The Germans in Tsingtau 1898-1914 - Public Life, Colonies: China, Germany, German Empire

The Germans in Tsingtau 1898-1914 - Public Life, Colonies: China, Germany, German Empire

The Germans in Tsingtau 1898-1914 - Public Life, Colonies: China, Germany, German Empire

The Germans in Tsingtau 1898-1914 - Public Life, Colonies: China, Germany, German Empire

The Germans in Tsingtau 1898-1914 - Public Life, Colonies: China, Germany, German Empire

The Germans in Tsingtau 1898-1914 - Public Life, Colonies: China, Germany, German Empire

The Germans in Tsingtau 1898-1914 - Public Life, Colonies: China, Germany, German Empire

The Kiautschoustraße in Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

Street scene in the capital of German East Africa, Dar-es-Salaam / Photographer: Scherl

Street in the eastern part of Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

German military in a street of Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

View into a street of Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

The intersection of Tirpitz Straße and Prinz-Heinrich-Straße in Tsingtau. On the corner is the Snethlage-Siemßen-House. / Photographer: Scherl

A settlement for the Chinese apprentices employed at the Tsingtau shipyard was built at the large harbour, with the dining hall on the right and the residential farms on the left. / Photographer: Scherl

Residents of the German colony Samoa pose on the stage of Castans Panoptikum in Berlin. A group of 25 men, women and children will perform typical dances and customs. / Photographer: Scherl

For the photographer, Samoan warriors show how to use their head knives in battle / Photographer: Scherl

The Faletele, the public guest and representation house, in Safotulufai in the German colony of Samoa / Photographer: Scherl

The Samoan Grand Chief Tamasese next to the former Governor Samoas Solf (now State Secretary in the Reichsk.-Amt) at the Berlin Spring Parade / Photographer: Scherl

Samoan chieftains, who were captured during an uprising in the German colony, on the German cruiser Leipzig. Top row from left: Aneta, Paetoloa, Malalulu, Penaga, Liatana, Mara, bottom: Jiga, Pisa, Taugau, Panesi / Photographer: Scherl

One of the main responsible persons for an uprising in the German colony Samoa, Lauati, with his wife aboard the German cruiser Arcona / Photographer: Scherl

Bathing natives at Falufa in the German colony Samoa / Photographer: Scherl

Samoans are shown in a traditional hut in Hamburg Zoo. Links German schoolchildren / Photographer: Scherl

Women from the German colony of Samoa are presented to the German public in Hamburg Zoo / Photographer: Scherl

Rough school building in Tsingtau. On the left in the foreground the school garden. / Photographer: Scherl