Nachlaß:; Portfolio 1: 1 notebook with diary records from the time of the Herero Uprising, also contains sermon preparations partly for fallen German protection troops and other notes, 1904-1906; Portfolio 2: Report by E. Stumpfe about the Herero Uprising and others; Various notes and eyewitness reports about the Herero Uprising and others. Herero Uprising 1904, list of the dead, name of the presumed murderer etc.; copy from the parish chronicle of Lüderitzbucht about the events in the years 1904 to 1905, as recorded by missionary Karl Emil Laaf, sent to Carl Berger by missionary Friedrich Hermann Rust, 1950; 2 eyewitness reports to the. Events in October 1904 in the area around Ghochas, N. N.; Folder 3: 1 red notebook with Carl Berger's newspaper articles, d. published under the headline "Vom Auob" in Windhoeker Zeitungen. Includes also "Die Orgel von Taurow", Fronterlebnis, by Dr. H. Reimer, Tailfingen, 5 p., ms.; Folder 4: "Die weiße Frau von Haruchas", memoirs of Mrs. Ida Berger, née Bergmann, verw. Albath, from the years 1897-1920, 2 exercise books, 35 p..., folder 5: Various Manu and type scripts by Carl Berger:; Christmas with the shepherd on the field, 8 p., hs., 1951; The history of the altar cloth of Mariental, 3 p., hs., o. J.; mineral deposits in the area of Auob, 3 1/2 p.., ms., no year; The camel stud of the German protection troops in Hofmeyr (formerly Kalkfontein-Nord), 6 p., ms., no year; Memories of the fallen German protection troops and their grave monuments in the area of Ghochas (with 2 photos), 8 p..., 1958; Folder 6: Notes on Hendrik Witbooi, collected from various sources, 1 booklet, 15 p., hs., o. J.; Folder 7: Das Leben Hendrik Witboois, Manuskript, 105 p., ms., o. J.; also contains: 1 original signature Witboois

Contains among other things: Formation of the Detached Division from the liners "Kaiser" and "König Albert" as well as the Small Cruiser "Strassburg" (AKO, copy), 15. Nov. 1913 Maps with drawing of the route of the Detached Division, Nov. 1913 Journey of the Detached Division to Spain (Tenerife), Togo, Cameroon, Southwest Africa, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile (Reports with photos and handwritten remarks of Emperor Wilhelm II.), Dec. 1913 - Apr. 19.

Memoirs; photos from Deutsch-Südwestafrika; newsletters of a circle of friends of former Southwest Africans; maps see fonds D 73.

Also includes: two photos by Schuckmann one photo by General von Estorff with handwritten dedication to Governor von Schuckmann

Contains: - Testimonies, CVs, diaries, photos and correspondence.

History of the Inventory Designer: General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck Life data 20.03.1870 born in Saarlouis 09.03.1964 died in Hamburg Career 1881 Cadet 1884 Main Cadet Institute Groß-Lichterfelde 07.02.1888 Portepee-Fähnrich at the 4.Garderegiment on foot 1889 Sekondeleutnant 1895 Premierleutnant 1900/01 Participation in the Boxer Movement China; Promotion to Captain 1904-1906 Deutsch-Südwestafrika; First Adjutant in the staff of the commander of the Schutztruppe "Lothar von Trotha" and as Company Chief at the suppression of the uprising of the Herero 1906 Kommandierung to the Großer Generalstab 1907 Promotion to Major; Adjutant of the Generalkommando des 11. Army Corps 1909 Commander II Sea Battalions in Wilhelmshaven 1913 Promotion to Lieutenant Colonel 18.10.1903 Commander of the Imperial Protection Corps for Cameroon 13.04.1914 Commander Protection Corps D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a 1918 Promotion to Major General Apr. 1919 Command of the Guard Cavalry Shooting Corps under the Marine Division Oct. 1919 Leadership of the Reichswehr Brigade 9 of the "Transitional Army" in Schwerin 1920 Characterisation as Lieutenant General and dismissal from the Reichswehr 1923 Wholesale merchant 1928-1930 Member of Parliament of the conservative German National People's Party in the Reichstag 1930 Change to the People's Conservative Union 1933 State Council in Bremen 27.08.1939 (so called Tannenbergtag) Character of a general of the infantry 1956 Honorary citizen of his birth town Saarlouis Awards 04.11.1916 Pour le Merite 10.10.1917 Eichenlaub zum Pour le Merite 30.01.1920 Ritterkreutz der sächsischen Militär-St.-The estate contains personal papers, documents on military and public honours, private and private correspondence, diary notes and memoirs as well as elaborations on various topics and photographs from the life of General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (20.3.1870-9.3.1964). The collection documents the personal and military career of Lettow-Vorbecks, including his participation in the Boxer War in China (1901-1904) as an adjutant of the 1st East Asian Infantry Brigade, his deployment in the command of the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Südwestafrika (1905-1906) and as commander of the Schutztruppe Deutsch-Ostafrika (1914-1918). In addition, Lettow-Vorbeck's activities as a war veteran and member of the Reichstag of the DNVP in the Weimar Republic and the reactions to his death in 1964 will be highlighted, as will his work on colonial history and documentations on political topics from the time of the Weimar Republic, in particular the Reichswehr and the Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch. References to other holdings, in particular RM 5 - Navy Admiral Staff; RW 51 - Imperial Protection Forces and other Overseas Forces; R 1001 - Reichskolonialamt; R 1002 - Authorities of the former protectorate Deutsch-Südwestafrika; digital photos of Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck from the Federal Archives' image holdings can be found in the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia Content Characterization: Because of its great importance and the intensive demand for it from researchers, the estate was processed and recorded in the archives soon after it was handed over to the Federal Archives at the end of the 1960s. In 2008, the indexing of the holdings was fundamentally revised while retaining the older archival order. Pre-archival order: The estate of Paul von Lettow-Vorbecks was transferred to the Federal Archives in August 1964 by the daughter of Countess Heloise von Rantzau-Pronstorf, who died in the same year. It had initially been deposited there as a deposit, on 31 December 1999 the documents became the property of the Federal Archives. The holdings contain self-testimonies and autobiographical records at various stages of their development; the classification features of the archival indexing could not always be clearly assigned due to the specific character of the documents. Citation style: BArch, N 103/...

Contains: "Beginning of the Great Native Uprising in Southwest Africa 30 Years Ago" (11.2. and 14.2.1934) "The Great Native Uprising in Southwest Africa 30 Years Ago" (18.2., 25.2. and 4.3.1934)

Contains among other things: Several photos of the local population and buildings of the colonial administration