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      German South-West Africa

      • UF Deutsch Südwestafrika
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        RMG 3.311 · File · 1888, 1927-1931, 1966
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        Eduard Heinrich Gustav Dannert, Sociale Verhältnisse d. Ovaherero, Dr., 1888; Heinrich Vedder, Maharero and his time in the light of the documents of his estate, Dr., 1929-1931; Missionary August Carl Heinrich Kuhlmann, Götter- u. Geistergfaube d. Herero, Dr., 1927; Report about the "Maharero-Dag" in Okahandja (hectograph.), 1966; 1 Otjiherero grammar, ms..;

        Rhenish Missionary Society
        Stadtarchiv Solingen, 2530 · File · 1925-1928
        Part of City Archive Solingen (Archivtektonik)

        Contains: (spec.) Press article about the Haaß-Berkow Games, Gelsenkirchen, Volkshaus Rotthausen, Winter 1924/1925; Rheinischer Heimatbund e.V., Düsseldorf, 1924-1925;Poster of the Stadttheater Elberfeld, 1925;Chamber music evening in the Stadtsaal Wald, 05.12.1925;Glasbilder und Laufbilder, Berlin, 1925;Musikalische Komödien, Munich, 1925;Invitation to the 56th International Festival of Comedies, Munich, 1925;Theatre of the City of Elberfeld, 1925;Chamber music evening in the Stadtsaal Wald, 05.12.1925;Glasbilder und Laufbilder, Berlin, 1925;Musikalische Komödien, Munich, 1925;Invitation to the 56th Festival of the City of Elberfeld, 1925;Theatre of the City of Elberfeld, 1925;Theatre of the City of Elberfeld, 1925;Theatre of the City of Elberfeld, 1925;Theatre of the City of Elberfeld, 1925 General Assembly of the Society for National Education, Szczecin (today: Szczecine), 20.04.1926; Invitation to the Main Committee Meeting of the Bergische Heimatspiele Barmen, 24.04.1926; 'The Sunny Land of Southwest Africa', 30.07.1926;Foreign press articles about the Haaß-Berkow games, 1926;'Performances of the Asian traveller and lecture master Dr. Boeck', 1926;German Beethoven Festival Bonn, May 1927;The Rhenish Städtebundtheater Neuss, 1927;Festvorstellung: 'The Prince of Hamburg' in the Festhalle Ohligs, September 1927;German Bildspielwoche in Dortmund, October 1927;Poster: 'Catholic Church Choir Cäcilia-Constantia Wald', 23.10.1927

        Albert Hoffmann (1865-1942)
        RMG 476 · File · 1901-1953
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        Letters and station reports from Bogadjim, Sidney, Ragetta & von Heimreise, 1901-1905; letters during work in Meiderich, 1908-1911; certificate of appointment as local inspector, 1914; work report for the winter half-year, 1918/1919; acceptance as evangelist in d. Innere Mission, 1921; Negotiations for the release, 1924; Correspondence, mainly with Heinrich Jopp, Herborn, 1925-1935; death announcement and life data of wife Henriette, née Dielmann, 1937; Correspondence, 1937-1941; death announcement and life dates, 1942; Correspondence with family, 1942; Letter by H. Vedder/Okahandja with 3 poems by Hoffmann from 1890-1893, 1953

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        aria
        PA Wdbg 110 · File · 1908
        Part of Regional Church Archive Wolfenbüttel

        Includes:5. Illustrated Family Friend. Supplement to the Braunschweigisches Volksblatt. Topics: Welfare work of the Mission in German Southwest Africa et al. 1908

        RMG 2.648 · File · 1845-1931
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        Station Otjimbingwe s. RMG 2.536 a-d; draft e. letter of thanks for 2.000 Taler, addressed to "Durchlauchtigster Fürst!", ca. 1845; "Propositionen d. Lippischen Fürstenhaus betr. d. Gründung d. Augustineum in Otjimbingwe", 1863; report about Augustineum in Otjimbingwe, by Carl Gotthilf Büttner, 1874; reports about Augustineum in Okahandja, by Heinrich Vedder, 1923-1931; in it life data of all pupils and students. about themselves, significant experiences from their lives as well as 1 photo of all Augustineum residents in the half-yearly report, pp. 177-271, 1925; "Über d. Ausbau d. Augustineum in Okahandja", 9 p., ms., Heinrich Vedder, 1926; Tasks and results of the final examination of 20 students, 1929; group photo of the conference of elders and evangelists in Okahandja, 1930

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        RMG 2.649 a · File · 1932-1954,1960-1966
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        Half-yearly and annual reports, 1932-1951; Schülerlisten, 1936-1954; Bericht e. lnspektionsreise d. Rheinischen Missionsschulen in Südwestafrika, by Ernst Eßlinger, 1947; Schulrundschreiben, 1947-1951; Correspondence Gustav Menzel - Ernst Eßlinger, 1947; Memorandum on questions of the Rheinische Missionsschulen, established at "Onderwys Kommissie" by Praeses Hans Karl Diehl, 1950; Verzeichnis d. School and church building of the RMG with values, 1951; negotiations about the future of the Augustineum, 1951-1952; newspaper report "Der Schülerstriik im Augustineum", IN: "Allgemeine Zeitung", Windhoek, 1960; 2 sermons, held in the Augustineum, by Werner Andreas Wienecke u. N. N., 196-1966; travel report by E. H. Beukes about a visit to the Christlicher Studenten-Vereinigung d. Augustineums in Ovamboland (Afrikaans), 1966;

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        Becker, Gustav (1877-1948)
        RMG 1.672 a-b · File · 1902-1968
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        1907-1923 in Warmbad, Keetmanshoop, Windhoek, Heimatdienst 1923-1927, parish office from 1927; letters and reports, 1907-1946; curriculum vitae, application, recommendation, 1902; examination certificate (copy), 1907; Henriette Fenchel, later Mrs. Becker, to Warneck and Johannes Spiecker, 1909 1910; report on Tobias Fenchel's illness and illness. Death, 1910; Engagement announcement Gustav Becker - Henriette (Henny) Fenchel, 1911; Agreement between the RMG in Barmen and the Evangelische Verein für Innere Mission in Nassau, 1924; Report by Ms Henriette (Henny) Becker "In Memory of my dear husband Gustav Becker", 3 p.., ms, 1948; Obituary for Gustav Becker, 1948; Correspondence with Mrs Henriette (Henny) Becker, 1948-1967; death certificate for Mrs Henriette (Henny) Becker, 1968;

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        Berger, Carl (1871-1962)
        RMG 1.341 b · File · 1897-1963
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        Portfolio 8: Miscellaneous; "Der kleine Missionsfreund", No. 1, No. 4-11, 1899, Letter from Carl Berger in No. 9; Letter from the Natural History Museum Wiesbaden (copy) with thanks for collected natural objects, in part after Berger (bergeri), 1922; postcard by Missionar Mindermann, Saarbrücken, 1948; correspondence with Mrs. Smeer, Karibib 1950; various newspaper articles by Carl Berger, 1933-1963; collection of postcards, stored separately;[delivered 1971 by the daughter, Mrs. Margarete Berger, Neuwied];

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        Berger, Carl (1871-1962)
        RMG 1.341 a · File · 1897-1963
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        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

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        Berlin Mission:

        Correspondence, circulars, etc.; "Die Berliner Mission in Ostafrika 9 S., ms., N. N., ca. 1943; "The German and non-German Evangelical Missions in German East Africa, Rwanda, Burundi, Cameroon, Togo, German Southwest Africa, ca. 1943; "Brief overview of the Bethel Mission, 5 S. by Curt Ronicke, ca. 1944

        Evangelical Missionary Society for German East Africa
        RMG 1.613 a-d · File · 1871-1920
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        1874-1919 in Otjimbingue, Otjikango, Omburo, Omaruru; Letters, travel and war reports, 1871-1920; Fieldpost letters from the time of the French campaign, 1871; Reports from the sea voyage to Capstadt and Walfishbay, 1873; A visit in d. Grootkloof, contribution for "Kleinen Missionsfreund", 1874; copy of e. Briefwechselels with Captain Abraham Zwartbooi, 1880; J. P. Reinhard (former blacksmith in Otjimbingue) to Peter Friedrich Bernsmann because of foster daughter Johanne Bernsmann (born 1880), 1888; Map d. "Hererolandes", M. 1: 1.250000 with marked routes and driving times for oxen, c. 1888; station reports of Otjimbingue, 1886-1888; station reports of Otjikango, 1888-1890; station reports of Omburo, 1890-1895; report of e. Journey to Ondjiva in Oukuanjama (Amboland), 1891; station report on Omburo by Traugott Kauapirura, 1891-1892; report by Asher Mutjinde on behalf of the chief Manasse Tjiseseta about his conversion, 1893; Manasse Tjiseseta to Dr. August Schreiber, contains proclamation about corn trade, 1895; Two bundles of letters from missionary Eduard Dannert and family from Omaruru, Otjimbingue and Stellenbosch, 1895-1899; private letters by Peter Friedrich Bernsmann to inspectors d. RMG, 1890-1900; Teacher Gustav Kamatoto to RMG, 1899; Speech by Peter Friedrich Bernsmann: "How can it be explained that our evangelists and school teachers have so far met little of the cherished expectations", 4 p. ms. hectographed, 1902; private action by the merchant E. Langenberg, Ombuiro against Peter Friedrich Bernsmann for insulting him, 1904; report about the black miner in the gold mines of Pretoria u. near Johannesburg, 1905; description of Herero dances with music examples, 1907; contribution by Peter Friedrich Bernsmann for e. Schullesebuch: Die natives Deutsch-Südwestafrikas u. d. Beginnings ihrer Geschichte, with the chapters:; Die Bastards; Die Herero; Die Naman; Die Bergdamara; Die Ambo, 23 S. ms.., 1914; in 1,613 c also: Eduard Heinrich Gustav Dannert, (1849-1924), see RMG 1,615;

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        Blecher, Adolf (1869-1938)
        RMG 1.649 a-b · File · 1894-1951
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        1900-1919 in Rehoboth, Otjimbingue, later parish office Germany, the 2nd woman, Emma Blecher, née Böhle was missionary sister, no own file available; letters and reports, 1900-1919; curriculum vitae, application, medical certificate, 1894; "funeral speech at the grave of my expensive wife", Mathilde Blecher, née. Siebel, 1906; Donation of Platzes Ouises by Lazarus Cloete, copy of the document, 1907; lease contract for mission plot with farmer Herforth, Hoachanas, 1908; report on d. Death of his 2nd wife Emma Blecher, née Böhle, 1911; Correspondence on pay matters, 1929; Samuel Beukus, Rehoboth, complains to Adolf Blecher about d. Successor of Adolf Blecher in Rehoboth, Missionary Hermann Schroer, 1930; obituary for Adolf Blecher, 1938; correspondence with Martha Blecher, née Stegemann, 1938-1951; obituary for Martha Blecher, 1951;

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        RMG 1.659 a-b · File · 1895-1902, 1913-1954
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        1903-1951 in Otjosazu, Franzfontein, Outjo, Okombahe, Usakos, Swakopmund; letters and reports, 1902-1950; curriculum vitae, application, medical certificate, 1895-1902; sketch of a mission property to be acquired in Outjo, 1905; death announcement for Mrs. Helene Brockmann, née. Upmeyer, 1935; draft e. Präsesinstruktion with notes by Heinrich Vedder, 1938; Kassenbericht d. Generalkasse Südwestafrika, 1947; obituary for Heinrich Johann Brockmann 1951; obituary for Dora Brockmann, née Hollerbaum, 1954;

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        RMG 1.569 · File · 1902-1934
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        Missionary Sister, 2nd wife of Missionary Gottlieb Viehe, 1902-1911 music teacher and catechist in Okahandja, Otjikango and De Doorns, see also RMG 1.603-1.604; correspondence, among others about her experiences during the Herero Uprising (1904), 1902-1913 1925-1931; death announcement and data from her life, 1934;

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        RMG 1.603 a-f · File · 1866-1902
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        1866-1901 in Otjimbingue, Omaruru (Okozondke), Okahandja (Augustineum), Clara Viehe, née Rothe was a missionary sister; letters and reports, from 1890 half-yearly, cash and annual reports of the Augustineum; contributions to the "Little Missionary Friend"; copies of correspondence with representatives of the. German colonial government; copies of correspondence with Catholic missionaries, 1879; copy e. Treaty with Samuel Maharero on grazing rights and property of the RMG, 1894; manuscripts:; Customs of the Ovaherero after the birth e. Child, 1879; The Mountain Damra in Hereroland as object of the RMG. Mission, 1883; The indigenous Christians, after their spiritual life and moral behaviour, 1884; Die Herero, 1886; Gemeinde-, Kirchen- u. Synodalordnung für d. Evangelische Missionskirche im Hereroland, 1887; Die Missionstätigkeit Pauli und ihre Anwendung im Gebiete unserer Hereromission, 1891; Reiseberichte:; Bericht über e. Journey to Kaoko, with individual reports about Omaruru, Franzfontein, Okombahe, Otjombuina, 1893; report about e. Journey to Otavi, 1894; letters of Clara Viehe, née Rothe about her husband's death, 1901; The latest fights of Hendrik Witbooi against Herero, 1891

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        RMG 1.037 · File · 1903-1926
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        Correspondence; Agreement of the Hülfs-Comités f. d. Anstalten d. Innere Mission in Treffen/Carinthia (Vors. Insp. Haussleiter) and Countess La Tour (Grün-derin d. Anst.) on the employment of P. Aschoff and Dienst-weisung, 1903; Call for care for abandoned half-white children in Southwest Africa, 1907; Protocols of the Commission f. Innere Mission in d. Dt. Schutzgebieten, 1908 1913; Report on work of the Commission IN: Das Reich, July 1908; Report on the Innere Mission in d. d. d. Schutzgebieten, Dr. m. Fig. 8 p., 1912; Conference German Protestant Work Organisations, about the founding verse, 39 p., Dr., 1916; newspaper article about this, IN: Der Reichsbote Nr. 197, April 1916

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        RMG 1.702 · File · 1913-1921, 1950
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        Missions-Farmer, 1914-1919 in Omaruru; Application and Testimonies, 1913; Instruction, 1913; Missionary Adolf Blecher and Karl (Carl) Friedrich Wandres about Adolf Ludwig Schick, 1913; Correspondence, 1913-1921; Correspondence about the heroic death of his son Gottfried, 1950;

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        RMG 990 · File · 1936-1955
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        Correspondence; Notes on files, minutes of conversations, transcripts of lectures, travel report; Die Auslandsdiaspora d. EKD, 6 p., Dr., 1951; Aus d. Arbeit d. Kirchl. Außenamtes, Tätigkeitsberichte, gedr., 1951, 1952 1955; draft e. Kirchengesetzes über Verhältnis d. Protestant Church of Germany in Diaspora Communities, 1953; RMG Conference Protocols in Southwest Africa 1954 1955; Obituary for Provost Martin Marczinski, Buenos Aires, 1954

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        Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel, E 1 Allendorf/Landsburg 37 · File · 1830, [1857], 1900, 1913 - 1915
        Part of Regional Church Archive Kassel

        Contains: Memorabilia 1830 and ca. 1857; newspaper article on the consecration of the church in 1900; Report on the events of the war, 1914-1915; Petitions on the establishment of a railway station in Allendorf, 1913-1914; Postcards of Elberfeld and South-West Africa, 1900

        RMG 2.573 · File · 1864-1885
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        Farm s. RMG 2.561 a b; Letters, by Franz Tamm, colonist, 1864; Letters, by Eduard Hälbich, colonist, 1864-1870; Letters, by Christian Philipp Johann Baumann, colonist, 1866-1872; Letters, by Wilhelm Johann Redecker, colonist, 1866-1870 1885; Letters, by Heinrich Felling, colonist, 1867-1870; Letters, by Louis Georg Knab, colonist, 1869; in addition 1 letter each from B. Björklund 1869, K. Kleinschmidt 1870 and Dr. Theophil Hahn to H. van Zyl 1875; contract for mission agent Ludwig Koch, Walvis Bay, ca.1872;

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        RMG 1.307 a-e · File · 1873-1877
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        Bible translation into Nama (Old Testament), manuscript e. Bible translation in Nama, started 28 May 1873, revised to Bethany 9-12 July 1877, 5 leather volumes; Genesis and Deuteronomy; Joshua to 2. Kings; chronicle to Song of Songs (without psalms); Isaiah to Daniel; Hosea to Maleachi;[The manuscript was given to the archives in 1969 by the British Bible Society, London, for permanent residence, see correspondence RMG 1.084];

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        RMG 1.615 a-d · File · 1871-1915, 1927
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        1875-1911 in Omburo, Omaruru, re-emigration 1914-1915 to Tenerife, after months of imprisonment back to Germany, home service, cf. also RMG 1.613 c; letters, annual reports, station reports, travel reports, 1871-1915; essays:; Eine Totenfeier bei d. Ovaherero, 1876; Kirche u. Gottesdienst auf Omburo, 1877; Allerlei von allerlei Kindern in d. Heidenwelt, 1879; Report on a preaching trip to the north of Hereroland, 1879. North of Hereroland, 1880; Reports from Omburo by Mrs. Emilie Bernsmann, née Westkott, 1891; Letter from Cornelius Zwartbooi, 1891; Letter from Chief Juda Mungunda, 1893; Private letters, also from female family members, to Insp. Johannes Wilhelm Karl Spiecker, 1886-1902; essay: The Bergdamra Mission, 1892; reports on the Herero uprising, 1904; obituary for Mrs. Auguste Dannert, née Dahl, 1927;

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        Diehl, Johann Jacob (1878- )
        RMG 1.654 · File · 1899-1909
        Part of Archive and Museum Foundation of the VEM (Archivtektonik)

        Missionary construction technician, 1901-1908 in Windhoek, Karibib, Okahandja, Otjimbingue, Rehoboth; letters and work reports, 1901-1909; curriculum vitae, certificates, 1899-1901; instruction for Johann Jacob Diehl, 1901; construction report of the Windhoek Mission Church, 1902; report on the visit to the station building in Otjizewa, 1903; proposals for e. Building regulations for the Herero Conference, 1906;

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