State Archives Hamburg, 111-2 Senate War Records

especially on the situation in East Africa

State Archives Hamburg, 111-2 Senate War Records

Photographer: Blumer?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 10,3 X 8,2 Description: African sitting on grass (clothed), standing Mrs Blumer, Wilhelm and an African dressed in European clothes. Reference: See Album 19, No. 419, 430, 433.

Explanation: Documents from the possession of the leader of the indigenous movement against the German colonial rule in today's Namibia, at that time German South West Africa, Hendrik Witbooi (ca. 1830-1905) had fallen into the hands of the Bremen merchant August Engelbert Wulff in 1895 in the course of military conflicts in Gibeon, Namibia. In 1935 he sold it to the then German Colonial and Overseas Museum. The documents were handed over to the National Archives of Windhoek in 1995 after reproductions had been made for the State Archives of Bremen and the Übersee-Museum. Content: Correspondence

Contains above all: University of Marburg, TH Munich, University of Munich, Hochschule für Lehrerbildung Weilburg, University of Münster, Hochschule Nürnberg, Hochschule für Lehrerbildung Rostock, University of Rostock, TH Stuttgart, University of Tübingen, TH Munich Dept. Weihenstephan, Deutsche Kolonialhochschule Witzenhausen, University of Würzburg, 1934-1935; DSt, Kreisleitung Westdeutschland, 1934-1935

Contains above all: University of Marburg, TH Munich, University of Münster, Hochschule für Lehrerbildung Pasing, Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Passau, University of Rostock, Forstliche Hochschule Tharandt, University of Tübingen, Deutsche Kolonialschule Witzenhausen, University of Würzburg

Phototype: Photo. Format: 8,2 X 5,8. Description: white-painted faces, feather-hair ornaments, bows and arrows, herd of cattle in background, small boy (Maasai or Arusha?) on the left.

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Explanation: When the North German Confederation was founded, the postal system was organised as a unified state transport authority with the simultaneous disappearance of the territorial postal institutions. Bremen received a federal post office. In 1871, postal sovereignty was transferred to the German Reich. In 1874, the Reichspostverwaltung appointed Bremen as the seat of an Oberpostdirektion, which became the medium Reichspostbehörde. In addition to the territory of Bremen, its area of responsibility included the part of the administrative district of Hanover on the left bank of the Weser, parts of the administrative district of Stade and the administrative district of Thedinghausen in Brunswick. Until the First World War she was also responsible for the postal services in German New Guinea, on the Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Palau and Marshall Islands and Samoa. From 1934-1945 the Oberpostdirektion was called Reichspostdirektion Bremen. In 1943 it also took over the district of the Oldenburg management, which had until then been independent, and which included the Weser-Ems district. The privatization of Deutsche Bundespost was initiated in 1989, and in 1990 it was separated into the postal service and telecommunications divisions at OPD. At the end of 1992, the Postal Directorate was divided into the Postal Service and Telecommunications Directorates. Since 1995 they have been part of Deutsche Post AG and Deutsche Telekom AG. Lit.: Christian Piefke, Die Entstehung der Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Blätter aus der Weser-Ems-Gebiet, Vol. 1, H. 1, 1955, S. 2-3; Werner Guddat, 100 Jahre Oberpostdirektion Bremen, Leer 1974; Theodor Windmann, 100 Jahre Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Hefte Weser-Ems, Vol. 1, 1955, S. 2-3. 4, H. 4, 1973, p. 77-84; Johannes Rust, Die Postgeschichte des Bezirks der Reichspostdirektion Bremen für den Kriegsjahre 1939-1945, Bremen 1949; K. Johanns, Die ersten Schritte. Attempt to reconstruct postal conditions in the Reichspostdirektions district of Bremen after the end of the Second World War until the resumption of limited correspondence on 1 July 1945, in: Philatelie und Postgeschichte, 20, No. 89, 1986, p. 1-19; Alexis Wegener, Die Post in Bremen und Bremerhaven 1945-1964, in: Wachsende Städte an der Unterweser, 1965, p. 88-96; Der OPD-Bezirk Bremen, in: Zeitschrift für das Post- u. Fernmeldewesen, 7 (1955), p. 41-53; Oberpostdirektion Bremen (ed.), Oberpostdirektion Bremen im neuen Haus, Bremen 1985; Herbert Leclerc, Von Apia bis Yap. Former German postal institutions in the South Seas, in: Archiv für deutsche Postgeschichte 1982, pp. 7-32; Fritz Thole, Die Leiter der Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Blätter aus dem Weser-Emsgebiet, vol. 1, H. 1, 1955, p. 3, H. 3, 1956, p. 29-38, vol. 2, H. 6, 1961, p. 118-119. Reference: Christian Piefke, Die Entstehung der Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Blätter aus der Weser-Ems-Gebiet, vol. 1, H. 1, 1955, p. 2-3; Werner Guddat, 100 Jahre Oberpostdirektion Bremen, Leer 1974; Theodor Windmann, 100 Jahre Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Hefte Weser-Ems, vol. 4, H. 4, 1973, p. 77-84; Johannes Rust, Die Postgeschichte des Bezirks der Reichspostdirektion Bremen für die Kriegsjahre 1939-1945, Bremen 1949; K. Johanns, Die ersten Schritte. Attempt to reconstruct postal conditions in the Reichspostdirektions district of Bremen after the end of the Second World War until the resumption of limited correspondence on 1 July 1945, in: Philatelie und Postgeschichte, 20, No. 89, 1986, p. 1-19; Alexis Wegener, Die Post in Bremen und Bremerhaven 1945-1964, in: Wachsende Städte an der Unterweser, 1965, p. 88-96; Der OPD-Bezirk Bremen, in: Zeitschrift für das Post- u. Fernmeldewesen, 7 (1955), p. 41-53; Oberpostdirektion Bremen (ed.), Oberpostdirektion Bremen im neuen Haus, Bremen 1985; Herbert Leclerc, Von Apia bis Yap. Former German Post Offices in the South Seas, in: Archiv für deutsche Postgeschichte 1982, pp. 7-32; Fritz Thole, Die Leiter der Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Blätter aus dem Weser-Ems-Gebiet, vol. 1, h. 1, 1955, pp. 3, h. 3, 1956, pp. 29-38, vol. 2, h. 6, 1961, pp. 118-119.

Phototype: Photo. Format: 5,2 X 7,2. Description: Maasaikrieger, LKW. Reference: Cf. album 15, no. 9 (8,6 X 5,7). See individual pictures, no. 22 (8.5 X 5.5) "Consecration of the church in Lyamungo, E. Stoß" postcard box, no. P23 (14.1 X 9.0) "Consecration of the church in Lyamungo (East Africa)", published by the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Leipzig.

Phototype: Photo. Format: 7,9 X 5,7. Description: at the table 2 Europeans, 1 European woman and small child, standing behind them 1 African with tray and African.

Photographer: Frau Blumer?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 10,9 X 8,2. Description: Group European : Married couple Ihmels, Leonhard Blumer and others, man, 1 boy on the floor with spread out cloths and picnic baskets; in the background 14 Africans (men, women, children) sitting or standing in line. Remark: (refers to no. 60!) On the back of the photo it says: "Murri sleeps! An Willibub" then - see title - "... Rißmann, Mattias as cook ...". Reference: Cf. estate Blumer, No. 775 (11.1 X 8.3).

Photographer: Guth?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 10,7 X 7,9. Description: Caravan: European in front, dah. 2 X 2 African men carrying 2 persons in hammock, 1 European child carried on shoulder, 1 European woman, 1 wide. Europeans on mules, African carriers with loads (Fam. Rother? Guth?). Reference: Plate and cardboard No. 135 in negative box 3 prints.

Author: Report by Miss. Müller in Madchame, June 1898. Scope: pp. 365-371. Includes among others: - (SW: search for new mission areas; lending a tent from Schangali; chief of Kiboscho - Mlelya; meeting with chief Ngalami; gifts; visit to chief Membi; securing land; agreement of the chiefs; Wandorobbo at the Kware river; dialect of the Sira people) Darin: Illustration "Membi and Ngalami, chiefs of the Sira landscapes with their entourage in the camp of Miss. Müller."

Author: From a letter from Miss. Miller in Madchame. Scope: p. 383-387. Includes, among other things: - (SW: daily routine; baking oven; description of food)

who lives on the high slopes of the Livingston Mountains. Phototype: Postcard (colored). Format: 9,0 X 14,0 Description: Portrait. Remark: See P51.

Phototype: Photo. Format: 5,6 X 7,4. Description: Full body picture of a warrior in front of a wall, with club.

Photographer: Dr. Kunert. Phototype: Photo. Format: 8,4 X 11,8 Description: sitting on earth, another person sitting in the background.

Author: By Miss. Cooper. Scope: pp. 168-171. Contains, among other things: - (SW: trade on the mission; a lot of visit by ways over station hills; Nuya - mother of chief Schangali; jewellery; repair work on station buildings - help of Nuya; visit in her homestead)

Phototype: Photo. Format: 8,0 X 6,5 Description: 2 Europeans on horseback, group of children, school: walls and roof made of plant fibres.

Photographer: Guth?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 10,6 X 7,7. Description: Group of pupils (men, women, teenagers), partly with Slates, in them European with tropical helmet. Reference: See proofs no. 10/806a (11.5 X 8.9) "Church in Christmas Ornaments".

Photographer: Schanz?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 7,6 X 10,5. Description: before 1 African with mule.

Photographer: Guth. Phototype: Photo. Format: 8,2 X 11,0. Description: 1 African standing in front. Reference: Plate and cardboard No. 41 in negative box ( 1 print).

Author: Report by Miss. Althaus in Kwarango, Feb. 5, 1894. Scope: pp. 237-245. Includes among others: - (SW: Missionaries Faßmann, Müller, Althaus visit the Maasai; newly built street; market; cattle trade with Maasai did not come about; description of the Maasai)

Photographer: Blumer?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 7,6 X 9,7. Description: Maasai or Arusha? shoulder-length braid, large knife and stick, wide right edge. Person, house with thatched roof i. Background. Reference: Album 19, No. 467 (10,7 X 8,1) "Tomb at Meru-Malala of the murdered missionaries Ovir, Segebrock". See single photo 115 (11,1 X 8,2) "The renewed burial place of Segebrock and Ovir in Akeri am Malala, district Aruscha, Tanganjika Territory. Besides, there is a catechumen from "Aruscha".

Photographer: Blumer?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 11,4 X 6,8. Description: Group picture in front of the house (clay walls, plant fibre roof), African partly with European clothes (shirt, bow tie, tie, suit), in the foreground bride and groom, bride has Arnold on her lap, behind her Wilhelm, Magdalena, Frau Blumer and another woman.