Germany: Prisoners, including: Dr Walter Sulzbach, interned in Ahmednagar: possible transfer as prisoner of war from India to England. Visits to camps in UK by Mr C Damm, District Secretary, National Sailors and Firemans Union, London, on behalf of Danish Labour Unions. Clarence Leonard Millar, aged 15 years, scholar in Saarbrucken: enquiries from his mother, Clara C Millar of Leicester, regarding his possible repatriation to UK. Escape of two German officers from Donington Hall: Otto Thelan (or Theilan), flying corps, and Hans Keilach (or Keilhack, or Keilack), naval officer; possibility of them having reached Rotterdam; possible arrival in Spain; report of their recapture and trial by military court. Sergeant DArcy A Latimer, wounded Canadian soldier, prisoner of war at Giessen: request for x-ray examination. Edward Abram Daniel Allchin, missing British subject in Belgium: enquiries to Belgian authorities regarding his possible whereabouts; reports of him being wounded, and his death and burial at Adinkerke; enquiry from his mother, Mrs B Allchin of Cape Town, requesting information regarding his precise identity and his personal effects. Mr G K Gude of the Malacological Society of London: request to send a paper pamphlet to Dr C Boettger, member of the Society in Frankfurt. Captain E R von der Osten, British-Canadian subject, prisoner in Germany, and his wife Mrs Lilian von der Osten: information from Private A W Maunders, former prisoner, now in 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, regarding ill-treatment; referral of allegation to German authorities. Transport to Germany of property of German women from the Cameroons. Sergeant R W Barrett, Northants Yeomanry, deceased in Germany: recovery of his personal property. Philip Nutt, of the firm David Nutt, publishers of New Oxford Street, London: enquiries regarding his personal property in Hamburg. Fryer children: Walter Herman Fryer, aged 12 years, and Helene Frances Fryer, aged 10 years, in Rotterdam, children of interned German father with their mother living in London; enquiries regarding their possible return to UK. Escape from Germany of Sergeant Alfred Birley, 1st Gloucestershire Regiment, and Private Sidney Haworth, Coldstream Guards. Brig-General Bradley, prisoner in Germany: enquiries from his wife, Mrs Alice Bradley of Portman Square, London, regarding his possible internment in a neutral country. Parcel of cloth for suit to Ruhleben prisoner. Clothing for W P Goodale, British civilian prisoner of war interned in Ruhleben. Mrs F H Ward, of Catford, wife of British subject interned in Ruhleben: request for assistance following discontinuance of relief from National Relief Fund. Madame Mabel von Ferentheil (née Beresford), in Brunswick, Germany: request for relief; arrangements for payment of annuity. Letter for transmission to Lady MacDonald from Mr F Thiel, Consul General, German Foreign Office, Berlin, regarding a missing German officer, Baron von Ketelhodt. Mrs Berta Hiller and family in UK: request from husband, Robert Hiller, British civil prisoner of war interned in Ruhleben, for relief for his family destitute in Stepney; enquiries regarding nationality of Mr Hiller; report that he was over age when his father was naturalised and so was not a British subject. Mrs Elina Sara Smith, in St Thomas, Danish West Indies: information from her husband, James Smith, coloured British subject interned in Ruhleben, regarding her destitute condition; request for relief. Mrs Elsa Johnston, German-born wife of British subject: application for assistance; reported that she was separated from her husband, Charles H Johnston of Highgate, London; arrangements for payments under terms of separation order. Treatment of British prisoners in Germany: report of booklet on sale in neutral countries. Original correspondence received at HM Consulate General, Lourenco Marques, from Tanga, German East Africa. Missionaries detained in German East Africa from The Universities Mission to Central Africa. Army List for Geneva Bureau. German Consulate General at Singapore: alleged sale of building containing archives and personal effects of the Consul-General. Removal of prisoners: Togoland; includes printed copy of Gold Coast Colony ordinance no 13 of 1915, Removal of Prisoners (Togoland) Ordinance, 1915 (in docket no. 139718). Removal of prisoners from and to the Cameroons; includes printed copy of Gold Coast Colony ordinance no 26 of 1915, Removal of Prisoners (Cameroons) Ordinance, 1915 (in docket no. 183496). Fugitive offenders: Togoland; includes printed copy of Gold Coast Colony ordinance no 14 of 1915, Fugitive Offenders (Togoland) Ordinance, 1915 (in docket no. 139797). Otto Metzger, US declarant, actor playing in London before outbreak of war, now in Germany: request for shipment of two trunks to Berlin. Mr C Mendelson, British subject interned at Ruhleben: claim for damage to personal belongings. Mrs A M Griffin, of Kingstown, Ireland: enquiry regarding welfare of her daughter, Miss Griffin (Soeur Dominique), at the Convent de Ste. Chrétienne, Jorcy-Sedan, under German occupation. Mrs Elsa Schluckwerder, residing in Berlin; request for permission to return to her husband, Alfred Schluckwerder, and three young children in German South West Africa via Cape Town and England. Ferdinand Schott, former German Consul at Gibraltar: order for a waterproof coat; enquiries regarding his apparent liberty; report that he was a British-born subject. British civilians interned in Germany and Austria: transfer of lists from Prisoners of War Help Committee of English prisoners of war interned, other than those at Ruhleben; includes lists of individuals (in docket no. 140687). Helene Schmidt, aged 8 years, staying in Wilmslow, Cheshire: request for advice and assistance for her uncle, Emilio Colsmann, a pro-German Peruvian long resident in Germany, to come to UK to fetch the child home to Germany. Mrs Eichenberg, wife of a German subject interned at Pontmain (Mayenne): request for permission to come to UK to visit her mother, Mrs Moffat, in Glasgow. W Ziggelkow, German prisoner of war at Lofthouse Park Camp, Wakefield: request for receipt for £2785 claimed to have been handed over to Captain Craven at Bouthe, Sierra Leone. Professor F Sefton Delmer, British subject residing in Berlin: proposed exchange for Herr Freytag, interned at Lofthouse Park Camp, Wakefield. Mrs Margrieta Beer, residing in Rome, English-born widow of a German subject: request to return to UK. Mrs R Bacon of Great Yarmouth: enquiry how her husband, E B Bacon, in Ruhleben may send money to her. Rifleman John Mulley, consumptive prisoner at Döberitz: possibility of him being a suitable subject for exchange; request by W E Denison, Director of Halifax Courier Ltd, for assistance to secure a war service badge; includes printed list of recipients of parcels (in docket no. 142122); enquiries into Mulleys health. Paul Hirschfeld, late German Embassy, London: question of payment of taxes on building and inhabited house duty. Herman Dittmar, prisoner at Knockaloe, Isle of Man: enquiries regarding his claim to 23 years uninterrupted residence in US and intention to become a US citizen; HM Government agreement that he may be released on condition he proceeds immediately to the United States. Dr Seitz, late Governor of German South West Africa: proposed exchange for Brig-General C E Bradley or Mr W Butterworth; investigation into claim that Dr Seitz had retained diamonds belonging to the Protectorate Government. Code 1218 File 134067-142158.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Correspondence between interned German subjects and their families, including: Oberstleutnant Hübener, interned at Verdala Barracks, Malta: enquiry about the suspension of correspondence with his family in German East Africa. Major Gideon von Grawert, interned at Verdala Barracks, Malta: request for news of his wife, Frau Wanda von Grawert, at Mahenge, German East Africa; subsequent information that Frau von Grawert and her two children had been transferred to Marseilles, France. German memorandum about delays in the delivery of mail from German subjects in German East Africa and their relatives interned in Egypt. Request by the Vatican for improved facilities for correspondence between German prisoners interned in Alexandria, Egypt, and their relatives in German East Africa. Information that correspondence between German subjects in the German colonies and German subjects elsewhere had been stopped as a reprisal for the restrictions placed on correspondence by Belgian subjects. Erich Koethe, interned at Ahmednagar, India: request that he and other prisoners in the camp should be allowed to receive news from their families in German East Africa. Correspondence concerning the transmission to the German Government of a petition from prisoners at Ahmednagar Camp, India, regarding the prohibition of postal communications with German East Africa. Carl Beckendorf, interned at Malta: transmission of a message to his wife, Frau Marthe Beckendorf, via the British Consul at Cape Town, South Africa. Letter addressed to Erich Koethe, a German subject interned at Ahmednagar, India, which was not delivered due to censorship issues. Printed copies of official correspondence following a request from Otto Heinemann, interned at Ahmednagar, India, for information about his wife, Margaret Heinemann, resident at Amani, German East Africa; similar correspondence from H Schulze, A Livengtel and H Rehse at Ahmednagar. Pastor Mensching and Christian Hedde, interned at Ahmednagar: copies of letters requesting information on their families in German East Africa. Correspondence concerning the transmission of photographs from German subjects interned in Malta to their wives (names in docket no. 115294) in German East Africa. Code 1218 Files 10514-13383.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Cases for consideration for possible exchange or release of prisoners, particularly consular officials, including: Albert Brill, formerly Consular Agent for Germany at Madras. Detention of German and Austro-Hungarian consular officers in India: Foreign and Political Department report. H J Nelson Hawkins, civilian interned in Germany. German consular officials in Egypt, in particular case of Franz Blassig. German consular officers detained by British Government: Hans Schuler, former German consul at Calcutta; also Erich Ottens, Arthur Harnack, Johann Fette, and Emil Bucholski. Karl Veit (or Carl Veit), arrested in Aden and interned at Ahmednagar: request that he be permitted to leave for a neutral country, as he was formerly German Vice-Consul at Djibuti. F J Reinecke, late acting German Consul at Bassein, interned in India. Enemy subjects employed by US authorities in Egypt. Reinhart Freudenberg, late German Consul at Colombo, interned in Australia. Henry John Lorch, interned in Ruhleben. Arthur Harnack, formerly employed in German Consulate General at Capetown. Albert Mau, German subject, late Austro-Hungarian Consul at Zanzibar. Emil Bucholski and Ernst Koehler: no claim to repatriation under consular exchange as secretaries to German Consuls in provincial towns. F W Steege, manager of Standard Bank of South Africa, Hamburg, interned in Germany: proposed exchange for Erich Ottens, late German Deputy Vice-Consul at Salisbury, Rhodesia, interned at Pietermaritzburg. Exchange of German officials interned in Australia. Herr Listeman, late German Consul at Bushire, interned in India. E H L Mummenhoff, British consular official interned at Ruhleben. J Moresby-White, British civilian prisoner interned in Ruhleben: possible exchange for interned German consul official, Arthur Harnack. Alfred Suhl, German subject, former Austro-Hungarian Consul at Penang, held in UK: exchange for Richard Wolf Gordon, British subject residing at Wurzburg. Proposed exchange of Mr Lean and Mr Schill, invalided German consular officials. Stanley Lambert, proposed exchange for a German consular officer. Erich F Ottens, former German Vice-Consul in Rhodesia: proposed repatriation to Germany. Franz Blassig, former German consular official: exchange for Mr Ashley (or Asley). Exchange of German consular officials detained in HM Dominions. H J N Hawkins, released prisoner: enquiries concerning possible information regarding his date of arrival in UK. Code 1218 File 85 (papers 113833-112036).

Germany: Prisoners, including: Captain Alfred Hoffman, German Commercial Attaché at Athens, including: Arrest of Captain Hoffman on charges of espionage, and internment at Verdala Camp, Malta. Internment at Ruhleben Camp of John Platt and Harry Faulkner as a reprisal. German memorandum requesting the release of Captain Hoffman in exchange for Mr Platt and Mr Faulkner. Punishment of interned prisoners for attempted escape, including: German memorandum requesting that lighter sentences should be imposed, and threatening reprisals. British response to the German memorandum. Ensign Ernst von Schweinichen: information regarding his trial and imprisonment for attempting to escape from Dorchester Camp. Julius Zorn, confined at Rouen for attempting to escape: claim by the German authorities that he was not allowed to receive mail. British response that Mr Zorn had been released from confinement, and that no restrictions had been placed on his correspondence. Emil Schmidt: enquiry by the German authorities about his arrest and sentence, following his escape from internment at Alexandra Palace. Leutnant zur See Emil Lehmann and Georg von Streng: request by the German authorities for information on their attempted escape and subsequent punishment. Lieutenant G Greene, imprisoned at Crefeld Camp: letters regarding his sentence for attempted escape. Recommendation by the War Office for a review of sentences passed on certain German prisoners in Australia for attempting to escape (names in docket no.104451); subsequent remission of sentences. Second Lieutenant A C Collier: letter from his mother Mrs A H Collier about his sentence of imprisonment for allegedly attempting to escape from Hannover-Münden Camp. Lieutenant G S M Insall VC, imprisoned at Crefeld Camp: letter from his father, Mr Gilbert Insall, about his sons sentence of solitary confinement; information that Lieutenant Insall had been transferred to Ströhen. Lieutenant S E Buckley: opinions on British policy regarding the punishment of German prisoners for attempted escape. Mr Joynson-Hicks MP: parliamentary questions about the solitary confinement of certain British officers in Germany. Government of India: policy on the sentences imposed on prisoners for attempting to escape, and on their rights to send and receive correspondence. Captain G B Somerville, formerly interned at Crefeld Camp: enquiries about his whereabouts and welfare; information from his mother that he was interned at Ströhen Camp. Leutnant Otto Thelen and Leutnant Lehmann: enquiry regarding the sentences passed on them for attempting to escape from Chelmsford Barracks; confirmation that no proceedings had been taken against them. Army Council Instruction No 1209 of 1917: Prisoners of War - Instructions to Military Courts Assembled for the Trial of Prisoners of War. Despatch from the Australian Government on the sentencing of escaped German prisoners, with a list of names (in docket no.166294). German memorandum proposing the extension of paragraph 16 of the draft Hague Agreement on the punishment of escaped prisoners to include civilians; views of various government departments and of the Dominion governments. M J Murphy RN interned at Brandenburg, and Captain R May interned at Clausthal: discrepancies in the sentences which they received for attempting to escape. Rifleman Charles Reynolds, interned at Friedrichsfeld: enquiry into a report that he had been prevented from sending letters. Enquiry by the German authorities about the sentences passed on certain German officers who attempted to escape from Kegworth Camp. Michael Murphy and Joseph Appleby, naval prisoners interned at Brandenburg: enquiries regarding the reported death of Murphy and the trial of Appleby. Provision of money to German prisoners held in France, including: Request by the Red Cross Society in Frankfurt for an increase in the sums allocated to prisoners. Response by the War Office that the restrictions were related to the private means of individual prisoners. Dr Seitz, former Governor General of South West Africa, including: Proposal for his exchange with Brigadier General Clarence Bruce. Rejection by the German Government of the proposal: suggestion for Captain Tomlinson or Lieutenant Colonel McMicking to be exchanged in his place. Rejection by the British Government of these proposals. Frau Klara Muche and her daughter Frau Elizabeth Gothein, including: Protest by the German authorities about the internment in separate camps of Frau Muche and Frau Gothein in Nyasaland. Information from the Government of Nyasaland that Frau Muche had been transferred from Blantyre, Nyasaland, to South Africa pending repatriation. Internment of prisoners in German East Africa, including: Mr Theodor Meyer: complaint about the deportation of German ministers and missionaries from Nyasaland, and the conditions of their internment at Mombasa, Kenya. Information on the location of concentration camps holding German prisoners in German East Africa. Lists of British prisoners interned in German East Africa, together with the names of some British Indian troops (in docket no.50409). German memoranda requesting a list of camps where German prisoners were interned, the names of the prisoners and details of arrangements for the repatriation of civilian prisoners. Request by the German authorities for information on conditions at the camp at Ahmednagar, India, and for the evacuation of German prisoners from the camp. British policy on the repatriation of women and children from German East Africa. German memorandum requesting information on proposals to transfer German women and children from German East Africa to Pretoria, South Africa. Arrangements for the transfer of money by the German Government for the relief of German women and children detained in German East Africa. British memorandum on the problems of repatriating civilian prisoners due to German submarine activity. Request for the repatriation of the wife of Lieutenant von Gynz-Rekowsky, Fraulein von Steinaecker and the three children of the late Lieutenant Vogel from Nairobi, Kenya. Staff Surgeon Philipps: request for medical supplies to be sent to Wilhelmstal District. British memorandum denying the establishment of a new internment camp near Bombay, India. Question of the status of German currency in German East Africa. List of German civilian residents, organised by district (in docket no.145082). Request by the German authorities for the repatriation of German civilians transferred from German East Africa to Ahmednagar, India. Code 1218 Files 7192-7520 (to paper 145512).

Germany: Prisoners, including: British merchant seamen and officers interned in Germany, including Definition of ranks or ratings in the Merchant Navy which would qualify as having officer status. Captain Buyers and Chief Engineer William Baser of SS Yarrowdale , interned in Germany: recommendation for their repatriation on grounds of health and age. Mr Thomas Burns, interned at Brandenburg Camp: request by his wife, Mrs A Burns, for his transfer to an officers camp. Arrangements for payments to interned officers of the Mercantile Marine Service by the Netherlands Legation in Berlin. Advice from the Admiralty on allowances to be paid to British Mercantile Marine Officers, and confirmation of their non-combatant status. Mr D Y Muir and Mr W A J Welsh, interned at Karlsruhe Camp: payments to them from the British India Steam Navigation Company. The Imperial Merchant Service Guild: letter enquiring about the welfare of interned merchant seamen and officers. Captain Allenson of SS Goldmond , interned at Schloss Celle: claim by the British Government that his ship was not an armed liner. Cadet Akerman of SS Mount Temple , interned in Germany: decision not to agree to his release in exchange for six ships boys interned in the UK. Mr R Cooper: request for the transfer of his son, a cadet from SS Otaki , to a camp containing other officers and cadets. Internment of the crew of the schooner Jean at Güstrow, Mecklenburg, with a list of names (in docket no.169205). Forced employment of British merchant seamen at Lubeck and Stettin: recommendation for a formal complaint to be made. Captain Robert Glasper and Chief Officer Alfred Hirst: arrangements for payments to them while interned at Brandenburg. Captain G A Mackenzie, interned at Karlsuhe, and Captain J Clarke, interned at Augustabad: request for subsistence payments. Captain William Oliver of SS Clan Mactavish , interned at Hameln Camp: enquiry about the possibility of his release, with a manuscript copy of his marriage certificate (in docket no.192511). Confirmation that payments would be made by the British Government to British Mercantile Marine Officers interned in Germany. Mr Whiting of SS Eskimo , interned at Altdamm Camp: enquiry from his wife about the possibility of his release. Enquiries about the transfer of Mercantile Marine Officers from SS Voltaire and SS Lestris , currently interned at Brandenburg Camp, to an officers camp. Mr B A Shute, former Purser of SS Esmeraldas , interned at Brandenburg Camp: request for officer status to be granted to various ranks of prisoners from the Merchant Navy interned in the camp. Notification of the transfer of a number of Mercantile Marine Officers from Brandenburg Camp to officers camps. Captain J Mathie, Captain William Oliver, Mr Robert Knox and Mr A G Macpherson: enquiries regarding their repatriation. Agreement by the German Government to proposals regarding rates of pay for certain ranks of the British Mercantile Marine Service. List (in docket no.213131) of merchant seamen and officers interned at Wahmbeck Camp. Enquiry about the status of British fishermen captured from unarmed fishing vessels. Captain Edgar Burke of the schooner Jean , interned at Brandenburg Camp: letter requesting his transfer to a neutral country. Captain J C Murray interned at Karlsruhe Camp: information that his allowance had been stopped. Conditions of internment of cadets and apprentices, and attempts to arrange the exchange of Cadet Akerman, interned in Germany. Enquiries regarding Cadet L Morrish, Cadet J Holman and Cadet H Brown, interned at Brandenburg Camp, with a printed circular produced by the General Post Office in March 1917, titled Communication with Prisoners of War Interned Abroad. Captain Moynihan and Captain J M Pearson, interned at Wahmbeck Camp: enquiries regarding payments and repatriation. Captain J E Williams: request for transfer to Switzerland on medical grounds. Correspondence regarding a proposal for the reciprocal exchange of all British and German merchant seamen. Agreement for reciprocal payments to be made to officers of the British and German Mercantile Marine Services. Captain J O Evans, interned at Brandenburg Camp: request for his transfer to an officers camp. List (in docket no.238768) of officers of the Mercantile Marine Service eligible for transfer to officers camps, giving details of name, rank, ship and place of internment. Captain A D Burroughs, interned at Stroken Camp: request for his transfer to a neutral country. Dr Fritz Schyzer: appointment to a post in the Swiss Legation in London. Support for Sir Roger Casement by certain British prisoners, including: Information that thirty British prisoners who had supported his cause had been transferred to Dantzig (Danzig), Germany. Gunner Carr: allegations that he received preferential treatment from the German authorities. Private P J Forde: allegations of his support for Sir Roger Casement. Mr Watt MP: parliamentary question about an agreement between France and Germany on the transfer to Switzerland of prisoners who were fathers of families; related enquiry from the Australian Government on behalf of Oberleutnant Lothar Marcks, an interned German prisoner. Mr Emil von der Osten, a Canadian subject interned at Crefeld Camp, including: Question of his possible transfer to a civilian camp. Mrs Lillian von der Osten: application for an emergency British passport (the form with a photograph is in docket no.165356). Mr Edward Page Gaston, including: Letters from Mr Gaston offering his services to the British Government, with an article from The Literary Digest outlining his work on behalf of British prisoners in Germany. Correspondence concerning a proposed libel action by Mr Gaston against Mr Gerard, the American Ambassador in Berlin. Information that Mr Gerard had not withdrawn charges made against Mr Gaston; discussion with Sir George Lewis on arrangements for payment of the costs of the libel action. Deportation of Swiss missionaries from German East Africa to India, including: Enquiry (French language) on their behalf from the Swiss Legation in London, giving their names and other information (in docket no.43000). Report that the missionaries were interned at Ahmednagar Camp, India; subsequent information that three of the missionaries were still in Africa, having been moved from Killindini-Mombasa Camp, Kenya, to Dar es Salaam, German East Africa. Father Liborias Leutenegger: report that he was resident at Namupa, Lindi, German East Africa. Dr Kastl: letter for transmission to the German Government requesting funds to be sent to him at Windhoek, German South West Africa. Code 1218 Files 40483 (papers 141364-end)-43001.

Germany: Prisoners, including: Arrangement for payments by the German Government on behalf of German civilians interned in various camps in the British dominions. Proposed reciprocal agreement regarding the treatment of interned midshipmen, including: German proposal that midshipmen should be treated as officers. Midshipman Raymond Prest, interned at Karlsruhe Camp: enquiry from Mr J Prest about his son; confirmation by the German authorities that he was receiving officers pay. Kurt Jöhl, interned at Colsterdale Camp: confirmation that he was receiving regular payments. Enquiry about payments for food made by two cadets of SS Yarrowdale interned at the officers camp at Crefeld. Otto Gunther: request by German authorities for the return of his body following his death at the internment camp at Leigh. German reserve officers, including: Werner Kirchhof: notification by the German authorities of his promotion to Leutnant der Reserve, and arrangements for him to be transferred to an officers camp. Alexander Camerle and Anton Gerl: information that they had been transferred from Liverpool, New South Wales, to Shanghai. Payments to German reserve officers at Wakefield Camp. Payments to German reserve officers at Verdala Camp, Malta. Naval Lieutenant of the Reserve A Gotthardt, interned at Trial Bay, New South Wales: confirmation that he was receiving officers pay. Transfer of British officer prisoners to Switzerland, including: Major P G Petavel: detention in Germany as a reprisal. Lieutenant Colonel C M Stephenson: release to Switzerland in exchange for Lieutenant Kuhn. Major C J Simpson: arrangements for his transfer to Switzerland. Detention of certain British officers due to be transferred to Switzerland: enquiry from Lady Stair. Arrival of various British officers in Switzerland (names in docket no. 15388). Refusal by the German authorities to transfer four British officers (names in docket no. 23560) to Switzerland, following their examination at Villingen. Further detention of British officers as a reprisal. Captain Button: enquiry from his wife, Mrs Elizabeth Button, about the reasons for the continued detention of her husband. Major P G Petavel, interned at Villingen: enquiry from his brother, Mr J E Petavel. Dr Pfeiffer: reasons for his detention in the UK. Paul Kürschner: rejection of his appeal for medical transfer to Switzerland; information that Karl Kirshner had been transferred. Proposal by the German Government for the transfer of Captain Button and two other British officers to Switzerland in exchange for Dr Pfeiffer and Dr Strauss. German memorandum explaining the reasons for the non-transfer of Major Bailey, Major Petavel, Captain Button and Commander Whitfield to Switzerland. Mademoiselle de Treuilh of the French Red Cross: information on the ill-health of Major Petavel, and allegations of the ill-treatment of British prisoners by the Germans at Le Cateau-Cambrésis. Reverend Johann Fuchs, interned at Ahmednagar, India: decision by the Government of India not to repatriate him. References to matters relating to prisoners in the foreign press: English translations of articles, with a photograph of various British prisoners, including Captain Button, Colonel Stephenson and Lord Stair (in docket no. 24107). Costs of the repatriation of Dr Glantz and Dr Zieschank from New Zealand. German nationals in New Guinea, including: Allegations of breaches of the terms of capitulation and the ill-treatment of German nationals. List of German subjects transferred from Nauru to Australia (in docket no. 17957), with an amended list in docket no. 125990; provision of funds for them by the German Government. Protest by the German authorities about the deportation of German subjects from Nauru and New Guinea: request for information from the Australian Government. German reprisals resulting from the detention of six German colonial officials (names in docket no. 180137). European War: Correspondence respecting Military Operations against German Possessions in the Western Pacific : Parliamentary command paper [Cd. 7975] dated November 1915. Repatriation of sick and incapacitated German prisoners, including: Arrival of the hospital ship St Denys at the Hook of Holland. Repatriation of German prisoners fom German South West Africa. Travel arrangements for mentally ill prisoners. List of injured British prisoners to be repatriated from Germany (in docket no. 5229). Proposed dates for the exchange of incapacitated prisoners. Arrangements for the transfer of German prisoners on the hospital ship St Denys to the Hook of Holland, and for its return the following day with British prisoners. Request for German assurance that the ship would be immune from attack on both voyages. Proposal to carry out the transfers using Dutch paddle-steamers, as the immunity of the hospital ships could not be guaranteed. Miss Rose Vulliamy: permission for her to travel from the Netherlands to the UK. Draft press notice on the reciprocal repatriation of incapacitated prisoners. Suspension of the proposed repatriation of combatant and civilian prisoners, due to the threat of unrestrained submarine warfare. Code 1218 Files 1967-3175 (to paper 35783).

Germany: Prisoners, including: Applications for release of Germans interned in Britain or in British overseas territories, including: Petitions of 12 German medical men interned at Lofthouse Park, Wakefield: Doctors A Trautmann, Casimir Casper, Fritz Goldberg, Martin Ficker, Karl Hoch, H Fieberti, Ed Goecker, Carl Greiff, Georg Richter, Adolf Rosenbaum, Richard Nolte, and Gerhard Bartram. Herr von Krosigk and Martin Spremberg, interned. Hans Keffel, interned in Britain on military grounds because he is a skilled engineer. Count Stolberg, interned at Oldcastle, Co Meath, Ireland. Matthieu Ottenwaelder, interned in Britain: permission sought for him to proceed to United States. Baron Louis Anton von Horst, interned in Britain; his health poor; requests made for him to be allowed to go to United States. Reply given that he is in the German Hospital, Dalston, London, where he receives every care and attention. Herbert Samuel, Home Secretary, writes to Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary, on 17 May 1916, confidentially enclosing Metropolitan Police Report on von Horst dated 7 September 1914. Person behind his appeals is Miss Lilian Troy, Irish-American journalist; he associates with strike leader Ben Tillett, suffragettes Mrs Drummond and Miss Annie Kenney, and Irish trades union leader Jim Larkin. Dr Adam Breuer, repatriated in April 1916. Repatriation of certain classes of civilians from German East Africa. Carl Koettgen, interned in Britain, and found fit for military service: his release cannot be authorised. Rudolf von Wülfing, interned at Lofthouse Park, Wakefield: found not unfit for military service; his release cannot be authorised. Winfried Wickert and Theodor Meyner, interned German missionaries; both repatriated in May 1916. Oscar George Ehlers: Baring Brothers & Co Ltd forward documents relating to his birth, on direction of Messrs H L Boulton Jr & Co of Maracaibo, Venezuela. Karl Koettgen, Hans Titel, Carl Henry Meyer: their release cannot be authorised. Baron Ernst von Baerensprung: he has lost one leg but is still considered not unfit for military service; his release cannot be authorised. Dr Richard Daub, interned at Ahmednagar, India: he was not a practising qualified physician, and was in India at outbreak of war; his release cannot be authorised. Georg Webendorfer: Governor General of Australia says application for his release cannot be considered pending result of investigation into enemy trading. Hans Rost, Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander Kleckel, Arthur Goldschmidt: applications for their release. Goldschmidt examined and found not eligible for repatriation. Dr Walter Gellhorn, interned at Edinburgh Castle; Dr Siebert and Dr Friedrich Gerhard Bertram [ sic; recte Bartram], both interned at Stratford, London: Agreement for mutual release of medical men does not apply to them. Erich Possehl, interned at Somes Island, near Wellington, New Zealand. Adolf Vielhauer and Rudolf Widmaier, missionaries interned at Alexandra Palace, apply for repatriation. Willi Haas, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man. Heinrich Klockgether, Oskar Bernt, M Jörgensen, Friedrich Schmitting, Carl Wollinsky, and Johannes Engel: applications for release. Otto Reimers, interned at Edinburgh: aged 67, losing sight; question of his repatriation. List of 9 German internees applying for release (names given in docket no.106070). Doctors Baneth and Thalwitzer, transferred to Alexandra Palace, London. Hans Keffel, interned because his special qualifications render him useful to any Army. Miss Gustava Bütow, repatriated to Germany from South Africa on 15 October 1915; and Anton von Dessauer, not eligible for repatriation because he is fit for military service. Dr Reinhold Grimm. John Booth, interned at Ahmednagar Camp, India: aged 52 or 53, owner of a plantation in German East Africa. Requests release because of malaria and mutilated hand. British Government say he could be released if Germans agreed to lower age limit. List of 7 German internees applying for release (names given in docket no.112098). Karl Fritz Hinrich Gottlieb Albers, interned at Douglas, Isle of Man: aged 17. Dr Theodor Lenders, interned at Ahmednagar Camp, India: was arrested in Persia when actively engaged in anti-British propaganda. Viceroy did not inform Foreign Office, who have promised German Government his release. Edgar von Schrader, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Isle if Man: has been found fit for military service and therefore cannot be released. Baron Herbert F von Pohl, interned at Knockaloe Camp, Peel, Isle of Man: needs medical supervision from oculist; examined and found not eligible for repatriation. Pastor Richard Handmann, Georg Wilhelm Wagener, Ernst Wilhelm Henning, David Jurkat, Hermann Zimmermann, H P A Geppert and other German missionaries taken from the steamship Golconda at Tilbury, Essex, and interned at Alexandra Palace. Five civilians from South Africa (Schultz, Jansen, Kreuzmann, Ozegovich and Jurgens) to be repatriated. All repatriated in June 1916 with exception of Geppart and Farrenkopf. Anton Kuhn, interned. Richard Heckmann, interned at the German Hospital in Dalston: seeks release on medical grounds. Emil E Nachmann, interned at Douglas, Isle of Man: his sister in the United States would pay for his passage there. Doctor Kurt Spaltowski: has been found fit for military service and therefore cannot be released. Repatriation of militarily unfit civilians from overseas dominions. Doctor Hertz, naturalised as a British subject in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: interned at Liverpool, New South Wales, because he is disaffected and disloyal. Dr Adolf Muller leaves Sydney, Australia, for San Francisco. Georg Seredzun, German non-commissioned officer of the reserve: captured in the Cameroons and interned in Britain in a mental asylum. Code 1218 File 151 (papers 76411-142909).

Germany: Prisoners, containing: Agreement between the United States and Germany concerning the treatment accorded prisoners of war as signed at Berne, Switzerland on 11 November 1918. Whereabouts of the British Indian prisoners left by the Germans in Romania. Request of a complete list of British Indian prisoners of war in German captivity. Despatch of a list of British Indian prisoners of war transported from Germany to Romania. German request for a list of German prisoners of war captured in the Autumn of 1918 in Turkey (Palestine and Syria). German troops captured on the Palestine front being sent to Ahmednagar and Egypt, not to India. Work of British medical student Rene Dubois for prisoners of war. Whereabouts of Private E Oppy (number 7514) from the Australian Imperial Force. Handcuffing of German civilian prisoner Friederich Quade. Payment of allowances to German prisoners in Egypt. Allegations of ill-treatment of German women and children in German East Africa. Establishment of Danish Red Cross in London. Several requests from the Danish Red Cross to visit German prisoners, send them books and conduct educational work in prisoners of war companies. Exchange of Austrian and German currency at pre-war rate. Rate of exchange for the mark given to French prisoners of war returning from Germany. Sergeant J L Wilkie prisoner in Hameln camp, suspected of theft. Possible repatriation of German monks and nuns from the Natal Mission in Africa. Despatch from South Africa stating that it is not intended to expel any of the German monks and nuns from Natal. Protest from the prisoners of war interned at Camp Park Hall Oswestry against their prolonged internment. Repatriation of prisoners from Alsace and Lorraine interned in British Dominions and in British working camps and hospitals in France. Influenza epidemic in an internment camp at Aus in German South West Africa. Arrival in Rotterdam of members of the German Colonial Troops who were interned at Aus. List of German prisoners of war who died of Spanish Influenza at Aus. Code 1218 Files 2144-2983.

Germany (German Prisoners), including: Rations allowed to German prisoners of war in UK. Place of detention at Aylesbury. Correspondence to German prisoners of war. Housing of German prisoners in canvas tents and huts. Delay in the sending of correspondence to German prisoners at Sandhill Park. Conditions in prisoners of war camps in UK. Alleged ill-treatment of German prisoners in UK. Conditions at working camp at Dunmow, Essex. Rationing of German prisoners of war in UK. Reports on visits of inspections to camps in UK: Coal Aston, Sheffield; Monks Abbey, Lincolnshire; Peak Dale Quarries, Derbyshire; Sproxton Moor, Yorkshire. Complaints regarding the 92nd Prisoners of War Company. Complaints regarding the No 36 Prisoners of War Company. Visits of inspection to prisoners of war camps in UK: Dartford, Kent; Skipton, Yorkshire; Colsterdale, Yorkshire. Food supplied to German prisoners at Amherst. Conditions at Knockaloe camp. Visits of inspection to prisoners of war camps in UK: Halton Park, Buckinghamshire; Wakefield, Yorkshire; Alexandra Palace, London. Conditions at prisoners of war camp, Sandhill Park. Alleged roll-calls at the internment camp at Leigh between midnight and one oclock. Conditions at prisoners of war camp at Brocton. Alleged non-delivery of parcels and remittances despatched by relations in Germany to Johann Kullmer, German prisoner of war interned in France. Visits of inspection to prisoners of war camps in UK: Stainby, Lincolnshire; Boston Docks, Lincolnshire; Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Food supplied to German prisoners in Canada. Evacuation of the internment camp at Ahmednagar, India. Visits of inspection to prisoners of war camps in UK: Rainham, Essex; South Ockenden, Essex; Foxbarrow Farm, Essex; Chipping Ongar, Essex. Alleged seizure of jewellery belonging to German prisoners of war. Report concerning alleged abuses in the 105th British Prisoners of War Company in France and the insufficient diet of the prisoners. Conditions at Uppingham camp, Rutland. Conditions at Marshmoor Sidings working camp, Hertfordshire. Freedom allowed to German prisoners. Conditions at the internment camp at Lofthouse Park, Wakefield. Alleged ill-treatment of German Askaris prisoners of war in German East Africa. Food for German prisoners of war in UK. Conditions at prisoner of war camp, Sutton Veney. Visits of inspection to prisoners of war camps in UK: Knockaloe; also alleged ill-treatment of German subjects, and conditions at camp. Conditions at the internment camp at Amherst, Nova Scotia. Food provision at the prisoner of war camp, Margate. Accommodation provided for the body of a deceased German prisoner at Douglas prior to its burial. Conditions at Dartford prisoners of war hospital, Kent. Conditions alleged to have prevailed at the civilian internment camp at Oldcastle, Ireland. Supply of horseflesh for German civilian prisoners of war at Alexandra Palace, and in UK. Camp discipline at Camp I, Knockaloe. Alleged non-delivery of parcels regularly despatched through the YMCA. Complaints by prisoners as to punishments awarded for breaches of discipline. Transfer from Alexandra Palace, London, to the Isle of Man, of civilians interned at Alexandra Palace whose relatives do not reside within the London area. Alleged non-delivery of parcels to Leutnant Hausthec Kretzschmer, prisoner of war interned at Skipton. Detention of German women at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Accommodation of German prisoners of war at Blandford camp. Correspondence from prisoners of war through neutral intermediaries. Transmission of correspondence from prisoners of war through neutral intermediaries. Alleged murder of captured German soldiers by English soldiers on the Western Front. Inspection visits to the internment camps at Knockaloe and Douglas, Isle of Man. Code 1218 File 2829 (papers 32336-end).

Germany (German Prisoners), including: Enquiry as to the rank of four German officer prisoners of war. Enquiry on the rank of German officer Leutnant der Reserve Larisch. Question of the repatriation German women and children from German East Africa to South Africa. Repatriation of British women and children from Belgium and of German subjects from HMs overseas dominions. Mrs M Tuaillon, the wife of a German subject: desire to proceed from German East Africa to Cape Town or Europe for health reasons;. Landing in the UK of German women and children from German colonies. Countess Matuschka, interned at Dar-es-Salaam: desire to join her husband, Count Matuschka, who is seriously ill at Sidi-Biche, near Alexandria. Repatriation of German women and children from East Africa. Repatriation of German civilians from the colonies. Transfer to Holland of the wives and families of German civilian prisoners. Repatriation of German subjects in East Africa. Repatriation of German nursing sister Hildegard Werther. Repatriation of Franz K Koerfer from East Africa. Desired repatriation of F Stunzner, prisoner of war at Motuihi, New Zealand. Desired repatriation of Frau Christel Fischer and Frau Ella Forster from East Africa. Repatriation of German subjects from Canada. Proposed transfer of elderly German subjects in East Africa to Egypt. Enquiry regarding the whereabouts and condition of Frau Henry Papke, a German subject and husband of prisoner Hermann Papke at Liwale, German East Africa. Question of the repatriation of Mrs D L Dresdner from South Africa via a Spanish port. Alleged arrival in England of German subjects from East Africa. Repatriation of enemy subjects from the dominions and colonies. Repatriation of C Fischer and H Kepler from South Africa. Exchange of German prisoners of war interned in South West Africa. Proposed release of civilian prisoners of war who object to repatriation. Question of the repatriation of Mrs H F Panterodt, British-born wife of an interned German in East Africa. Repatriation of invalid civilians under 45 years of age. Transfer to Australia of Germans from East Africa. Enquiry by Lieutenant Schatteburg of German East Africa, now interned as a prisoner of war at Malta, relative to the health of his wife in the Mental Hospital at Maritzburg. August Klieme, German prisoner of war: request that his wife and two children be repatriated. Evacuation of prisoner of war camps in East Africa. Repatriation of German civilian prisoners of war aged over 45 years interned in New Zealand. Application from internees of the prisoner of war camp, Ahmednagar, regarding their desired repatriation. Repatriation from Canada of German civilian prisoners of war, including invalid civilians. Desired repatriation or transfer to a more favourable climate of Frau Erika Niemeyer, German subject in detention at Dar-es-Salaam. Transfer of German women and children from East Africa for health reasons. Repatriation of German prisoners of war in India. Repatriation of certain German civilian prisoners suffering from chronic diseases at Ahmednagar. Question of the repatriation of a German boy Franz Koerfer from East Africa. Petition from prisoners of war Red-Cross at Ahmednagar (subject of petition not stated). Repatriation of R W Dobermann currently a prisoner at Ahmednagar. Allowances to German civilians removed from German East Africa. Code 1218 Files 122-131.

Germany (German Prisoners), including: Death of Pastor Adolf Kriele, prisoner in South West Africa. Internment and repatriation of Bishop Munsch of the Mission of the Holy Ghost in German East Africa. Correspondence from the German Aid Society at Johannesburg to the Berlin Relief Mission. Death of Willy Kessner, a German subject, in New Guinea. Relief payments to German prisoners. Remittances to enemy prisoners of war. Remittances from Hong Kong and British postal agencies in China to enemy prisoners of war. Appointment of a committee to take over the functions of the London Agency of the Deutsche Bank with regard to payments to prisoners of war. Appointment of Monsieur Corragioni dOrelli in place of Major Isler as a member of the German Prisoners of War Relief Committee. Remittance to Henry Von Strauch, prisoner in Peking. Remittances to enemy subjects interned in Australia. Remittance to Mrs Ephraim Cohn at Naadi, Egypt. Allowances paid to staff of German banks in London. German and Austrian prisoners of war escaped from Russia and interned in China. Remittances to enemy prisoners of war through neutral consuls. Remittances to enemy prisoners of war in Japan. Remittances to German and Austrian prisoners of war in China. Treatment of prisoners at Kapuskasing, Canada. Enemy subjects interned at Camp Berrima. Conditions at Ahmednagar camp. Inspection visits to hospitals for prisoners of war including report of an inspection of Hell Lane Military Hospital, West Didsbury, Manchester. Reports on prisoners camps in the UK. Report on conditions at detention barracks at Trial Bay, Australia. Conditions at internment camp at Islington. Complaints of German officers interned at Trial Bay, Australia. Delay in delivery of letters and parcels to German prisoners. Food supplied to German prisoners in British custody in France. Alleged non-receipt of parcels by K A Krichner, German prisoner. Alleged delay in delivery of parcels sent to Wakefield camp. Inspection visit to prisoner of war hospital at Brocton, Staffordshire. Alleged mistreatment of prisoners of war in the 36th Prisoners of War Company. Transfer of German internees from Ahmednagar to Yercaud camp. Conditions at place of detention for female German subjects at Aylesbury. Non-receipt of parcels and money by J Waterkamp and Hugo Franck. Delay in the delivery of letters to Colsterdale camp, Germany. Inspection visit to the internment camp at Corby. Conditions at Sandhill Park, Taunton. Remittances for prisoners at Knockaloe camp, Isle of Man. Housing of German prisoners of war in canvas huts and tents. Code 1218 Files 135-2829 (to paper 29074).

eigene u. fremde Arbeiten zum Themenkreis „Indien u. das Evangelium; Missionsübungen zu „Indien u. das Christentum

Mission u. Zivilisation im neu erwachten Afrika, 37 S.; Das Missionsschulwesen u. die englische Kolonialregierung, 21 S.; Die Mission im Kampf mit den Erziehungszielen der Kolonialregierungen, 77 S.; Ausbildung eingeborener Führergestalten – ein (sehr) hohes Missionsziel, 14 S.; Der englische Erziehungsgedanke in Indien u. Ostafrika u. die Mission, 50 S.

[Protokolle] Tagesordnung, Punkt 5) Bericht aus Indien und Afrika: In Africa noch 2 weitere Gebiete neben Neubrecklum in Aussicht genommen, Kigoma und Makamba.

Enthält u.a.: Anbau von Sisalhanf auf den Bahamainseln und den Inseln Florida und Mauritius Jute- und Ramiekultur in Indien

1. Zur Familie Aldinger-Ostermayer: Am 24. Januar 1944 heirateten Karl Aldinger und Hertha Ostermayer. Die Ehe währte über sechs Jahrzehnte. Erst der Tod von Karl Aldinger 2005 beendete sie. Die Vorfahren des Ehepaares waren weitverzweigt und können durch die verwahrten Unterlagen des Bestandes weit zurückverfolgt werden. Aufgrund der zahleichen tradierten Quellen und vieler geduldigen familiengeschichtlichen Recherchen waren sie tief im Bewusstsein von Karl und Hertha Aldingers verankert. Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges war Karl Aldinger (1917-2005) Soldat (zuletzt Oberleutnant). Anschließend verwaltete er verschiedene landwirtschaftliche Güter (Gut Staufeneck, Gutsverwaltung Schafhof, Hofgut Alteburg). 1957 übernahm er die Leitung der Jugendherberge Esslingen, die er bis 1963 ausübte. Danach betrieb er bis 1990 eine Fremdenpension in Saig (Schwarzwald), die aus der Erbschaft einer Tante seiner Frau stammte. Hertha Aldinger (1920-2012) hatte eine landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung durchlaufen und war seit Januar 1944 Lehrerin der landwirtschaftlichen Haushaltungskunde. Sie übte die berufliche Tätigkeit nach dem 1. Juli 1944 nicht mehr aus, sondern widmete sich ihren fünf Kindern (eines war sehr früh verstorben) und unterstützte ihren Mann in dessen verschiedenen Aufgaben. Das Familienarchiv Aldinger-Ostermayer dokumentiert die Vorfahren von Karl und Hertha Aldinger in nahezu allen Linien bis ins endende 18. Jh. zurück. Reichhaltig enthalten sind Unterlagen zu den Familien Aldinger, Trißler, Unrath (Vorfahren von Karl Aldinger) und Ostermayer, Görger, Baur/Giani, Heldbek/Gaiser, Riedlin und Schinzinger (Vorfahren von Hertha Aldinger). Die Unterlagen beziehen sich auf Mitglieder der gehobenen Mittelschicht in Württemberg und Baden. Einige Familienmitglieder waren Soldaten im Ersten und Zweiten Weltkrieg (u.a. Eduard Ostermayer (1867-1954), Helmut Ostermayer (1919-1941) und Karl Aldinger) und haben Fotos, Tagebücher und Erinnerungen sowie Briefe aus der Kriegszeit hinterlassen. Die Familie Aldinger stellte über mehrere Generationen hinweg landwirtschaftliche Gutsverwalter. Zahlreich sind die Ärzte aus dem Familienkreis: Dr. Oskar Görger (1847-1905), der seinen Reichtum durch seine Praxis in Australien begründete, Dr. Eduard Ostermayer (1867-1954), der noch im 80sten Lebensjahr praktizierte und damit in den 50er Jahren als ältester praktizierender Arzt Stuttgarts bekannt war, Dr. Karl Schinzinger (1861-1948), ebenfalls Arzt in Australien und Dr. Albert Schinzinger (1827-1911), der seine Karriere als Chirurg begann und nach der Habilitation als Medizinprofessor an der Universität Freiburg wirkte (über ihn Pagel: Biographisches Lexikon hervorragender Ärzte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Berlin, Wien 1901, Sp. 1499-1500). Erwähnenswert sind auch die Pfarrer: Karl Ludwig Heldbek (1756-1829), Pfarrer in Scharenstetten, Christoph Erhardt Heldbek (1803-1877), Stadtpfarrer in Weilheim, Emil Heldbek (1849-1884), Pfarrer in Auendorf, und Dr. Paul Aldinger (1869-1944), Pfarrer in Kleinbottwar, Kolonist und Pfarrer in Brasilien. Die Ostermayers waren über mehrere Generationen Kaufmänner, anfangs lokal in Weilheim/Teck und ab ca. 1870 in der württembergischen Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart. Max (1860-1942) und Gottlieb Ostermayer (1871-1910) wirkten schließlich als Kaufleute in Indien. Auch die Familie Heldbek/Gaiser kannte Kaufleute, deren Tätigkeit sich später bis nach Afrika (Lagos) erstreckte. Der bekannteste ist Gottlieb Leonhard Gaiser (1817-1892). Er versuchte, in Mahinland (östlich von Lagos) eine deutsche Kolonie zu gründen, scheiterte aber an der kolonialpolitischen Zurückhaltung Bismarcks (Ernst Hieke: Gaiser, Gottlieb Leonhard, in: Neue Deutsche Biographie, 6 (1964), S. 39f.). Als Vertreter von Wissenschaft und Kunst sind Robert Karl Edmund Schinzinger (1898-1988), Universitätsprofessor und Lektor in Japan und Ernst Ostermayer (1868-1918), Professor und Kunstmaler hervor zu heben. Im Bereich von Politik und Diplomatie wirkte Albert Joseph Fridolin Schinzinger (1856-1926), der japanischer Generalkonsul in Berlin war. 2. Bearbeitung des Bestandes: Das Familienarchiv Aldinger-Ostermayer entstand Zug um Zug. In ältester Zeit wurden herausragende Dokumente verwahrt und der nächsten Generation anvertraut. Tradiert wurden zunächst nur wenige Dokumente, meistens Briefe oder Schriftstücke mit besonderem Erinnerungswert. Dies geschah sowohl bei den Aldinger- wie auch den Ostermayer-Vorfahren. Erst spätere Generationen hinterließen komplette Nachlässe, also geschlossene Überlieferungen. Dies war bei Eduard Ostermayer und seinem Sohn Helmut sowie Karl und Hertha Aldinger der Fall. Für Oskar Görger und seine Frau Marie sind Originalunterlagen in nennenswertem Umfang überliefert, allerdings in geringerer Menge. Familienkundliche Recherchen in größerem Umfang hatte es schon in den 30ger Jahren im Zusammenhang mit dem Ariernachweis bei den Aldingers und den Ostermayers gegeben. Für die Familie Aldinger sammelte Lore Braitsch, geb. Aldinger ältere Unterlagen, die sie auch auswertete (z.B. Festrede zu Ehren von Dr. Paul Aldinger, vgl. Bü 360). Nach ihrem Tod 1998 kamen diese Unterlagen an Hertha und Karl Aldinger, so dass bei ihnen ein Familienarchiv für die Familien Aldinger und Ostermayer zusammenwuchs. Dieses hat Hertha Aldinger bearbeitet. Sie ergänzte die Originale mit Kopien und Transkriptionen. In bewundernswerter Geduld hat sie die in alter, nicht mehr allgemein lesbarer Schrift abgefassten Dokumente zunächst handschriftlich und später auch maschinenschriftlich transkribiert. Schon 1996 arbeitete sie auch mit dem Computer. Wichtiger noch sind ihre Auswertungen der Familienunterlagen. Sie stellte unterschiedliches Material zu bestimmten Personen wie auch ganzen Familienzweigen zusammen, so für ihren Mann Karl (Bü 179) und für sich (Bü 118). Auch verfasste sie Erinnerungen des Ehepaares unter dem Titel „Unsere 20 Anfangsjahre“ (Bü 246). Sie hielt ebenfalls ihre persönlichen Erinnerungen an ihre Eltern (Bü 181) schriftlich fest. Für die Familien Ostermayer (Bü 284, 304 und 334), Heldbek (Bü 453, 473) und Schinzinger (Bü 226, 237, 296) stellte sie Material zusammen bzw. verfasste Ausarbeitungen zu der Geschichte dieser Familien. Wahrscheinlich geht auch die Ordnung des Familienarchivs auf sie zurück. Diese berücksichtigte nur eine Trennung der einzelnen Familienzweige und war ansonsten wenig strukturiert. Bei der Abgabe an das Hauptstaatsarchiv im Januar 2013 befanden sich die Materialien in Leitzordnern, die Untereinheiten waren in Klarsichthüllen formiert. Daneben gab es andere Verpackungsarten. Eine handschriftliche Fixierung dieser Ordnung erfolgte anlässlich der Übergabe des Familienarchivs an das Hauptstaatsarchiv in einem Übergabeverzeichnis (Bü 550). Die intensiven familienkundlichen Recherchen und Arbeiten Hertha Aldingers haben Spuren im Ordnungszustand hinterlassen. Die Einheiten waren durch Kopien, oft auch Mehrfachkopien aufgebläht. Originalüberlieferung und Kopie bzw. Transkription waren nicht getrennt. Die ursprünglichen Briefserien waren zerrissen, es gab die Gruppe der bereits transkribierten Stücke und die Gruppe der noch unbearbeiteten Briefe. Die archivische Ordnung der Unterlagen stellte die Serien der Original-Briefe wieder her. Die Kopien wurden reduziert. Es hat wenig Zweck, im gleichen Büschel ein Original und eine Kopie davon zu verwahren. Auch bei den Transkriptionen konnten Mehrfachkopien kassiert werden. Unterschiedliche Bearbeitungsstufen (z.B. Konzepte, endgültige Fassung) wurden jedoch belassen. Es gab eine größere Sammlung von Postkarten, die nach Bildmotiven angelegt worden war. Diese Sammlung enthielt aber auch beschriebene und gelaufene Postkarten, also Familienkorrespondenz. Diese musste den Briefen und Karten wieder zugeordnet werden. Die Sammlung von Postkarten wurde dadurch auf die unbeschriebenen Stücke reduziert (Bü 506, 509). Die archivische Verzeichnung legte hohen Wert auf eine detaillierte Charakterisierung des Büschel-Inhaltes in den Enthält-Vermerken. Dies war besonders dann erforderlich, wenn die Titelaufnahme zum Büschel sehr allgemein bleiben musste. Der Bestand wurde so gegliedert, dass die zentrale Bedeutung von Karl und Hertha Aldinger für die Unterlagen hervorgehoben wird. Auf Karl und Hertha Aldinger werden ausdrücklich die verwandten Familienzweige bezogen. Die Schreibung der Vornamen wurde nach der heutigen Schreibweise vereinheitlicht: Helmut statt Hellmut, Karl statt Carl, Jakob statt Jacob etc. Der Index führt die Frauen bei den genannten Familien aus dem Verwandtenkreis Aldinger-Ostermayer auf, nennt aber ergänzend auch den Heiratsnamen. Frauen, die in den Verwandtenkreis eingeheiratet haben, sind unter ihrem Heiratsnamen eingeordnet, ihr Geburtsname wird erläuternd genannt. Der Bestand P 45 „Familienarchiv Aldinger-Ostermayer“ wurde vom Unterzeichneten im Frühjahr/Sommer 2013 geordnet und verzeichnet. Die Laufzeit der Unterlagen reicht von ca. 1770 bis 2013, der Umfang des Bestandes beträgt 553 Einheiten in 6,1 lfd. m. Stuttgart, im Oktober 2013 Dr. Peter Schiffer

Enthält: Stationen Indien, Seychellen, Deutsch-Ostafrika, Ägypten und Griechenland

Enthält u.a.: Plan einer Studienreise des Stabsarztes Dr. Taute nach Indien

Enthält nur: Besprechung des Referats II B 3 mit SS-Oberführer Nebe

Enthält u.a.: Statistiken über Niederländisch-Indien für 1895

Enthält u.a.: Statistiken für 1891/92 Bericht über die Auswanderung aus Indien unter Arbeitskontrakt

[Protokolle] Tagesordnung mit fünf Punkten. Punt 2) Bericht über die Lage der Mission in Indien und Ost-Afrika

[Vermischtes] Tagesordnung mit fünf Punkten. Punkt 2) Bericht über die Lage der Mission in Indien und Ost-Afrika

bisherige Staatsangehörigkeit: Britisch - Indien Beruf: Pflanzungsleiter Wohnorte: Basel, Schweiz; Nürtingen; Deutsch-Ostafrika (Kilossa-Plantage der Baumwollspinnerei Heinrich Otto & Söhne Unterboihingen); Esslingen