The governor of Shandong, Yang shy hsiang, visits the Chinese port city of Tsingtau and visits the port there. Here you can see the departure from the pier on sand wagons. / Photographer: Scherl

Contains among other things: Trials of the Telefunkengesellschaft against the company Huth because of patent infringements, 1913 range attempts of the Telefunken-Gesellschaft from Nauen to Togo and Sayville (near New York), Nov. 1913 equipment of ships with radio stations, Dec. 1913 radio station of the Deutsche-Südseegesellschaft für drahtlose Telegraphie in Jap (Karolinen) and Nauru (Marshall Islands) in operation, Dec. 1913 radiotelegraphic length determinations between the stations Eiffelturm and Arlington, Dec. 1913. 1913 Wireless telegraphy in and with the German colonies (newspaper clipping of the "Hamburger Nachrichten"), 1914 patent situation in the field of wireless telegraphy, Jan. 1914 Safety of passenger transport by sea (memorandum of the German government), 1912 - 1914 Opening of the Danish radio station Blaavandshuk, 1914 International treaty for the protection of human life at sea, 1914 Range tests of Nauen with the "Cap Trafalgar" in the Atlantic Ocean, with maps, March - Apr. 1914 Minutes of the meeting of the committee for joint work in the field of radiotelegraphy, 14th Feb. 1914

Contains among other things: Destruction of Saadani and Ivingi by landing departments of German warships (reports, transcripts), July 1889 capture of Pangani on July 8, 1889 (report SMS "Leipzig", transcript), July 1889 capture of Tanga on July 10, 1889. July 1889 (report SMS "Carola", transcript), July 1889 Conquest of the south of the East African coastal region (reports SMS "Schwalbe" and East African station with map sketch, transcripts), May 1890 Political situation in Samoa (report Australian station, transcript), 11. Sept. 1894 Intervention of SMS "Iltis" for the protection of a German steamer in Tamsui/Formosa (report of the imperial consul in Tamsui, transcript), June 7, 1895 Conclusions from the Japanese-Chinese naval battles for warship construction and armoring (duplication), o. D. Conditions in the North Chinese fleet and its activity during the first half of the Japanese-Chinese war (report, reprint), Oct. 14, 1897

Alfred Graf von Waldersee was born in Potsdam on April 8, 1832, the son of the general of the cavalry Franz von Waldersee. The Waldersees, which originated from an originally Anhalt noble family and later settled in the Mark Brandenburg, served the Prussian state primarily as officers and can therefore be counted among the Prussian military nobility. After his education in his parents' house and in the cadet corps, Waldersee left the latter in 1850 as an officer in the guards artillery and was an adjutant of the 1st artillery inspection in 1858 bus in 1859 and was transferred to the general staff and promoted to major in 1866 by Captain, Prince Charles of Prussia's adjutant in 1865. Waldersee took part in the campaign in Bohemia in the large headquarters, came to the general command of the 10th army corps in Hanover after peace, became military attaché in Paris and aide to the wing in 1870, joined the mobilization as the large headquarters, became chief of the general staff of the army department of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1871 and was chief of staff of the governor of Paris, while German troops stood in Paris, then from June to September business bearer of the German government in the French Republic. Waldersee then retired into practical service as colonel and commander of the 13th Uhlan Regiment, became chief of the general staff of the 10th army corps in 1873, major general and general à la suite in 1880. In 1882 he became Quartermaster General and representative of the Chief of the General Staff of the Army, in the same year Lieutenant General, soon afterwards Adjutant General of the Emperor. Promoted General of the Cavalry under Emperor Friedrich in 1888, Waldersee was soon appointed Chief of Staff of the Army as successor of Muldke after the accession to the throne of Emperor Wilhelm II and was also appointed to the manor house and to the Council of State. In 1891 he was appointed commander general of the 9th army corps, in September 1895 general colonel of the cavalry. In April 1898 he was relieved of his commanding general position and appointed Inspector General of the 3rd Army Inspectorate. In May 1901 he was promoted to General Field Marshal. By agreement between the allied powers he was given the supreme command during the Chinese Boxer Uprising in the province of Pechili, which he held from September 27, 1900 to June 4, 1901. After his return to Germany he took over the 3rd army inspection again. Since 1874 Count Waldersee was married to an American, the widow of Prince Noer, Marie Esther Lee. Waldersee died in Hanover on 5 March 1904. The Waldersee estate was transferred to the Prussian Secret State Archives in 1935. The estate was published by H. O. Meisner in "Memories of Field Marshal Alfred Grafen v. Waldersee", 3 vol., Stuttgart - Berlin 1922/23 H. O. Meisner "From the correspondence of the General Field Marshal Alfred Grafen v. Waldersee", vol. 1 1886 - 1897, Stuttgart - Berlin 1928 H. O. Meisner "Briefwechsel zwischen dem Chef des Generalstabes Grafen v. Waldersee und dem Militärattaché in Petersburg Graf York v. Wartenburg", 1885 - 1897, in: Hist. Polit. Archive 1930 Vol. I, p. 133 - 192 Fornaschon, Wolfgang "Die politischen Anschauungen des Grafen Alfred v. Waldersee und seine Stellungnahme zur deutschen Politik", Berlin 1935, Hist. Stud. 273 During the reorganization of the estate, attempts were made to bring related pieces, such as diaries and the private files of Waldersee, which had been torn apart by the processing, back into their original context. In cases where a large number of exhibitors were present, the letters were sorted alphabetically. Individual, already existing folders were only sorted chronologically. The letters were also included individually. This detailed list can be found in Appendix 1 of the repertory. For all other letters, a chronological order has been established and an alphabetical register has been created (Annex 2) to make it easier to find individual persons. The large number of newspaper clippings was also sorted chronologically and placed in individual folders. The relevant register (Appendix 3) contains all the available newspapers, listed separately for German and foreign newspapers. No exact signature is given, only the year has been included. The signatures are completely new. Each number is foil-wrapped, the number of sheets is on the inside cover. Additions to Waldersee's diaries contain the number of pages, marked with the letters a ff. The notes and markings with pencil and crayon originate from earlier adaptations, as well as the cutting up of individual pages. For practical reasons, the subsequent separation of individual numbers into several volumes was made during the bookbinding treatment of the estate. Description: Biographical Data: 1832 - 1904 Resources: Database; Reference book, 1 vol.

Village on the Hermitine Islands (Admiralty Islands). / Photographer: Scherl

New Guinea: Village of the middle Wussi plain on New Summer, one of the last visited by the murdered German Dammköhler. / Photographer: Scherl

(Dr. A. Wünsche, Colonial Wall Pictures No. 7) Leutert und Schneidewind, Dresden (Publisher) Restored in 2000 by Bauer Bookbindery, Hof.

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

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

Phototype: Photo. Format: 5,7 X 5,7 Description: before palm trees (shape of windows like in India), place unknown.

Tsingtau/ China: American Consulate. American consulate building and villas in European style, world tours Tsingtau* subtitle: Lübeck, Oswald (photographer), 1911

Tsingtau (China). Shipyards with dock for 16000 t ships. View from a deep-sea passenger steamer (?), Weltreisen Tsingtau* subtitle: Lübeck, Oswald (photographer), 1911

Contains: Military medical statistics; medical reports

Contains also: Map Railway in China (scale 1 : 4 000 000), May 29, 1914

Contains among other things: Ships: "Hyena", "Marie", "Moltke", "Polecat", "Stosch", "Falcon", "Stein", "Wolf", "Sperber", "Arcona", "Grille", "Loreley", "Alexandrine", "Gneisenau", "Hohenzollern", "Brummer", "Buzzard", "Sea Eagle", "Condor", "Seagull" "Marie": Valparaiso, Puerto Montt, 22nd, "Stosch", "Marie", "Stein", "Wolf", "Puerto Montt", "22nd, "Puerto Montt", "Stosch", "Loreley", "Lore, "Alexandrine", "Marie", "Marie": Valparaiso, "Buzzard", "Condor", "Gull" "Valparaiso - Jan 28. 1894 "Polecat": Shanghai, Ningpo, 6 - 31 Jan 1894 "Falcon": Cape Town, Melbourne, Sydney, 23 Dec 1893 - 13 Feb 1894 "Moltke": Madeira, St. Thomas, 13 Oct - 9 Nov 1894 "Hyena": Cameroon, Gabon, Luanda, 16 - 26 Nov 1894 Loanda, Mossamedes, St. Thomé, 29 Nov - 15 Dec 1894

Contains among other things: Ships: "Leipzig", "Sophie", "Hyena", "Polecat", "Stosch", "Habicht", "Moltke", "Schwalbe", "Kaiseradler", "Gneisenau", "Prinzess Wilhelm", "Loreley", "Nixe", "Nixe", "Buzzard", "Alexandrine", "Falke", "Marie", "Arcona", "Wolf", "Sea Eagle" "Moltke": From Norfolk to Plymounth, "Habicht", "Moltke", "Norfolk to Plymounth. May - 7. July 1892 "Iltis": From Shanghai to Tientsin, 16 - 21 Nov. 1892 "Leipzig": From Colombo via Mahé to Zansibar, 15 - 31 Dec. 1892 "Falcon": Cameroon, Cape Town, 11 Jan. - 11 Feb. 1893 "Marie": Experiences of the journey through the Magellan Strait and the northern canals, Apr. 1893 "Arcona" and "Alexandrine": Zansibar, Tanga, Pangani, Zansibar, Bagamojo, Dar es Salam, 18 - 26 Feb. 1893 Dar es Salam, Lindi, 28 Feb. - 2 March 1893 "Wolf": Shanghai, Bangkok, 5 - 19 July 1893

Contains among other things: Ships: "Elisabeth", "Prinz", "Adalbert", "Olga", "Ariadne", "Stein", "Gneisenau", "Cyclop", "Nautilus", "Iltis", "Stosch", "Möwe", "Sophie", "Wolf", "Adler", "Nixe", "Albatros", "Bismarck", "Elisabeth": Sydney, New Britain, New Ireland, New Guinea, Jokohama, 16. Oct. 1884 - 2 Jan. 1885 "Nautilus": Chemulpo, Shanghai, 9 - 21 July 1885 "Polecat": Chemulpo, Mokpo, July 1885 "Polecat": Mokpo, Shanghai, 15 - 20 July 1885 "Seagull": Somali coast, Manda-Bai, island Songa-songa, May 1886 "Bismarck": Jaluit, Ebon, Namourik, Madjuro, 29 May - 3 June 1886 Meteorological observations in St. Thomas, 1878-1883

Chinese craftsmen are trained at the Tsingtau shipyard by German mechanics. In the middle: the teacher and mechanic Limbach, left: the two Chinese housefathers. / Photographer: Scherl

Contains: Intensified Naval War against England - Memorandum of the Naval War Command, International Law Assessment and Statements 1939/1940 Time Chartering of Neutral Shipspace to the Enemies, Jan. 1940 North-Siberian Sea Route (Discussion at the Special Staff Trade War and Economic Combat Measures), Sept. 24, 1941 Blockade Breaker Trips from East Asia to Europe (Discussion at the Special Staff HWK), Jan. 1942