Contains among other things: Announcements, decrees, memos, telegrams on various matters

Contains among other things: Exchange of severely wounded persons, treatment of prisoners of war in Japan Prehistory of the war with Japan The German prisoners of war in Japan, translations and excerpts from the Japanese press

Contains among other things: Conviction of prisoners for escaping from Japanese captivity; visit of various prison camps in Japan by employees of the American embassy in Tokyo; report by Sumner Welles on the visit of the prisoner-of-war camps Fukuoka, Kurume, Aonagahara, Marugame, Matsuyama, Nagoya, Osaka, Narashino, Oita, Shidzuoka, Tokushima, March 1916; conquest of the German leasehold area in Kiautschou in autumn 1914

Contains among other things: Battle for Tsingtau, transcripts of letters of the fighters Treatment of prisoners of war in Japan

Contains among other things: German severely wounded prisoners from Japanese prison camp return home Treatment of prisoners in Japanese prison camps Report on fighting for Tsingtau

Contains among other things: Memorandum of the English Government concerning the regulation of the cost of transporting prisoners of war, treatment of prisoners of war in Japan

Contains among other things: Reports on imprisonment in Siberia and Japan Agreements between the German and French Governments and the German and British Governments on prisoners of war and civilians

Contains among other things: Exchange of German prisoners of war in Japan Treatment of prisoners in Japan

Contains among other things: Report on prisoner camps in Japan and treatment of inmates Memorandum on the demands of prisoners of war for full equality with the other members of the army News bulletin of the Reichszentralstelle für Kriegs- und Zivilgefangene, No. 7, Berlin May 1919

Contains among other things: Losses of the Tsingtau crew From the war diary of the Tsingtau fortress Location of prisoners of war in Japan and on Ceylon List of prisoners of war from the camps Fukuoka, Marugame, Matsuyame

Contains among other things: Report about the victory celebration of the Japanese on the occasion of the taking of Tsingtau Copies from newspapers about the fight for Tsingtau Lists of the members of the Reich who had travelled from Tsingtau to Beijing and other places Report about consequences and accompanying phenomena of the war for the private, public and economic life of the Germans in China Letters from China to relatives about processes and events there

Contains among other things: Short political and military orientation about Japan and China Expedition of the Japanese Red Cross Society to Tsingtau Report from a prisoner of war camp of the Japanese demands of Japan on China and the interests of other countries affected thereby List of names of prisoners of war (high officers) The attack S.M. Torpedoboot "S 90" in the night from 17. to 18. Oct. 1914 on the blockade forces off Tsingtau and the march to Nanking

Contains among other things: Letters from prisoner-of-war camps to relatives Memorandum concerning expulsions of Germans from Japan Transfer agreement from Tsingtau to Japan Report on the German prisoners of war from Tsingtau, the siege of Tsingtau, English prisoner-of-war camps, siege and transfer of Tsingtaus

Contains among other things: Named list of medical personnel and officials deployed during the siege of Tsingtau Reports on perceptions and experiences during the military operations in the Kiautschou Protectorate Letters from prisoner-of-war camps on conditions there Communications on prisoner-of-war camps

Contains among other things: Reports about the battles of Tsingtau, observations and experiences during the war, English prisoner of war camps, English regulation concerning trade with the enemy

Contains among other things: Records concerning the Japanese in Schantung Conditions in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps Extract from a diary of records from the Fukuoka prisoner-of-war camp Memorandum on the foreign colonial areas which could be considered new acquisitions at the conclusion of the peace Treatment of German prisoners of war in Japan "Tokushima-Anzeiger", Zeitschrift für das Gefangenenheim, No. 15 bis 17, July/Aug. 1915

Contains among other things: Fate of the crew of Tsingtau during defense and after surrender and treatment of prisoners in Japan Observations during a trip through Russia Evidence of Japanese prison camps

Contains among other things: Preliminary discussion on the establishment of a warehouse company Expansion of the transport facilities in the Great Port of Tsingtau

Contains among other things: Takeover of the operation of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company in Singapore by the English government Berth and warehouse regulations Memorandum concerning the design of the loading, unloading and warehouse operations in Tsingtau Regulation concerning loading, unloading and warehouse operations Boycott attempts by the Chinese on the occasion of the regulation on berth operations

Contains among other things: Bunk and warehouse management matters Rules of charges to the bunk and warehouse rules of 1 Oct. 1909

Contains among other things: Reports on water supply development in Tsingtau Expertise on water supply projects for Tsingtau Conditions of contracting for the construction of a new water supply plant for Tsingtau Report on results of the Litsun water survey

Contains among other things: Supply of materials and construction of the waterworks Reports on bacteriological investigations of the water and on the development of the waterworks in the budget year 1908 Comparison of the expenses for the waterworks Litsun and the sums of the attacks

Contains among other things: KTB of the landing train SMS "Emden" (with route map, copy), 9 Nov. 1914 - 8 Jan. 1915 Siege of Tsingtau (letter of the commander of the fort Huitschen Huk Kp.Lt. Kopp with map, copy), 14 Nov. 1914

Contains: - Kropatschek, Mrs. E., née Budermann, Berlin, 1906 (1), - Kropatschek, Friedrich, Berlin, Greifswald, Breslau, 1894 - 1907 (53); including Feine, P., Vienna, 1905 (1) and Boltenstern, v., Bremen, 1901 (2), - Kropatschek, Gerhard, Frankfurt am Main, 1907 - 1908 (3), - Kropatschek, Hans, Tientsin, Tsingtau, 1901 - 1905 (2), - Kropatschek, Hermann, Berlin, 1884 - 1905 (194), - Kropatschek, Luise, née Oettli, Greifswald, 1902 (1), - Kropatschek, Therese, Berlin, 1902 (2).

History of the Inventor: Since its inception, the Navy has also included units intended to be deployed on land, such as the Naval Corps, which had been a naval battalion since 1852, and the naval artillery set up in 1857, known as the Sailor's Artillery since 1877. 1898 a II. in Wilhelmshaven was added to the I. Seebataillon in Kiel. In 1898, the III Lake Battalion was created for the Kiautschou leasehold. From the naval reservists called up in 1914, new units were improvised for use in Flanders, Turkey and for fortress and coastal defence units. Description of the stock: Since its foundation, the Navy has also included units intended for land-based use, such as the Naval Corps, which had been a naval battalion since 1892, and the naval artillery set up in 1857, which had been called sailor artillery since 1877. 1889 a II. in Wilhelmshaven was added to the I. Seebataillon in Kiel. In 1898, the III Lake Battalion was created for the Kiautschou leasehold. From the naval reservists called up in 1914, new units were improvised for use in Flanders, Turkey and for fortress and coastal defence units. Content characterisation: The collection contains documents on the use of naval units in East Asia and in the German colonies. In addition to war diaries, there are also isolated records of naval divisions, naval brigades, sailor regiments, sea battalions, sailor artillery, sea rifles and special technical troops from World War 1. The collection also contains documents from the traditional association of marines. State of preservation: Catalogue of archival records Scope, Explanation: Stock without increase 28.0 lfm 892 AE Citation method: BArch, RM 121-I/...

Landing bridge in the Kiautschou bay, which is also the entrance to the city of Tsingtau. / Photographer: Scherl

Landing manoeuvre of a German troop squadron near Tsingtau. The landing troops go ashore / Photographer: Scherl

Landing manoeuvre of a German troop squadron near Tsingtau. Navy paramedics made temporary operating tables out of carts and stretchers. / Photographer: Scherl

Landing manoeuvre of a German troop squadron near Tsingtau. A team of mules and horses pulls a landing gun / Photographer: Scherl