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Governor Adolf Graf von Götzen (5th from left) bids farewell to white and colored soldiers of the 5th Company of the German Protection Force in order to take a longer vacation in Germany. Count von Götzen was governor of German East Africa from 1901 to 1906 / Photographer: Scherl
Askari soldiers at a shooting range in German East Africa / Photographer: Scherl
Coloured soldiers of a company of the German Schutztruppe, so-called Askari, marching out in the first days of the First World War / Photographer: Scherl
Native soldiers of the Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a practice 'firing in two limbs'. / Photographer: Scherl
African soldiers of a German colonial army from the D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a colony. Undated recording. / Photographer: Scherl
Black soldiers of the German Schutztruppe march out in Dar es Salam for an exercise / Photographer: Scherl
Askaris (soldiers from Tanzania) of the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika (Tanzania) during the exercise with the heliograph / Photographer: Scherl
The music band of the Askaris (native soldiers of the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika) plays their wind instruments. / Photographer: Scherl
The music band of the Askaris (native soldiers of the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika) plays their wind instruments. / Photographer: Scherl
Two soldiers, who served under the command of Lettow-Vorbecks, on deck chairs in an improvised camp from the first war time / Photographer: Scherl
Curriculum vitae, health certificates, vows of secondment, 1936; farewell sermon by Erich Leistner in Leipzig, 1936; letters from teacher Hirsch in Mlalo, 1936; work reports, letters of friendship, correspondence, 1936-1939; contract between the Bethel-Mission u. of the Protestant Church in Tanga, 1936; "Volksmission im Lande des Night-Porter, by Erich Leistner, 1938; "Soldaten enliven eine Gemeinde von Erich Leistner, 1938; Agreement between the Bethel-Mission u. Kontraktor Kirschinger, 1938; Conference of Shepherds and Elders of Shambalei and Digolandes, 1938; Overview of school work in Usambara-Bergland, 1938; correspondence because of Leistner's leave of absence with the LKA Dresden, old-age pensions, etc. Kindergeld, 1936-1946; Correspondence with the Leistner family during internment, 1940-1947; Correspondence concerning entry into the Berlin Mission Society, 1947; Correspondence with the Leistner couple during their work in Cape Town: Protokolle, Berichte, Aufsätze, 1947-1975; Geburtsurkunden von Ehepaar Leistner, 1950; "Zu den Füßen des Tafelbergs von Erich Leistner, 1950; "Aus dem Leben der braunen Gemeinden in u. around Cape Town by Erich Leistner, 1953; conference report of the Protestant Academy at the Cape, 1955; curriculum vitae and speech at the funeral of Erich Leistner, 1975
Evangelical Missionary Society for German East AfricaA summary court is controlling the execution of three Africans. Loops are attached to the branch of a mango tree, on which the convicts are hanged. In the background and on the right you can see soldiers of an Askari company, on the left German officials and soldiers of the court of execution / Photographer: Scherl
Without the support of his native troops, the so-called Askaris, the German commander in East Africa, the famous General von Lettow-Vorbeck, could never have endured until the end of the war in 1918. The photo shows one of these soldiers from the German Schutztruppe with the imperial flag in his hand. Undated recording. / Photographer: Scherl
Soldiers of the Schutztruppe and their military transport goods in the colony D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during World War I / Photographer: Scherl
German soldiers and Askari of the protective group in defensive position in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl
Soldiers in front of an armoured car of the Uganda Railway in British East Africa / Photographer: Scherl
German soldiers in the jungle with a machine gun. The photo was taken by a photographer in captivity. / Photographer: Scherl
German soldiers (from left to right: Senior Physician Dr. Wolf, Lieutenant Baldamus, Lieutenant von Schappuis) in front of the customs house in Bagamojo with bullet hole in the colony of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl
Soldiers of the German Schutztruppe felling trees in the fighting area Mahenge in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a / Photographer: Scherl
Contains among other things: Award of medals for bravery to coloured soldiers (decree of the Reichsmarineamt), 21 Apr. 1892
Soldiers of the Schutztruppe under the leadership of General Lothar von Trotha join the fight against the insurgents around Hassan bin Omari Makunganya / Photographer: Scherl
Two cavalrymen of the Schutztruppe von Deutsch-Ostafrika ride along a road on zebras / Photographer: Scherl