A Schutztruppe aircraft is brought to a tarmac / Photographer: Scherl

Announcement of the prohibition to leave the residence of the civilian population / Photographer: Scherl

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

description: Contains:only: Our protection force. In: Illustrated newspaper. (1918) 3915. S. 30-65.

Artillery department of the Schutztruppe with ox team / Photographer: Scherl

Coloured soldiers of the German Schutztruppe, so-called Askari, at a parade in the station yard in Tanga in front of Governor Hermann von Wissmann. Hermann von Wissmann was governor of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a in the years 1895-96 / Photographer: Scherl

Coloured soldiers of the German Schutztruppe, so-called Askari, at a parade in Dar es Salaam on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a / 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

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

Camel rider patrol of the Schutztruppe at the rest / Photographer: Scherl

Cameroon: 1884-1914, colonies: Deutsch-Westafrika, Germany, German Empire Black soldiers and German officers: View of the chapel of the imperial garrison in the Cameroon protectorate / Photographer: Scherl

Contains also: Decree concerning the promotion of the German newspaper "Osmanischer Lloyd" (2. Febr. 1909) published in Constantinople.

The command of the Schutztruppe in Dar es Salaam, from left to right: Paymaster Fritsch, Captain Baron Kurt von Schleinitz, Lieutenant General Wendland, Governor Major Count Adolf von Götzen, Lieutenant General Abel, Captain Johannes and Sergeant Triebel. Count Adolf von Götzen was governor of German East Africa from 1901 to 1906 / Photographer: Scherl

Contains among other things: Correspondence of Ernst II, Draft of an ordinance and memorandum concerning the R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t ; conditions of the German Schutztruppe in South West Africa (including the Herero Uprising, railway construction, port facilities, organisational issues) ; border issues (including correspondence with King Leopold II of Belgium) ; business distribution plans ; budget for 1906 ; newspaper clippings Darin: overview plan of the railway line Windhuk-Rehoboth ; caricature from the "Kladderadatsch" (with illustration of Ernst II).

History of the Inventory Designer: General of the Infantry Berthold von Deimling Life data 21.03.1853 in Karlsruhe 03.02.1944 in Baden-Baden Career 1873 Promotion to Lieutenant Seconde 1875 Change to Infantry Regiment "Duke of Holstein" (Holsteinic) No. 85 (Rendsburg) 1880 promotion to lieutenant 1879 to 1882 Kriegsakademie Berlin 1882 officer in infantry regiment no. 85 1886 transfer to the Großer Generalstab (railway department) 1888 captain 1891 general staff officer in the 1st division in Königsberg 1893 major 1895 in the general staff of the XVI. Army Corps 1898 Battalion Commander in the infantry regiment "Prince Wilhelm" (4th Baden) No. 112 in Mulhouse (Sundgau) 1900 Lieutenant Colonel and transfer to the Great General Staff (Chief of Operations Division II) 1903 Colonel and Commander of the infantry regiment No. 112 in Mulhouse 1904 Commander of the 2nd Army Commandant of the German Army (Battalion) No. 112 in Mulhouse (Sundgau) 1903 Colonel and Commander of the infantry regiment No. 112 in Mulhouse 1904 Commander of the 2nd Army Command No. 112 in Mulhouse (Sundgau) 1904 Commander of the infantry regiment No. 112 in Mulhouse (Sundgau) 1900 Lieutenant Colon and Commander of the infantry regiment No. 112 in Mulhouse 1903 Commander of the infantry Regiment No. 112 in Mulhouse 1904 Field Regiment 1905 deputy of the commander-in-chief for the southern region 1905 elevation to hereditary nobility 1906 commander of the Schutztruppe in southwest Africa 1907 major general 1908 return and commander of the Infanterie-Brigade 58 (Mühlhausen) 1910 lieutenant-general and appointment as commander of the 29. Division in Freiburg i. Br. 1913 General of the Infantry and Commanding General of the XV Army Corps (Strasbourg) 1914 War operation in southern Alsace, on the Aisne, off Ypres in Flanders, off Verdun (XV. Army Corps) 1916 Awarded the Pour le Merite (capture of the Fort Vaux) 1916 Assignment to the Somme 1916 Transfer to the Section Commander of the Army Division B (Vosges) 1917 Farewell with simultaneous appointment as Chief of the 1st Under Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 132. Description of the stock: The stock contains life memories, anda. on his activities as commander of the Schutztruppe in South West Africa (1906-1907), the 58th Infantry Brigade in Mulhouse/Alsace (1907-1910) and the 29th Division in Freiburg (1910-1913) and as commander general of the XVth Army Corps in the 2nd Infantry Army Corps in the United Kingdom. Feldartillerieregiments in Südwestafrika 1904-1906 (Herero- und Hottentottenaufständen); further documents from the period of service in Südwestafrika as well as from the 1st World War; correspondence with Ludendorf and Hindenburg as well as from the time after retirement; further newspaper articles and pictorial material. References to other holdings R 1001 Reichskolonialamt (Online-Findmittel) R 1002 Authorities of the former protectorate Deutsch-Südwestafrika (Online-Findmittel) N 14 Ludwig Boell estate N 38 Arnold Lequis estate N 103 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck estate NL 30 Viktor Franke citation: BArch, N 559/...

Five Chinese are executed by the German Schutztruppe in Litzun in the German colony of Tsingtau. Undated recording. / Photographer: Scherl

Five Chinese are executed by the German Schutztruppe in Litzun in the German colony of Tsingtau. Undated recording. / 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

A barracks of the German Schutztruppe in Tapautau (Dabaodao), a district of Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

African soldiers of the German Schutztruppe, so-called Askaris, have occupied a ditch in the area of Kilimanjaro in the German colony of East Africa / Photographer: Scherl

Soldiers of the Schutztruppe in Deutsch-Südwestafrika on their camels / Photographer: Scherl

Supporting column of the Schutztruppe on the march through 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 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

Askaris and German officers of the German Schutztruppe in a battle position near Kilimanjaro / Photographer: Scherl

German Schutztruppe in the Mahenge combat area resting on a harvested millet field. In the background characteristic formations of the Upogora Mountains / Photographer: Scherl

Colonial troops with carrier column on the march in Deutsch-Ostafrika in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Column of German soldiers on horses and in horse carts. Pre-war attempts by the captain of the Schutztruppe in Cameroon, Kurt Strümpell. / 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

Bedingungen der Übergabe der Schutztruppe des deutsch-südwestafrikanisdchen Schutzgebietes, geschlossen am 9. Juli 1915. / Fotograf: Scherl

Contains: Copies (in extracts) of the request of the Regional Court of Ravensburg to the District Court of Berlin-Mitte for the interrogation of Ernst II and of the incriminated newspaper article by Erzberger; inquiries of the District Courts of Berlin and Langenburg to Ernst II regarding the interrogation date; concept of a reply letter.

Contains: Year VIII - XIII

Contains: XIVth - XVIth year

Article with photo by Werner Grumpelt

Contains: Nos. 1-8, 12-15