Germany Colonial Office records of the Reichskolonialamt and Auswartiges Amt, 1878-1935, relating to German New Guinea and Samoa

MAV/FM4/5530-5669
MAV/FM4/6652-6774

fonds

1878-1935

910737

262 micofilm reels of textual material - positive

Prior to World War II, the archives of the Reichskolonialamt (Colonial Office) which on its formation in 1907 took over the colonial records of the Auswartiges Amt (Foreign Office) located in the Reichsarchiv in Potsdam. Late in the war, they were captured by the Russians and taken to Moscow, whence they were returned to East Germany in the mid 1950s.

German New Guinea covered the present Territory of New Guinea and the Bismark Archipelago and the Micronesian Islands north of the equator, including the Caroline and Marshall Islands.

Selections from the Reicskolonialamt archival series KA III, and KA V-VIII

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Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room at Micro Ref Book 7.2/30 & 7.2/1 -

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (7-720C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Keyword subjects:
Germany -- Colonies -- German New Guinea and Samoa -- 1878-1935

Detailed Contents Lists at Micro Ref Book 7.2/30 & 7.2/1 (note attached at the back of the guides are details in English and German to the locations of the specific reels)

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