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Defending the Heimat: The Germans in South-West Africa and East Africa During the First World War
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Rouven Steinbach, Daniel - Defending the
Heimat: The Germans in South-West Africa and East Africa During the First World War
Keywords: First World War | German East Africa | German Schutzgebiete | Heimat | South-West Africa
ISFWWS-Keywords: Africa | East Africa | Germany | Society | Pre-war period | Culture | Home fronts
Abstract: This chapter examines wartime mobilization of German settlers in Africa with particular reference to the German concept of
Heimat. It focuses on the two German
Schutzgebiete which had the largest white populations and that experienced the mo…