Ada Schnee
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Ada Adeline Schnee was a naturalized German writer and former actress, born to British parents in New Zealand. Her autobiographical writings about life in German East Africa as the wife of the last Ge
Schnee, c. 1918
Heinrich and Ada Schnee in Apia, Samoa, 1902
Schnee's memoir, Meine Erlebnisse während der Kriegszeit in Deutsch-Ostafrika, 1918
Gravestone of Heinrich and Ada Schnee, Heerstraße cemetery, Berlin
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
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Lettow-Vorbeck was the only German commander to successfully invade a part of the British Empire during the First World War. His exploits in the campaign have been described by historian Edwin Palmer
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…with resentment by the conservatives in the German colony. This was particularly true of the military officers closest to the Schutztruppe commander, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. Heinrich Schnee's deputy, Wilhelm Methner, later wrote about her predicament during the war: The wife of the governor, who was English by birth…
Lettow-Vorbeck in 1914
Lettow-Vorbeck's birthplace in Saarlouis
Captain von Lettow-Vorbeck, stationed in German South-West Africa in 1904
Great War poster of Lettow-Vorbeck leading African soldiers. Above: "Colonial Warriors' Donation"; below a facsimile of Lettow-Vorbeck's signature