Maji-Maji-Aufstand
Götzen's diplomatic career was almost at an end after his work as Governor. In early 1907 he was offered the minor post of a Prussian envoy to Hamburg in which his duties would involve mostly accompanying the Kaiser through the city. This lighter amount of work gave Götzen the opportunity to publish a book (DEUTSCH-OSTAFRIKA IM AUFSTAND, 1905/06(GERMAN EAST AFRICA IN REBELLION, 1905/1906)) in which he attempted to justify his involvement in the Maji Maji Rebellion and the causes which prompted his response to quell the rebellion, this was later published in 1909. Götzen still took an interest in the colonial politics of the German Empire, being an active member of the committee for the German Colonial Society until his death on December 1, 1910 in Hamburg, this was due to the count of ill health. His wife outlived him by over two decades being later buried together at the Ohlsdorfer Cemetery in Hamburg.