To walk under palm trees
Subtitle: the Germans in Samoa : snapshots from albums : Part one
By: by Tony Brunt ; adapted from the online photo exhibition created for Fale Mataʼaga, the Museum of Samoa
Publisher: Samoa Historical & Cultural Trust
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Apia, Samoa
Language: eng
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Germans; History; Pictorial works; Colonies; German colonies
Description: "Germany's glorious but ill-fated involvement with Samoa, its "Pearl of the South Seas," came to an abrupt end in 1914 with the outbreak of the First World War. The "German time" - 'O le taimui o Siamani" - began in 1900 when the islands became an official German colony, but for 40 yeas before that the tireless industry of German planters and businessmen has revolutionised the Samoan economy. The German years have left a positive almost poetic legacy in Samoa. In "To walk under palm trees," writer Tony Brunt draws on previously unseen photographs in private albums to tell compelling stories from those almost forgotten days"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-249).
Table of contents: title: The German Commemoration Service, Mulinu'u, 3 July 1932: O le fa'atasiga mulimuli; title: Rudolf 'Pakigi' Berking: a father of the Samoan Nation; title: Ernst Reye & Margaretta Betham: "The disturber of my peace"; title: Fatu Frost: an extraordinary story; title: Snapshot: German officials and the Pe'a; title: The saga of the Stünzners: "I long sometimes to walk under palm trees"; title: Captain Hufnagel's card; title: Snapshot: What they said about Theodor Weber; title: Werner von Bulow: The mystery man of Matapo'o; title: Malietoa-Axmann-Gebauer: So'o le fau ma le fau; title: The deportations of 1920 and the journey of 'Mac' McKay; title: 1000 years ago: Twilight of the Germans; title: What became of Reinhold Hofmann?; title: What became of Alfred Tattersall?