Karl Hanssen’s Memoirs of his Wartime Experiences in Samoa and New Zealand 1915–1916

James N Bade editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:27th Feb '16

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Karl Hanssen’s Memoirs of his Wartime Experiences in Samoa and New Zealand 1915–1916 cover

Karl Hanssen’s memoirs provide an invaluable outsider’s view of life in New Zealand prisons and a unique perspective on German Samoa under New Zealand occupation. In October 1915, Hanssen, manager of the DHPG, a large German copra production company, was sent from Samoa to New Zealand to serve a six-month sentence imposed by a New Zealand military court for bypassing war censorship regulations. He served his sentence in a number of prisons in New Zealand, including two months in the high-security prison, Mt Eden.
Hanssen’s memoirs – in English translation and in the original German – are made available for the first time in this edition, which also features photos from his Samoan album and a comprehensive introduction by Bronwyn Chapman on the historical and political background.

«Die als Band 15 in der Reihe »Germanica Pacifica« der Universität Auckland herausgegebenen Aufzeichnungen Hanssens über seine Inhaftierung und Inter-nierung sind für das Verständnis des kolonialpolitischen Verhältnisses zwischen Deutschland und den britischen Dominions im Südpazifik ungeheuer lehrreich.»
(Axel Grießmer, MGZ 77/1 2018)

ISBN: 9783631667286

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 380g

214 pages

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