Hufnagel-Betham Family Collection , photographer F . Engelmann , Posen .
After his retirement in 1911 , Captain Hufnagel accompanied his 16- year-old daughter , Clementine ‘ Tine ’, to Germany where she was to attend college . He was also delivering his two nieces Hedwig ( Hettie ) and Ilse Stunzner , aged 13 and 10 respectively , to Germany for education . The photo above shows Kurt with Clementine and his sister Clara in Germany .
Kurt ’ s health had been precarious for some time and the trip exhausted him . In Breslau he fell ill with pneumonia and died on 8 August 1912 .
Clementine made the following announcement ( translated from German ): “ After thirty years working in the colony of German-Samoa , my dear father Kapitan Kurt Hufnagel passed away peacefully in his sleep here early this morning on his visit home at the age of 65 . Breslau , 8 August 1912 . The grieving daughter , Clementine Hufnagel , in the name of the family , presently in Breslau , 130 Stern St .”
Kurt was cremated and Clementine returned to Samoa with his ashes .
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