As this chapter concludes , we present one of the last photos of Emma Axmann Gebauer , daughter of Etesa Malietoa and Feodor Axmann . It shows her with some members of her family at Lotopa on the occasion of her 80th birthday in 1948 .
The tide of war has washed over the group and they have come through bruised but unbowed . A new generation of German Samoans is emerging to make its way in a less turbulent world .
People ( left-to-right ): at rear , Linda Gebauer Wilton , Rudy Spemann , baby Jock Jessop , Etesa Gebauer Spemann , Mrs Jessop , Robert Gebauer , Olga Gebauer , Emma Gebauer Brabant , Acey Gebauer , Rudy Gebauer , May Cordtz ; at front , baby Barbara Brabant , Wilhelm Spemann , Hugo Spemann , Mina Spemann , Emma Gebauer , child Margaret Brabant .
Emma Axmann Gebauer died in Apia on 24 January 1950 .
Spemann Family Collection , photographer Ken Brabant
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