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Indonesia ,’ Inter American Institute of Agricultural Sciences , Dec . 1957 ( searchable online ); shipping manifest details on Mr Marggraff ’ s location and occupation at the time of his return visit to Samoa in 1928 per Christine Liava ’ a , July 2014 . For Heinrich Treviranus , information from Treviranus descendants Christine Dannenbaum , of Germany , and Samoan Treviranus descendant , Heinz Treviranus , of Wellington . For Ernst Studt & Max Neufeldt basic details on their occupations ( as with Marggraff and Treviranus ) can be found in ‘ O Le Kalena Samoa 1915 ,’ LMS Press , Malua , Samoa , 1915 , and earlier German directories for European citizenry in Samoa . Copies of the ss Main detailed passenger manifest pages with ages , birth locations and destinations for all passengers , including children , were kindly supplied by Wolfgang Hermann , of Germany . Mr Josef Schon details obtained from Schon images viewable online in the German collection of AKG Images . Luise Thieme details mainly derived from Thieme chapter in Lagi Braune op . cit . Josef Haggenmiller details from ‘ Kalena Samoa ’ op . cit . Schmidt Family details per several sources including ‘ Kalena Samoa ’ op . cit ., a detailed private reminiscence on his life by Schmidt family friend and former Samoan resident ( the late ) Christian Philipp , of Auckland , and information from Schmidt family friend Elfriede Meiritz Reid ( see Chapter 2 xi . references ). Goebel and Roserus children details obtained from hand-written notes on the rear side of the photographs featured as well as from the detailed Main passenger manifest .
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( Wilhelm Goebel died during the Second World War ). Guido and Else Sabiel details per Sabiel descendant Mathias Freund , including a PDF , ’ On the Other Side of the World : The Garben and Sabiel Family in Samoa .’ Also supplementary information supplied by Mathias on 29 June , 2014 . Traub Family details supplied mainly by Traub descendant Christel Traub Voigt , of Jugenheim , Germany , in email communications in February 2016 . Christel indicated the ’ double time ’ calculation for German officials in the colonial service living overseas for state pension purposes . This had allowed Mr Traub to retire at age 50 .
Nelson Eustis quote on the Grey sisters per Eustis , ‘ Aggie Grey of Samoa ,’ Hobby Investments Pty Ltd , Adelaide , 1979 , p . 48 .
Stünzner wedding group photo identifications mainly derived from a detailed notation by Marina Stünzner Harbrow , of Auckland , in 2013 , and supplied by Albi Stünzner .
Hellenthal garden party details obtained from a number of sources . The location at Lotopa is derived from a caption on the back of the group photo which was penned by a participant at the gathering and which is held by his descendants in Australia .
Information on the internment of Germans on the outbreak of the Second World War obtained from a number of sources , including the reminiscences of Elfriede Meiritz Reid whose father Emil Meiritz was interned . Arthur Braisby ’ s efficiency in monitoring local Germans prior to the outbreak of war is covered by Michael J . Field , ‘ Mau : Samoa ’ s
Struggle Against New Zealand Oppression ,’ A . H . & A . W . Reed , Wellington , 1984 , pp . 218- 219 . The alleged favouritism towards Catholic internees held at the Taumeasina Centre in 1939 is outlined in complaints made by Somes Island internees in a meeting with NZ Prime Minister , Peter Fraser , on the island on 20 January 1940 outlined in a 30-page Department of Justice verbatim account of the interviews , hand dated at 23 February 1940 , ex -Archives NZ files .
xiii ) Alien Appeals Tribunal deliberations and McKay ’ s involvement determined primarily from a Tribunal report issued on 20 September 1944 , ‘ Review of Internees Generally and Report on Samoan Internees ,’ Department of Justice files , ex-Archives NZ .
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Alfred Turnbull-C . G . McKay communications in 1944 relating to German Samoan internees was derived largely from the Alien Appeals Tribunal report above .
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100 Years Ago — Twilight of the Germans
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