Heinrich Schnee

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Title

Heinrich Schnee

Person Item Type Metadata

Birth Date

1871-02-04

Birthplace

Neuhaldensleben, Germany

Death Date

1949-06-23

Biographical Text

Lawyer and linguist
Staff member in the colonial department of the German foreign office; Deputy Governor of German New Guinea 1898
Deputy Governor of Samoa 1900
Colonial councillor at German embassy in London 1905
Governor of German East Africa 1912-1918
Member of Deutsche Volkspartei, elected to the Reichstag 1924
Revisionist politican aiming to restore German colonial territories in the 1920s: University lecturer on colonial issues, author
President of the Auslandsdeutschen
Claimed to know the Far East because of his colonial experience in German South Sea colonies, but had never been to China or Japan before

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Citation

“Heinrich Schnee,” Global Politics on Screen, accessed May 2, 2024, https://gpos.omeka.net/items/show/43.

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