“Bericht über eine Reise nach Lüderitzbucht”. August Kuhlmann’s account of his visit of the Concentration Camp on Shark Island in July and August 1905

Abstract

The Rhenish missionary, August Kuhlmann, visited Lüderitzbucht and Shark Island from 25 July to 9 August 1905. His report to the management of the Rhenish Mission is a rare eyewitness account of this infamous camp. The handwritten original report is stored in the Archives and Museum Foundation of UEM Wuppertal as RMG 1.644 B/II 72 Kuhlmann Band 1, 033-041.