German Colonial Society
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The German Colonial Society (German: Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft) (DKG) was a German organisation formed on 19 December 1887 to promote German colonialism. The Society was formed through the merger of the German Colonial Association (Deutscher Kolonialverein; established in 1882 in Frankfurt) and the Society for German Colonization (Gesellschaft für Deutsche Kolonisation; established in 1884). The Society was headquartered in Berlin.
The German Colonial Society worked in close cooperation with the
The society took over the recently founded
When the Nazi party seized power in Germany, it was decided that a new Society under its direct control was to be created. On 13 June 1936, the German Colonial Society was dissolved and colonial propaganda became the task of the Reichskolonialbund.
See also
References
- ^ Die Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft (in German), Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt, retrieved 29 August 2017
Bibliography
- issued by the society
- about the society
- Franz Göttlicher: Koloniale Gesellschaften und Verbände (= Findbücher zu Beständen des Bundesarchivs 102), Koblenz 2003
- ISBN 3-933025-30-3
External links
- Der Bildbestand der Deutschen Kolonialgesellschaft in the Frankfurt University Library
- Documents and clippings about German Colonial Society in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW