Karl Hanssen’s Memoirs of his Wartime Experiences in Samoa and New Zealand 1915–1916

Karl Hanssen’s memoirs of New Zealand-occupied German Samoa and his imprisonment for bypassing war censorship regulations provide a unique perspective on German Samoa and life in New Zealand prisons. This edition also features Hanssen’s photos and an introduction on the historical and political background.

James N. Bade is Professor of German at the University of Auckland and is Director of the Research Centre for New Zealand and the Pacific at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

«Die als Band?15 in der Reihe »Germanica Pacifica« der Universität Auckland herausgegebenen Aufzeichnungen Hanssens über seine Inhaftierung und Inter-nierung sind für das Verständnis des kolonialpolitischen Verhältnisses zwischen Deutschland und den britischen Dominions im Südpazifik ungeheuer lehrreich.» (Axel Grießmer, MGZ 77/1 2018)

Contents: Samoa under New Zealand Military Occupation in 1915 – New Zealand gaols during World War I – New Zealand attitudes towards Germany during World War I.