"Auf d. Reise hin[.] Das Zelewsky-Denkmal in Rugaro nahe Iringa. Im Andenken an die gefallenen Deutschen der von den Wahehe überfallenen Expedition Zelewsky 1899." ("On t[he] journey there[.] Zelewsky Memorial in Rugaro near Iringa. In memory of the Germans killed in action during Zelewsky's expedition which had been assaulted by the Wahehe[,] 1899."). View of a simple conical monument built from cement with a plate hung up in the middle. A range of mountains in the background. Captain von Zelewsky lead three military companies against the Wahehe in the summer of 1891 because they would not surrender to the German colonial powers. On August 17th von Zelewsky and his troops were ambushed by several thousand Wahehe with spears. Von Zelewsky, nine Germans as well as 290 Askari (Swahili: soldier) were killed.
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2 copies photographic prints, 5.0 x 7.7 cm. photographs
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