German-speaking Scouts in Namibia
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The Union of German Scouts in South West Africa, (Bund deutscher Pfadfinder Südwestafrikas ) the first German oriented Scouting organization, was founded in 1928 in South West Africa and dissolved by the South African administration in 1939 on the outbreak of World War II. ^[1] The current association, Deutscher Pfadfinderbund in Namibia, was founded in the 1960s, under the name Deutscher Pfadfinderbund Südwestafrika. ^[2]

Background

At the end of the World War I there was a sizable population of German Namibians in what is now Namibia. Most of these were farmers, craftsmen, and their families. By 1928, there was a movement to bring Scouting to the youth of South West Africa. The program flourished until it was made to become part of the " Hitler Youth" in 1934. In 1939, the group was disbanded at the start of World War II. ^[3]

In 1937, Heinz Anton Klein-Werner wrote the song Südwesterlied [ de] for the German Scouts which later became the unofficial national anthem of the German Namibians. ^[4]

Further reading

• Deutscher Pfadfinderbund von Südwestafrika: Reise in die Vergangenheit oder Safari durch den Norden von Südwestafrika, o.O o.J. (in German).
• Deutscher Pfadfinderbund von Südwestafrika: Reise in die Vergangenheit oder Safari durch den Norden von Südwestafrika, Windhuk o.J. (in German).
• Falkengruppe (1. Group) of Deutsche Pfadfinder in Windhuk, Windhuk, ed. (1932). Falkengesang (in German).^{[ clarification needed]}
• Pfadfinder Swakopmund: Mit dem Jukundus durch den Süden, Privatdruck o.O.,o.J (in German).

See also

• Deutscher Pfadfinderbund in Namibia

References

External links

• Das Südwesterlied (The song of the Deutscher Pfadfinderbund Südwestafrikas)
• "Pfadfinder informieren" [The Scouts inform]. Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 16 February 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
• "Großer Besucherandrang bei den Pfadfindern" [Large number of visitors at the Boy Scouts]. Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 7 July 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
• "Frühschoppen bei den Pfadfinder" [Morning pint with the Boy Scouts]. Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 9 March 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
• "Wasserspaß der Pfadfinder mit dem alten Seeteufel am Hardap-Damm" [Scouts have aquatic fun with the old Sea Devil at Hardap-Damm]. Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 13 September 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
• "Deutsch-Südwest| Bei den deutschen Farmern in Südwest (Jaduland)" [German Southwest Africa|the German farmers in Southwest (Jaduland))]. jaduland.de (in German). 1954. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017.
• "Pfadfinder aus Namibia beim Grab des Generals Leutwein" [Scouts from Namibia at the grave of General Leutwein] (in German). July 1992. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
• Eberhardt, Martin (2007). Zwischen Nationalsozialismus und Apartheid: die deutsche Bevölkerungsgruppe Südwestafrikas 1915-1965 [Between National Socialism and Apartheid: the German population of Southwest Africe 1915.1965)]. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN  978-3-8258-0225-7.
• "Der Alemanne article 18 June 1935, No. 168, Von 32 000 Weißen sind 12-13 000 gebürtige Deutsche" [12-13,000 out of 32,000 whites are of German descent]. freiburg-postkolonial.de.

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